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Strategies for Children and Young People ServicesUnderstanding a confusing picture!

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So, what strategies are there?

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Why so many? How do they fit together? Questions, questions, questions…

Organisational level

Building a Better Bromley

Departmental level

Portfolio Plans

Service level

Improvement, Efficiency and Effectiveness Plans

Individual level

PADS

Partnership level

- Health and Wellbeing Strategy

- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

- Children’s Strategy

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Are there are common themes for them all?

Common visionCommon underpinning outcomesCommon priority areas

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Are there are common themes for them all? (cont’d)

Common vision:

“Securing the best possible future for all children and young people in the Borough, including a clear focus on supporting the most vulnerable children and young people in our community”

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Are there are common themes for them all? (cont’d)

Common underpinning outcomes:

Children and young people enjoy learning and achieve their full potential

Ensuring the health and wellbeing of children and young people, and their families

Children and young people are safe where they live, go to school, play and work

Children and young people behave positively, take responsibility for their actions and feel safe within the Borough, and parents and carers take responsibility for the behaviour of their children

Young people get the best possible start in adult life

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Are there are common themes for them all? (cont’d)

Common priority areas:

emotional health and wellbeing

children’s social care

including children in care

children with complex needs and disabilities

including transition of young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities to Adult Services

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So, what’s changing? Health and Social Care Bill:

Abolishing –

Primary Care Trusts

Strategic Health Authorities

Transferring responsibility –

Public Health to local authorities

Creating –

Clinical Commissioning Groups

National Commissioning Board

Health and Wellbeing Boards

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So, what’s changing? (cont’d)

Other key changes:

Academies Act 2010 and Education Act 2011

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Green Paper

including Pathfinder Bid

Review of Child Protection and Safeguarding

Review of Family Justice System

Welfare Reform Bill

Review of Early Years Foundation Stage

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So, what’s this “Health and Wellbeing Board”?The Health and Wellbeing Board for Bromley will:

bring together the leaders of local health and care systems with local people, to understand what local communities need and to develop the best strategies to meet those needs

work to join up services across the NHS, public health, social care and children’s services

take the lead on

developing a shared understanding of local needs

using Joint Strategic Needs Assessments

setting the priorities and strategy for health and wellbeing in Bromley through…

…the Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Bromley

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So, what’s this “Health and Wellbeing Strategy”?The Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Bromley:

is a statutory document aiming to respond to the health, social care and wellbeing issues

brings together those areas which impact on health and wellbeing into a single co-ordinated framework

guide the various agencies in Bromley as they tackle the major public health and well-being challenges to

improve the health of the population

reduce health inequalities

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So, how do children and young people fit in?

The Health and Wellbeing Strategy includes 3 priorities which are particularly focused on children and young people:

Increasing volumes and complexity of need

children referred to Children’s Social Care

children with mental and emotional health problems

children with complex needs and disabilities

Do you remember the common priority areas?

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So, what’s happening? The 3 priorities for children and young people have been written using:

information from existing documents, such as:

Children and Young People Portfolio Plan and Children's Strategy

local needs assessments

including the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2011

Committee and Executive Working Party reports

local service reports

including the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Service Annual Report 2010-11

previous local and national reviews

together with input from a number of Heads of Service and Service Managers from the Council and our partners

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So, what’s happening? (cont’d)

The priority sections include:

what is the issue and what are the implications for Bromley?

what are we currently doing and what do we intend to do?

what are the gaps?

what are the expected outcomes?

how will we monitor and measure success?

The draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy is being considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 15 March

will also be presented to the Bromley Children and Young People Partnership on 26 March

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Issues for the future Impact of further changes from government reform agenda

Impact of Health and Social Care Act

Impact of reductions in funding levels

Impact of continuing rising demand – both numbers and complexity

Impact of changes to local services and structures

Impact of the unknown…

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Any questions…?

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Contact me

Michael WattsSenior Partnerships and Planning Officer

@ michael.watts@bromley.gov.uk