ITEM 8E IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY …

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Report No. DCYP09168

London Borough of Bromley

PART 1 - PUBLIC

Agenda Item No. 8E

Decision Maker: Children and Young People Portfolio Holder

Date: For Pre-Decision Scrutiny by the Children and Young People PDS Committee on 2 December 2009

Decision Type: Non-Urgent Executive Non-Key

TITLE: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRES

Contact Officer: Robert South, Interim Head of Service, Bromley Children and Family Project (CYP) Tel: 020 8461 7246 E-mail: [email protected]

Chief Officer: Gillian Pearson, Director of Children and Young People Services

Ward: Boroughwide

1. Reason for report

1.1 This report provides a progress update of the ongoing implementation of Children and Family Centres within the London Borough of Bromley in Phases 1 and 2.

1.2 On the 20 January 2009 the CYP Portfolio Holder resolved that the proposals for Phase 3 of the Local Authority‟s Children and Family Centre programme be endorsed in principle, subject to completion of thorough and detailed feasibility studies. This report provides an update of the Phase 3 Children and Family feasibility programme.

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2. RECOMMENDATION(S)

2.1 The Children and Young People Portfolio Holder is asked to consider the progress made with the implementation of Children and Family Centres across Bromley since the last report dated 11 December 2008 (DCYP08162).

2.2 The Children and Young People Portfolio Holder is asked to note and comment on progress relating to capital feasibility work for the Phase 3 Children and Family Centre programme.

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Corporate Policy 1. Policy Status: Existing policy: Children and Young People's Plan

2. BBB Priority: Children and Young People

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Financial

1. Cost of proposal: Estimated cost

2. Ongoing costs: Recurring cost

3. Budget head/performance centre: Children and Family Centres

4. Total current budget for this head: A revenue budget of £12.3 million for all Children and Family Centres of which it is estimated £1,984,500 million relates to phase 3 over a three year period (2008-2011).

5. Source of funding: Children and Family Centre Capital Grant Funding for Phase 3 of £2,592,500 to March 2011.

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Staff

1. Number of staff (current and additional) - Up to 5 Centre Co-ordinators may be required for Phase 3 Children and Family Centres.

2. If from existing staff resources, number of staff hours - N/A

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Legal

1. Legal Requirement: Statutory requirement: Childcare Act 2006

2. Call in: Call-in is applicable

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Customer Impact

1. Estimated number of users/beneficiaries (current and projected) - Boroughwide ________________________________________________________________________________

Ward Councillor Views

1. Have Ward Councillors been asked for comments? Yes

2. Summary of Ward Councillor's comments: Previously supplied within the body of report, DCY09008, 20 January 2009.

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3. COMMENTARY

3.1 The programme of “phased” introduction of children and family centres began in 2004 (reports DE04121 and DE04134), with the development of three centres (Community Vision, James Dixon and Blenheim). A second phase (2006-2008) developed a further 13 children and family centres (reports DE06062 and DCYP06056). Following a review of progress (report DCYP06093), approval was given by the Children and Young People Portfolio Holder to a strategy of implementation which brought together the Bromley Children Project, the extended services agenda and children and family services. This strategy was designed to achieve efficient and effective management of resources and promote multi-agency support within communities matched to the needs of local residents. This approach offered support for children at different age ranges and built upon the effective multi-agency practice developed within Bromley Children Project.

3.2 This report provides updated information in relation to progress made with Children and Family Centres within the Borough, and specifically addresses feedback received in relation to the 11 December 2008 report (DCYP08162), which highlighted two key areas that should be addressed when reporting on Children and Family Centres in the future:

(i) it was noted that a data measure based on individual families accessing services at Children and Family Centres should be reported upon;

(ii) information was requested in relation to the ratio of new services as opposed to existing/relocated services operating within Children and Family Centres.

3.3 It should be noted that the commissioning and implementation of Management Information System (MIS) is ongoing and therefore, the current system of data capturing involves the manual collection of information, which places limitations on the extent of reporting.

3.4 The proposed MIS will replace this time consuming process allowing for the production of far more robust, accurate and timely reporting. As such, the MIS will play a critical role in future years and has required careful planning due to its many complexities. In addition, work is being done to expand the Capita One Education Management System (EMS) with the aim being to enable the progress and development of children to be monitored and tracked as they enter the school system to identify the impact and outcome that any Children and Family Centre intervention has had. It is important to note that while there may be some intervention that has relatively quick or immediate impact, a number will have impacts that only become apparent in the longer term.

