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Building partnerships to achieve ‘permanent placements’ for children in alternative care in Scotland www.celcis.org www.scot.gov www.renfrewshire.gov.uk
Building partnerships to achieve ‘permanent placements’ for children in alternative care in Scotland
www.celcis.org www.scot.gov www.renfrewshire.gov.uk Getting on
the motorway Sharing and exploring our national experience of the
application of improvement methodology to secure improved
permanence and security for children
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DESIGN TEST & MODIFY APPROVE IF NECESSARY Conference Room
Real World TEST & MODIFY The Quality Improvement Approach START
TO IMPLEMENT
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Model for Improvement
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Local work in Renfrewshire Champions meetings Sub-groups
Planning and timescales Panel member awareness raising Review of
Assessment process Legal processes Report writing Education Health
Reviewing learning; refining theory of change and driver
diagrams
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By 31/12/15, 95% of decisions on a childs destination will be
made within 6 months of the child being accommodated. By 31/12/15,
permanence reports for all children will be signed off within 8
weeks of the Legal Advice Meeting (LAM). Renfrewshire Aims
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Early referral to Reporter Change idea Earlier referral to
Reporter will reduce timescales for permanence decision Test of
change Automatic referral to Reporter on or around date of
accommodation LearningSix month target achieved for 4 out of 6
children Very positive feedback from workers Social work processes
in synch with Childrens Hearings system Next stepsThe change has
now been implemented for all children under one Renfrewshire
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Monitoring timescales Change ideaMonitoring timescales for
individual children will reduce drift and delay in the permanence
process Test of change Introduction of permanence planning meeting
and monitoring of timescales by a social work champion
LearningWorkers were clear about their role and expectations
Monitoring children on an individual basis allowed sources of drift
and delay to be accurately identified Cancelled meetings
contributed to failure to meet timescales Next stepsTest of change
to reduce the number of cancelled meetings Additional social work
champions to monitor timescales Track outcomes for second cohort of
children Repeat tests for older children
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Report writing Change idea Using a template for reports
prepared for Childrens Hearings will increase the accessibility and
clarity of information Test of change Introduction of template for
Childrens Hearings reports to clearly highlight recommendations and
reasons LearningInfluence of other factors on the effectiveness of
the template, including the decision-making process for children
with more complex circumstances; the presentation style and
arguments presented by the report author; panel members
understanding of the permanence process Next stepsTests of change
on mentoring and tracking of reports, appeals and outcomes
Additional themes covered in awareness raising sessions with panel
members
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www.celcis.org www.scot.gov www.renfrewshire.gov.uk Progressing
the work in Renfrewshire: Importance of tracking individual
children in the context of their circumstances Using data to
understand current performance Effectiveness of approach for
testing change Embedding the improvement approach in three further
LA`s in 2015 Do you recognise any of this from your work?
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www.celcis.org www.scot.gov www.renfrewshire.gov.uk The whole
system in practice: Work in the same triad you were in before.
Consider a test of change as follows: How will you ensure that the
learning you have accrued today is shared to best effect when you
return to your place of work/life? What is your Plan? What will you
Do? How will you Study what you do? What Action will you then take
to secure the improvement?
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Are we there yet? www.celcis.org www.scot.gov
www.renfrewshire.gov.uk