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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Community Budgets. Letitia Bradley and Jan Keen. 6 th of September 2011 Kensington Town Hall. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. COMMUNITY BUDGET. BACKGROUND. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
6th of September 2011Kensington Town Hall
Letitia Bradley and Jan Keen
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
COMMUNITY BUDGET
BACKGROUND
Around £8 billion a year is spent on around
120,000 families that have multiple problems, with funding only getting to local areas via hundreds of separate schemes and agencies.
Despite this investment, the complex needs of these families’ remain.
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BACKGROUND
Two big barriers to local service innovation and reduced service costs…
1. Funding silos2. Performance management / targets
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Premise
Services need to join up and intervene earlier so that families are given the chance to turn their lives around.
This integrated, early intervention and High Need approach will also drive down costs.
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COST saved on multi-problem families
£40,341
£27,968
£7,795
£5,330
£3,731£1,367
£1,240£695
Saving estimates based on 40 families from 19 LAs
Local AuthoritySocietyPoliceNHSCriminal JusticeSocial ServicesYOTOther
Estimates are made using the Family Cost Calculator devised by the Gov – the calculation results in £81,624 average savings per family per year based on intensive Family Intervention multi-agency packages of support.
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‘…turn around every troubled family in the country’
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Proposal
16 areas (covering 28 councils and their partners) given direct control over local spending in their area free of centrally imposed conditions. Funding available from April 2011.
Various Whitehall funding strands are pooled within a single ‘local bank account’ for tackling social problems around families with complex needs
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• Blackburn with Darwen• Blackpool• Bradford• Essex• Greater Manchester (a group of 10 councils)• Hull• Kent• Leicestershire• Lincolnshire• London Borough of Barnet• London Borough of Croydon• London Borough of Islington• London Borough of Lewisham• The London Boroughs of Westminster, Hammersmith and
Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Wandsworth
• Swindon
COMMUNITY BUDGET AREAS
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Local Need
Local response
Improve outcomes
£ / Resource
Central Gov. Depts. e.g. DWP, MOJ, DoE
Save money
Council / Local Partners e.g. Police / PCT
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The Response…
Westminster: ‘Wider’ Family Recovery Programme (FRP)
H&F : Family Support Programme
RBKC: (build upon Family Intervention Project / Adolescent Service / others)
Wandsworth: FRP programme
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Universal Needs – Universal Services
Low to Vulnerable Families with Additional Needs – CA(F)
High or Complex Family Needs - Children in Need
Complex or Acute Family Needs – Child Protection
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RBKC’s Project
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HousingEducation and training
Physical and mental healthSubstance misuse
Benefits and budgeting
Employability
Workless families Family Intervention Offender Management
Re-offending and ASB
Current Progress
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• 3 Exemplar funding bids - Working Families Everywhere - Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) - Prisoners’ and their Families Young men, aged 18-24 in both Prisons
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What do we offer?Help Families to form positive relationships and stay togetherHelp to build resilience and encourage families to respond differentlyEnable young people to discover and set positive goalsEncourage and support engagement with other services’Personalised, targeted support both individually and as a family
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At point of referral; 29 active requests for young people to be received into care
Only 5 became Looked After Children; and 2 were supported to return home
3 moved into semi-independent hostels and supported by team
2 became remanded in Youth Offending Institutions 1 sectioned under Mental Health Act
Outcomes
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Local Analysis
Children subject to a CP PlanFamily Services
Adolescent Service
YOT Complex & Re-offenders
Employment Projects
Adult Services
Police
Substance Misuse
Education & Youth ServicesPositive Engagement Programme
High Needs Children In Need
Education Welfare/Special Educational Needs & Pastoral Support Services
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Worklessness Numbers of families with multiple problems supported into sustainable employment via Work Programme
providers.
Criminal justice TBC reduction in court cases and the associated legal aid costs TBC reduction in community orders and Suspended Sentence Orders TBC reduction in custodial sentences for less than 12 months
Youth Justice tbc
DfE Exemplars tbc
National performance targets- High Level
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Health
TBC% increase in number of families registered with a GP TBC% increase in immunisations for under 5’s Reduction in obesity Identification and addressing speech and language difficulties in under 5s
Anti-social behavior TBC% reduction in ASB and nuisance TBC% reduction in the numbers of people incurring ASBO costs
Offending TBC% reduction in offences committed by cohort TBC% reduction in arrests
Education TBC% reduction in cohort member no longer NEET TBC% improvement in school attendance
Housing TBC% reduction in families that have rent arrears TBC% reduction in families at risk of eviction
Child protection TBC% avoided going into care
Local performance targets