3.5 The Bromley Children and Family Project is working in partnership with the strategy and performance division of CYP Department to ensure the management of the data is integrated into current processes. The intention is for the proposed MIS to be implemented in the first quarter of 2010.

Progress made with service delivery since December 2008 (DCYP08162) 3.6 The development of Children and Family Centres across Bromley is gaining momentum. As

more centres have become operational, the profile of Children and Family Centres along with their service provision has increased considerably.

3.7 In August and October 2009, Together for Children (TFC) the DCSF appointed agency responsible for designation and inspections of Centres, approved 9 Children and Family Centres as meeting the Full Core Offer standard. These Children and Family Centres are Community Vision, Widmore, Burnt Ash, James Dixon, Blenheim, Royston, Elmers End, Manor Oak, and Churchfields. A further 6 Children and Family Centres are on schedule to provide the same Full Core Offered standard by February 2010.

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3.8 The responsible Lead Officer from TfC stated: “I was really impressed with the facilities in your Children and Family Centres particularly and your range of underpinning information to support the FCO [Full Core Offer] process was excellent....I was also impressed with your team of Area Co-ordinators who fill me with confidence about the future of your children's centres…” Paula Hassall, Together for Children

3.9 All Children and Family Centre services (either delivered on site or through a commissioned outreach organisation) deliver services that meet Every Child Matters (ECM) 5 outcomes and support the Building a Better Bromley priority of “early-intervention and prevention, especially through services in the community and family-based settings”.

3.10 The Bromley Children and Family Project‟s structure ensures that service delivery through Children and Family Centres complements and reinforces the delivery of the Parenting Strategy, Extended Services and the use of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) along with other key health and education objectives. A primary aim of the Bromley Children and Family Project is to strengthen and develop existing private and voluntary sector provision within the Borough. This has been achieved by investing time limited grant funding through existing, highly respected voluntary and private sector organisations in Bromley. The financial constraints of many of these organisations often limit the extent to which they can offer provision which means that the investment of such funding has a profound effect in local communities. Below are some examples of the voluntary sector services that have benefited from significant investment via Children and Family Centre grant funding:

Home Start - provides support to isolated and vulnerable families with at least one child under 5 years.

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) – provides outreach support to young mums (14-25 years) helping them to cope with the transition from child to parent.

Bromley Welcare – Provides outreach support to families in need through qualified social workers and is designed to prevent cases escalating to higher threshold services such as Children Social Care in the medium to long term.

3.11 Over the past 12 months a total of 101 ongoing and temporary courses/services have been

delivered across the Children and Family Centre programme as presented in Appendix 1. These services cross the whole spectrum of provision and include early learning, health and parenting inputs. The services highlighted represent a mixture of short-term/time limited courses and those which form part of a rolling programme. 39 of these services/courses are new to the local provision and the others were existing services and/or transferred from another location as indicated in the appendix. New services were commissioned on the basis of needs analysis work in Community Areas with key partners and service users, which includes schools with attainment, behaviour and/or attendance challenges, high levels of health concerns such as obesity and teenage pregnancy, and localities with significant rates of referrals.

3.12 Services including a wide range of community health services have been operating from Centres since September 2008, and include health visiting, midwifery, speech and language, dietician and associated activities. These services have been particularly integral to Community Vision, Biggin Hill and Blenheim Centres and have made a significant contribution to overall levels of user footfall.

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3.13 Comprehensive details about the core, ongoing programme of services provided and local voluntary and private sector organisations supported by Children and Family Centre grant funding are provided in Appendix 2. The appendix also shows the ECM outcomes met and the position of the service on the continuum of need and intervention (i.e. whether universal, targeted etc.) In total, 35 core services are offered within Children and Family Centres. Of these, 28 (80 per cent) are categorised as new, 4 as already existing within Community Vision and 2 have been relocated.

