NorthamptonshireChildren’s Centres

Helping You to Help Yourself

Alex Hopkins

Income falling 19% in cash terms, 23 % in real terms over this 9 year period

Expenditure increases 14% in cash terms over decade, but unprecedented 6% fall in real terms

LGA Forecast National Income and Expenditure Paths

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Prevention and Demand Management

Janet Doran Assistant Director - Community Services

What next for the Prevention and Demand Management strategy?

9th October – Cabinet decision• Agree not to implement a lead locality provider

in each locality due to the impact of the MTFP budget position

• Continue to delegate authority to Director, in consultation with Cabinet Member to extend, vary or terminate contracts etc.

• Receive an update on the FEFF following receipt of census information

Prevention and Demand Management

Contracted Services

Data Performance Information

Business Systems

Vulnerable individuals/families /communities

CCL Staff

Social Care Staff

Other Statutory Services

Targeted Prevention Team

• Home Based Service• Targeted Support for families that are willing to

change• Intervention when children and young people are

at significant risk of being excluded from their families, education and community

• Designed:– to promote wellbeing and positive social behaviour whilst

decreasing negative behaviours that might result in families

escalating into high cost specialist interventions.

Team StructureBernadette Caffrey

Targeted Prevention ManagerCommunity Services

Brian BodsworthTeam ManagerNorthampton

Daventry & South Northants

St John’s, Tiffield

John KellyTeam ManagerNorthampton

St John’s, Tiffield

Sarah HillierTeam Manager

Wellingborough/East Northants

Tithe Barn, Wboro

Sham HanifSouth

Community Project Officer

Christine YorkTeam Manager

Corby/KetteringGainsborough Rd Ctr, Corby

Jyoti AppiahKatie FlanaganRanjit Sohal

Senior Practitioners

Loretta WhiteDeborah Gordon

X1 Vacancy

SeniorPractitioners

Jackie DonegalPaul Lucas

Senior Practitioners

Karen GardnerAnita Longstaff

Senior Practitioners

Area Support Officers

1 xVacancyCorby/Kettering

Lyndsey Gonulkirmaz

Northampton East

Kerrie Marks (Mat Leave)

Northampton West

Anna WoodwardEm Moore

Kathrine CuginiGraham Old1 x vacancyPrevention

Practitioners

Rosanna ColantonioKevin Standishday

Lynn BoltonBev Wright-Douglas

Jackie JonesPrevention

Practitioners

Emily KayThelma Nix

Margaret DyerStacey Lovellx1 vacancyPrevention

Practitioners

Jonathan BuckKathryn McCoolGillian McBrideMeera Thakkar

Debbie RobinsonPrevention

Practitioners

Area Support Officers

Louise Woods South Northants

Victoria PinneyWellingborough

and East Northants

Joanne BrownDaventry

Sharon StringerNorth

Community Project Officer

Lin Painting – Gypsy Roma and Traveller WorkerAnwarul Momen – Bangladeshi Worker

Caralyn HillyardSouth

Parenting Support Co-ordinator

Debra BartlettNorth

Parenting Support Co-ordinator

Targeting Support

– Families where a need has been assessed through the Children’s Social Care, but not requiring Children’s Social Care interventions

– Post Child Protection Plan – benefiting from a post deregistration support package to reduce the likelihood of them returning into the social care system and been reregistered. Work will focus on building resilience and reducing risk.

– YOS– Persistent high risk Anti-social Behaviour

Current Work on Pathways

• One Front Door

• Agreed Thresholds- referral system

• Integrated Working Procedure Review

• CAF – review and alignment with Prevention

Developing a New ServiceConstant Services– Schools– Children’s Centres– TPT

Variable Services– Domestic Violence– Drugs and Alcohol– Parenting Support– Low Level Mental Health Support

• What blend of services do we need as we move forward?

The future Role of Children’s Centres

• Taking into account budget reductions – can children’s centres work in clusters to develop savings proposals of 10% and 20% that would minimise impact on service delivery?

• Identify the opportunities and risks with regard the introduction of charging for some services? (questions on tables)

Troubled Families

Troubled Families Programme - Overview

‘Troubled families’ are households who:

• Are involved in crime and anti social behaviour (ASB) ‐

• Have children not in school and

• Have an adult on out of work benefits

Further detail underpinning Three “filters” indicated in Guidance

Thus by implication they cause high cost to public purse

Troubled Families Programme

Salient points:

• We are “required” to “turn around” 1200 families over 3 years

• We will need to work with more families - not all will be “turned around”

• Payment by Results; “Results” defined by programme

Troubled Families Programme Progress so far• 157 meet 3/3, 667 - 2/3 criteria, across a spectrum of need• Database developed• Co-ordinator role ratified• Wider information sharing agreement drafted• Stakeholder meetings in place• Commissioned service review undertaken• Full project plan in place.