Every Child Matters: Change for Children

Emerging Practice

• To encourage all authorities to share their learning and experiences with others

• To show different approaches of putting children’s trust functions in place

• To provide practice examples of joint working in key ECM policy areas

Aims and Objectives

Progress so far

• Development of Resource and Practice database (RAP) on the ECM website with over 100 case studies and other useful documents

• Together with IDeA produced 12 ‘whole system journeys’- children’s trust case studies

• Developed generic case study specification

Progress (continued)

• Working closely with other ECM policy teams, field forces and external stakeholders, established an overview of existing material

• Currently developing 42 tailored case studies to fill identified information gaps, outlining children’s trust arrangements focussing on key ECM policy areas

Key Issues and Barriers

• Complexity of Change programme – it is difficult to capture and provide examples of all the developments and work going on

• Authorities’ priorities are to plan, implement, and deliver the services to children and their families – this may leave little time to write up case study material

Plans for the future• Working closely with government offices and

field forces to extend regional support structures

• Continuing to facilitate networking opportunities through events and workshops, such as the 2006 regional Emerging Practice Events

• Developing a central strategy for collating soft evidence, including an analysis of existing networks