3.14 A significant emphasis has been placed on the commissioning of early learning services designed to improve the transition of pre-school children into reception classes. Services are provided in such a way to engage with parents and children and highlight the importance and value of education and learning. Officers are working with colleagues in local schools, the Behaviour Service and Education Welfare Service to track the impact and any identified outcomes associated with these programmes over the course of time. Key areas of interest will include parental engagement with schools, attendance, behaviour and attainment. As noted above, the proposed expansion of the MIS will be a vital tool in this area of data gathering and analysis.

3.15 The localised, community focus of Children and Family Centres appears to have had a significant influence on providers deciding to relocate to centres as is suggested by the following commonplace feedback from providers:

(i) “Drop ins were [previously] held in a more clinical environment so centres are more child/parent friendly” Helen Guntrip, Speech and Language Therapist

(ii) [There is] more space and [a] variety of toys. [It is] away from the traditional 'health'

setting [and a] more relaxed atmosphere.” Alison Bradshaw, Health Visitor to Manor Oak

3.16 New User Registrations

3.16.1 The report dated 11 December 2008 (DCYP08162) provided data on centre usage solely through footfall, which resulted in some uncertainty as to the number of unique families accessing Children and Family Centres. In order to offer more clarity in this area, centres have been recording information relating to new user registrations. When a member of the public accesses services in a Children and Family Centre for the first time, they are asked to complete a registration form. This form provides information on both parent and child including some of the following: age, gender, family structure, and ethnicity. Each new user registration represents a unique family thus, giving a more incisive measure of the extent to which Children and Family Centres are reaching local communities.

3.16.2 Diagram 1 below identifies the total number of new registrations for the 12 month period from September 2008 to August 2009 in centres that are delivering universal services.

Diagram 3

Centre Months Offering Services

Total New Family

Registrations

Monthly Average

Biggin Hill 12 132 11

Blenheim 12 202 17

Burnt Ash 12 188 16

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Centre Months Offering Services

Total New Family

Registrations

Monthly Average

Churchfields 12 219 18

Community Vision 10 216 22

Cotmandene 4 142 36

Elmers End 12 320 27

James Dixon 12 306 26

Manor Oak 9 267 30

Poverest 5 65 13

Royston 8 198 25

All Centres 108 2255 21

3.16.3 Centres not included in this analysis are Widmore, Princes Plain, Mottingham, Darrick Wood

(Griffin) and the Phoenix Resource Centre. These centres have been omitted as they have been in operation for a very short period or their focus is related to the delivery of complementary agendas (e.g. Extended Services and targeted/specialist services for children with disabilities and other additional needs).

3.16.4 The total figure of 2,255 represents the number of families that have registered at Children and Family Centres in the past year. As a reference point, it is helpful to know that the total number of children aged 0-5 years in Bromley is estimated at 17,535 [Child Benefit data – August 2006]. As each new registration represents a family rather than a child, a direct comparison cannot be made but even using the lowest figure of one child to one family registration, the last year has seen over 12% of the total 0-5 population register at a Children and Family Centre. This represents strong levels of access given the relatively early stage of the programme and the assessment covering 11 centres.

3.17 Footfall

3.17.1 While the data from new user registrations is clearly very useful for identifying how many unique families have accessed services at Children and Family Centres, footfall data still has an important role to play in measuring centre usage.

3.17.2 Diagram 2 below outlines the usage for the 12 month period from September 2008 to August 2009 in centres that are delivering universal services.

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Centre Months Offering

Services Total

Footfall

Average Monthly Footfall

Biggin Hill 12 6,833 569

Blenheim 12 17,866 1489

Burnt Ash 12 2,307 192

Churchfields 12 3,821 318

Community Vision 10 8,567 857

Cotmandene 4 371 93

Elmers End 12 7,731 644

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Centre Months Offering

Services Total

Footfall

Average Monthly Footfall

James Dixon 12 7,791 649

Manor Oak 9 2,231 248

Poverest 5 625 125

Royston 8 2,154 269

3.17.3 To maintain consistency the following centres - Widmore, Princes Plain, Mottingham, Darrick

Wood (Griffin) and the Phoenix Resource Centre – have been omitted for the same reason as in paragraph 3.9.3.

3.17.4 Although these figures simply highlight volumes at the present time, the implementation of MIS will provide a system that has the capacity to track the progress of individual children and families as they enter the school system. Officers will then be in a position to correlate data relating to early children and family centre inputs and school outcomes for those same children. Using the same data it will also be possible to provide relevant parties with some cost/benefit analysis of early intervention services within centres.

