Increasing staff engagement across children’s services

Di SmithDirector of Children’s Services

Increasing staff engagement across children’s services•Harnessing full potential across the children’s services workforce

•Understanding key behaviours for developing motivation and engagement

•Developing a framework to align and support the integration of engagement behaviours within children’s services strategy

Children’s Workforce 2020(DCSF 2008)

Everyone who works or volunteers with children & young people will be:

•Ambitious for every child and young person•Excellent in their practice•Committed to partnership & integrated working•Respected as a professional

Children’s Trust role

•Each Children’s Trust provides the local strategic lead in developing, implementing and reviewing local workforce reform

•Children & Young People’s Plans to include a workforce strategy

Our Children’s Trust’s workforce profile

Our work force includes 6,200 local authority and health service staff (78% in schools).

A key partner within the wider CYPT is the third sector which includes an estimated 450 organisations and projects who deliver services targeted at children, young people and families. Some services are commissioned by the CYPT, most are independently funded.

Our Children’s Trust workforce profile

The third sector employs about 1,500 paid staff(an average of 3 per organisation) of which about 60% are part-time, who work with children.

They also involve an estimated 6,000 regular volunteers working 5 hours or more per week (equivalent to over 800 full-time staff).

In addition there are approximately 1,730 paid staff and 225 volunteers in the early years,private and third sector providing services for younger children in the city.

Children’s Trusts are about partnership working

“to improve the well-being of all children: improving their prospects for the future and re-dressing inequalities between the most disadvantaged children and their peers”

(Statutory guidance on interagency working)

One Children’s Workforce Shared identity, purpose and vision

Common values and language

Behaviours focused on the positive outcomes for children & young people

Integrated working practices

High quality, appropriately trained

Complementary roles focused around children & young people

Capacity to deliver and keep children safe

(CWDC 2009)

Children and Young People’s Plan 2009 - 2012

Strategic Improvement Priorities

1. Strengthen safeguarding and child protection, early intervention and prevention

2. Reduce child poverty and health inequality3. Promote health and well-being, inclusion and achievement4. Develop the CYPT partnership and drive integration and value for

money

•Partnership working

•Communication

•Organisational structure

•Workforce development

Partnership•Shared Children's Trust principles (particular concern for vulnerable children) underpinning the CYPP

•Clear interagency governance arrangements

•Clinical governance arrangements (section 75 agreement & reporting)

•Strengthening commissioning arrangements

•Integrated strategy, integrated processes and integrated front line delivery

Interagency governance arrangements

Communication•Consultation – community engagement, councils and forums

•Voices of children & young people part of planning & reviewing services

•Workforce members and partners involved in regular debate & feedback

•Sharing the challenges, issues and problem solving – conferences & issue solving working groups

•Recognising and celebrating achievements – and the every day good practice

Organisational structure

Area working

Integrated front line services/teams

Cluster influence

City wide services

AREAS & SCHOOL CLUSTER INFORMATION

EAST AREA

MOULSECOOMB, BEVENDEAN & COLDEAN

WHITEHAWK, KEMP TOWN,

QUEEN’S PARK & BRISTOL ESTATE

(DEANS) WOODINGDEAN, ROTTINGDEAN & SALTDEAN

CENTRAL AREA

CITY CENTRE HOLLINGDEAN

PATCHAM PRESTON PARK

WEST AREA

PORTSLADE HANGLETON, KNOLL &

STANFORD HOVE

Integrated working – area based teams

Children’s centres

School and community teams

Integrated youth support services

Social care teams

Extended services

Integrated working – citywide teamsFostering and adoption

Children’s disability service

Children in care

School improvement

Workforce development

Workforce training & development

A fully integrated children’s workforce strategy – in three parts:

• For everyone who works and volunteers with children & young people

• For everyone who has professional or role specific learning & development needs

• For staff who are directly managed or employed in the Children's Trust

Objectives for everyone who works and volunteers with children & young people:

Shared vision and values when working with children & young people

Core knowledge, skills and behaviours

Children & young people are kept safe

Integrated working practices are in place

Are we there yet?Multi agency induction and integrated core skills programme delivered in partnership with 3rd sector

Multi agency safeguarding training planned and delivered in partnership (NHS, 3rd sector, police and LA)

Strong cluster identity

Regular full staff conferences

Leadership and management development

Challenges Managing existing financial pressures and getting fit for the future.

Safeguarding and managing risk

Effective early intervention and prevention

Further development of integrated working

National agenda for Children’s Services

Clinical governance and professional support.

What Can We Do?

Rise to the challenges

Accept that we will have to do more with less

Let go of some things

Learn from our pilots, pathfinders and research

Focus on what makes a difference

Transform and innovate

Ensure our services deliver, particularly for the most vulnerable

Why will we be successful ? Strong & creative workforce

Firm foundation for partnership working

Absolute commitment to Brighton & Hove’s children & young people

Find our CYPP at:

http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=b1140328