3.18 Feedback from Parents and Professionals

3.18.1 In terms of implementing Children and Family Centres across Bromley, it is important to note the regular experiences of stakeholders.

3.18.2 Children and Family Centres engage regularly with stakeholders. This is done through visitor feedback forms, community area meetings, etc. Feedback from this engagement is then reviewed on a termly basis so that centres can be responsive to any suggestions or changes related to service requirement.

3.18.3 The following comments have been made by stakeholders at Children and Family Centres across Bromley and give a flavour of the impact that the centres are having on under 5s and their families.

“We have just done so much here [Biggin Hill Children and Family centre]…it has been brilliant. I don't know what I would have done without it!" Mother of Milly (3 years) and Maisy (1 year)

“It's a relaxed place for people to come, more relaxed than hospital or doctor's.” Community Midwife “Crèche facilities are lovely and skilled crèche staff help parents to feel comfortable & confident leaving their children in the crèche.” Incredible Years Staff Member “The sessions are well run, imaginative and the children really enjoyed it”. Susan Irvine, a local childminder

“[The centres have enabled] quicker access to some services, i.e. speech and language, parenting groups, counselling services and it‟s a great support network to signpost new mothers/parents.” Health Clinic

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“The Children and Family Centre offers a better environment for the children and this has resulted in much improved behaviour when they come to school.” Kate Reynolds, Headteacher at James Dixon Primary School. The school‟s Breakfast Club is held at James Dixon Children and Family Centre. The impact has been such a success that the school is now funding places at the Breakfast Club. “We count ourselves extremely lucky to have an excellent resource like James Dixon Children's Centre on our doorstep. The services they offer such as starting school courses and English language tuition have a direct impact on the ability of our parents and carers to support their children's learning and progress. As the Centre goes from strength-to-strength, with a wider range of courses and services on offer, this can only be a good thing for the school and its community.” Andrew Beavon, Assistant Headteacher, James Dixon Primary School

3.18.4 There are a number of examples of how the presence of Children and Family Centres has

enabled families to link up with multiple services. The following case study highlights how a Children and Family Centre (Blenheim) has resulted in a positive outcome for a child and family in Bromley:

CASE STUDY A mother was attending several play sessions at Blenheim Children and Family Centre and was very distraught with her 3 year old son‟s behaviour - she would be in tears when her son was exhibiting challenging behaviour. The Centre Coordinator signposted her to the new „Something Special‟ Drop in. After the mother had attended the „Something Special‟ Drop in over a few occasions the facilitator established that her son had specific behaviour problems. With consent from the mother, the Centre Coordinator worked with local health services to complete an assessment. The family now has support from commissioned Bromley Welcare provision and the mother is managing her son‟s behaviour more easily which has reduced the anxiety and stress levels for both mother and son.

3.18.5 This is just one example from one centre but similar success stories are prevalent across

Bromley‟s Children and Family Centres.

3.18.6 Children and Family Centres have also been able to reach highly vulnerable families following appropriate risk assessment work by offering a venue for in excess of 150 sessions of contact for looked after children with their birth family during the past 12 months. Sessions occur over a 2 to 5 hour period and ensure that children are supported in local environments suitable to meeting their needs. Centres can also engage with parents where the plan is for families to be reunited following assessment and court judgements.

3.18.7 Given that contact centres charge at least £30 per hour as a standard fee, Children and Family Centres in the Borough are already making a significant contribution in kind to lessening the burden on identifying contact venues for the growing number of looked after children and families involved in legal care proceedings requiring supervised contact. This area of service is together with a number of health services being explored as key contributory areas for the future sustainability of the children and family centres within the Borough.

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Next Steps

3.19 The Bromley Children and Family Project will continue with the ongoing delivery and development of the Children and Family Centres within the borough. Building on the progress made at each of the centres since their inception, staff will continue to commission services in line with the needs of local communities, parental and professional inputs and importantly, data collection and analysis.

4. COMMENTARY

Phase 3 Background

4.1 The development of Phase 3 Children and Family Centres within Bromley is designed to build upon the principles agreed during the delivery of Phase 1 and 2 sites. Where possible, schools and libraries have been identified as sites in order to use this grant funding to add value to these properties whilst delivering the children and family centre programme.

4.2 A strategic planning and mapping exercise, combined with the engagement and consultation with key corporate stakeholders, PVI sector partners, families, children and parents took place in autumn 2008 and was reported to the Portfolio Holder (DCYP08135 on 8 October 2008).

4.3 The development of Phase 3 (2008-2010) Children and Family Centres is intended to provide improved access to services for disadvantaged children and families, living in more affluent areas, and has been based upon a thorough knowledge of community needs, the demand for existing provision and services.

4.4 The aim of the Phase 3 development programme within Bromley has been to ensure those disadvantaged children living in more affluent areas have access to universal services that maximise:

child health, well-being and development;

educational attainment;

behaviour;

attendance at school;

parenting and family relationships. 4.5 Services from the Children and Family Centres are designed to minimise the need for more

expensive targeted services at a later date.

4.6 Proposals for Phase 3 Children and Family Centres also seek to identify opportunities to maximise the potential for Children and Family Centre grant funding and link it with related grant funding such as Extended Services to provide support for older children.

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5. PHASE 3 CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRE FEASIBILITY PROGRAMME UPDATE

5.1 At the meeting of the Children and Young People Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee on 13 January 2009, the Committee agreed to support the development of Phase 3 Children and Family Centres, and subsequently at the meeting of 20 January 2009 the Portfolio Holder resolved that the proposals for Phase 3 of the programme of the Local Authority‟s Children and Family Centres be endorsed subject to the completion of thorough and detailed building feasibility studies in the following areas:

West Wickham

Clock House

Bromley Town

Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom

Hayes and Coney Hall – subject to further consultation

Petts Wood and Knoll – subject to further discussion with the owner of the Church Hall and manager of the pre-school

Chislehurst

5.2 This section of the report provides an update with regards to the progress of ongoing feasibility work. Also, Appendix 3 presents a provisional implementation timetable of proposed Phase 3 Children and Family Centres on a site by site basis. Please note that a proposed indicative budget allocation have been attached to each of the proposed site and a contingency figure of £372,500 factored into initial planning.

West Wickham 5.3 The proposed site for the Children and Family Centre within West Wickham is utilising a

co-location with Hawes Down Infant/Junior Schools, the Glebe School and Phoenix Youth Centre.

5.4 In January 2009 a report outlined proposals for the third phase of the Children and Family Centre programme, and identifies locations. The overall aims of providing a Children and Family Centre in West Wickham are to:

co-ordinate the services for parents and children using this site which contains a special school, infant and junior school with units for children with Special Needs, pre-school, a youth centre with after school club for younger children.

ensure that each centre has additional services and can also provide information for parents about services available on the campus;

ensure that the library can make provision to signpost parents to children and family services through revenue funding attached to the project.

5.5 In May 2009 LB Bromley was successful in obtaining £470,400 funding from the DCSF to

develop a Joint Service for Children with Disabilities at the Hawes Down and Glebe Schools, by drawing existing staff together from Bromley Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Children and Young People Services to work in an increasingly integrated manner to improve outcomes for children and families across the Borough. An indicative budget allocation of £500,000 has been set.

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5.6 Officers have formed a Steering Group involving all stakeholders and a detailed specification is being produced.

5.7 The development of the site to accommodate the co-located services, thus utilising the entire available capital grant, is currently the subject of a buildings feasibility study. The aim of the feasibility study is to ensure that use of the grants can be maximised to benefit the schools and the Phoenix Youth Centre (which is in need of updating) as well as building an excellent centre for children with disabilities and the provision of universal services. The project will be the subject of an individual report once the feasibility study is complete. Officers have written to the DCSF seeking written confirmation for the indicative grant allocation to be used beyond the current timescale of March 2011 given the multi-faceted nature of this programme.

Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom 5.8 As set out in the report of 20 January 2009, the proposed site for the Children and Family

Centre within Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom is to be located on the Highway School site. The school is also under consideration for rebuild under Primary Capital Strategy plans. The two schemes are therefore being considered in tandem, but the children and family centre element is in a position to proceed as either a singular venture or a joint proposal.

5.9 A strategic planning and mapping exercise, combined with the engagement and consultation with key corporate stakeholders, PVI sector partners, families, children and parents took place in 2008.

5.10 In January 2009, it was proposed that the overall aim of providing a Children and Family Centre in Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom was to:

co-ordinate services for parents and children through a Children and Family Centre and linked sites;

improve access points to services and information within a relatively isolated community which is spread across a relatively large geographical area;

provide baby clinics, stay and play sessions and wide range of family support provision across three service points with outreach services being put into most isolated communities.

5.11 An indicative budget of £500,000 has been assigned from the Children and Family Centre

capital to be invested at the Highway School.

5.12 The property and buildings feasibility work for this scheme is ongoing, and has been focused on examining options to best use capital grant funding from the separate strands, to maximise the value for money. By pooling the available funding, it is anticipated economies of scale could be achieved, should the rebuild of the school proceed, and the construction of a new purpose built pre-school (proposed to be operated Charthouse nursery), and the construction of a Children and Family Centre. Officers have contacted the DCSF seeking written confirmation for the indicative grant allocation to be used beyond the current timescale of March 2011 given the multi-faceted nature of this programme.

5.13 Council officers from the Bromley Children and Family Project, Localised Services and Early Years teams have been working closely with all key stakeholders and existing PVI providers including Charter House Pre-school, the Highway breakfast and after school Club, and June‟s Baby and Toddler Play Group. All stakeholders are now in agreement with the scheme and detailed feasibility work for a Children and Family Centre, together with the rebuild of the school and construction of a pre-school is in progress. A further report on this scheme will be available in January 2010.

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Bromley Town 5.14 The proposed site for the Children and Family Centre within Bromley Town is the Central

Library.

5.15 The report of 20 January 2009 proposed that the overall aims of providing a Children and Family Centre in Bromley Town are:

to create a service hub based around the Children‟s Library and Family Information Service;

increase interview space and improve children‟s library and activity area with play area. Include access to the Family Information Service in Library space for information in relation to all children‟s services;

to develop a drop-in facility for parents visiting the library with children to discuss parenting issues, provide counselling and general preventative services in relation to health, education and other key provision;

target additional services to vulnerable young parents and children in liaison with Youth Offending and Behaviour services.

5.16 An indicative budget allocation of £600,000 has been detailed to create space for the services

outlined above. As large numbers of children and families use this central location on a daily basis, it is considered a good opportunity to develop and co-ordinate service information with regards to all Borough provision.

5.17 Officers from the Bromley Children and Family Project and library service have met to discuss proposals and a brief is being developed.

Petts Wood and Knoll 5.18 The proposed site for the Children and Family Centre within Petts Wood and Knoll is

Petts Wood United Reform Church.

5.19 The overall aims of providing a Children and Family Centre in Petts Wood is to:

enable the pre-school for children with disabilities (based within Petts Wood United Reform Church) to have suitable space in which visiting professionals can work with children and their families;

ensure that the Church can facilitate signposting services for Children and Families to relevant services within the local community.

5.20 Bromley Children and Families Project is also working in partnership with the Early Years and

Childcare services as this site is also benefiting from the Early Years Access and Quality capital funding which will be funding the special needs pre-school provision on site. The capital contribution from this grant will be minimal.

5.21 Several meetings have taken place with the Church to discuss the entire agenda and the potential of partnership working at the Petts Wood United Reform Site.

5.22 Officers from Localised Services have taken members of the Church team from of Petts Wood United Reform Church to a number of existing Children and Family Centres, and discussed the services that would be signposted from the site.

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5.23 A proposal for partnership working and potential services and capital investment was submitted to the church in September 2009 and a meeting is scheduled to discuss proposals in detail. An indicative capital allocation of £20,000 has been identified for relatively limited refurbishment costs.

Chislehurst 5.24 The proposed site for the Children and Family Centre within Chislehurst is Chislehurst Library.

5.25 The overall aims of providing a Children and Family Centre in the Chislehurst area is to:

improve service information provision and bolster lower threshold counselling services across the above sites with consulting facilities improved.

5.26 Chislehurst library has been designated as a Children and Family Centre, as it is presently

delivering signposting services to children and families in the local area.

5.27 The Red Hill Primary School site and Chislehurst library are being developed as co-ordinated projects, with Red Hill Primary School providing Extended Services, which are signposted from the Library. The Village Nurseries Pre-School on the same site is also linked into the project.

5.28 A brief for the development of information points has been developed for Chislehurst library in conjunction with Library services. Architects have been engaged to carry out some preliminary feasibility work. £150,000 has been set aside for capital work.

Clock House 5.29 The proposed site for the Children and Family Centre within Clockhouse is Beckenham

Library.

5.30 The overall aims of providing a Children and Family Centre in the Clockhouse area is to:

provide some drop-in services for children and parents and increased information provision. Services to build on learning related issues;

to ensure that the Library can facilitate signposting services for Children and Families to relevant services within the local community.

5.31 The Bromley Children and Families Project and library services are working in partnership to

create a mutually beneficial situation through the creation of the Children and Family Centre on site.

5.32 Beckenham Library was designated as a Children and Family Centre in March 2009. An indicative sum of £150,000 has been assigned from the Children and Family Centre capital budget be invested at Beckenham library, to construct a multi agency consulting room, and information services point and activities for children and parents in partnership with library services.

5.33 A brief has been prepared, and is being amended to reflect the needs of both services.

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Hayes and Coney Hall 5.34 Initial enquiries in relation to accessing a shop in Chilham Way, with a view to providing a

Children and Family Centre providing drop-in services for children and parents in the locality proved unfruitful. A shop that had been available was withdrawn by the leaseholder. However, very recently the Borough‟s Valuation and Estates Team has identified two further shop options in Chilham Way which are currently being assessed with internal Property Services. Services on the site would include information and advice giving from job centre plus and other key providers, parenting courses, health clinics and a particular focus upon community safety issues in partnership with the Police Safer Neighbourhood Team

5.35 Officers are investigating the potential of working in partnership with a range of existing service providers, such as libraries and Job Centre Plus, to meet the needs of the local community. At present, negotiations are ongoing to identify and secure a shop on Chilham Way that has recently become available. The indicative capital cost for this development is £300,000.

Designation, Performance Management and Sustainability of Phase 3 Children and Family Centres

5.36 The agency responsible for monitoring the implementation of Children's Centres is Together for Children (TfC). Bromley Children and Family Project are working closely with TfC to agree designation dates for each of the Phase 3 Children and Family Centres. The key issue for TfC is whether the children and Family Centres can be designated by 31 March 2010. Whilst the centres can be designated in 2010, capital must be drawn down and spent by 31 March 2011.

5.37 Plans are being developed to support the future sustainability of Children and Family Centres within a community area context. The Bromley Children and Family Project Management Team is working with colleagues within the Children‟s Trust and the Borough‟s PVI sector to identify a wide variety of service opportunities which will feed into the realisation of sustainable centres. In the next year, the sustainability of each Children and Family Centre will be addressed through the development of plans specific to each centre and community planning area and reported accordingly.

5.38 The commissioning and implementation of Management Information System (MIS) is ongoing. The current data collection system for Phases 1 and 2 has involved the manual collection of information which is then input onto a locally held database. At the end of each month, recorded information is collated centrally where reporting can be carried out. The proposed MIS will replace this time consuming process allowing for the production of far more robust, accurate and timely reporting. The intention is for the proposed MIS to be implemented in the first quarter of 2010.

6. POLICY IMPLICATIONS

This development is contained within the Children and Young People‟s Plan.

7. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Appendix 4 contains the detailed revenue and capital financial implications for Phases 1, 2 and 3 to Children and Family Centres.

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A summary of the information in Appendix 4 is shown in the table below:

Revenue Implications 2009/10

£ 2010/11

£

Phases 1, 2 and 3

Within Children‟s Centres

Staffing costs

Running costs

457,500 2,342,700

569,000 2,959,600

Centrally managed support to Children and Family Centres

Staffing costs

Running costs

457,500 892,600

462,300 851,100

Total 4,100,300 4,842,000*

*As in the current financial year, a proportion of the total costs of £4.8m will be held in the Council‟s central contingency. This is estimated to be £1.6m and will be the subject of a report to the Children and Young People Portfolio Holder and the Executive at a future meeting.

Running costs include expenses such as heating/light, cleaning, caretaking, printing and stationery, telephone, etc.

Capital Implications Pre 2009/10

£ 2009/10

£ 2010/11

£

Phases 1, 2 and 3 6,968,600 350,000 2,242,500

8. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

8.1 This development complies with the Childcare Act 2006. Sections 1-4 place general duties on Local Authorities in relation to promoting the well-being of young children in their area. Section 3 (20) states that every Authority must make arrangements to ensure that early childhood services are provided in an integrated manner which is calculated to facilitate access to, and maximise the benefit of services designed for the use of parents, prospective parents and young children.

8.2 Legislation such as the Children Act 2004 and Childcare Act 2006 emphasises that parents should retain the responsibility to ensure that their children do well at school, are physically and emotionally healthy and go on to contribute positively to future society. However, the Childcare Act asserts that children and their parents should have easy access to co-ordinated support services locally particularly at times of challenge and difficulty in order to prevent deterioration within family circumstances. In Bromley this is primarily through Children and Family Centres as part of the Council‟s Children and Young People Services.

9. PERSONNEL IMPLICATIONS

Any relevant personal implications will be reported following confirmation and sign off of the final feasibility report on each proposed Phase 3 Children and Family Centre.

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Non-Applicable Sections: N/A

Background Documents: (Access via Contact Officer)

Every Child Matters Green Paper 2003

Every Child Matters the Next Steps

Children Act 2004

Every Child Matters Change for Children 2004

Choice for Parents, The Best Start for Children: A Ten Year Strategy for Childcare 2004

Raising Standards, Improving Outcomes: A Sure Start Children‟s Centre for Every Community

Phase 2 Planning Guidance 2005

Childcare Act 2006

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (NSF)

Bromley Local Strategic Partnership: „Building A Better Bromley‟ Local Area Agreement (2008-2011)

Bromley Local Strategic Partnership: „Building A Better Bromley‟ Community Plan (2007-2010)

Every Child Matters in Bromley: Children and Young People‟s Plan (2006-2009)

Every Child Matter in Bromley: Children and Young People‟s Plan Annual Review (2007)

Local Economy Portfolio Plan (2007)

Public Protection and Safety Portfolio Plan (2007-2008)

DCSF/CABE Sure Start design and client guide

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APPENDIX 1

SERVICES DELIVERED WITHIN CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRES DURING 2008/2009

Service heading Children and Family Centre

Services

Service Transferred from

other venues Transferred/New

Service Transferred From

Centre Transferred To

Childcare and Early Education

Bumps to One New

GFS Platform Penge Transferred 101 Parish Lane Community Vision

Lets start School New

1:1 tuition Transferred Widmore Centre, Library

Blenheim CFC

Young Parent Drop In

New

Teenage Mums 2 B Transferred Connexions Blenheim CFC

Messy play New

Family Fun Time New

Time for Me New

Childminder Drop in Transferred

Various community locations throughout the borough e.g. church halls.

Children and Family Centres across the borough.

Full day care New

Crèche New

Oasis Art New

Toy Library Transferred

Various community locations throughout the borough e.g. church halls.

The service has evolved into a stay and play service that is carried out in all children and family centres in the borough

Family Craft Activity New

Family Sand Craft New

Keyring & Coaster Making

New

Mini Flowerpot Design

New

Pudding Delight New

Family Photography New

Design a Hat New

Pre schools New

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Services





Access to Work & Training

Employment Advice (Pathways)

Transferred Affinity Sutton (Broomleigh)

Blenheim CFC

Life Line Transferred Croydon Office Blenheim CFC

Stepping up Transferred Affinity Sutton (Broomleigh)

Blenheim CFC

Numeracy Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

Literacy Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

Academy training New

Job centre plus Transferred JCP Building All CFC across the borough

Broomleigh employment advice

Transferred Broomleigh Building Various CFC across the borough

Lone Parents Job Centre

Transferred JCP Building All CFC across the borough

Adult education Transferred Bromley Adult Education

Various Courses in Various CFC Across the borough

IT Course Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

ESOL Transferred Orpington College, Bromley Adult Education

Various CFC across the borough

Now we live in England

Transferred Orpington College, Bromley Adult Education

Blenheim CFC

Classroom Assistant Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

Teaching Assistant Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

GCSE Dance Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

Dance Leaders Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

Job Seeking Skills New

IT Classroom assistant

New

ESOL New

Book Keeping New

Child Counselling New

Art Therapy New

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Services





Information and Advice

Capitalise Debt Advice (Broomleigh)

Transferred Community Flat Blenheim CFC

Benefits Advice (Pathways)

Transferred Affinity Sutton (Broomleigh)

Blenheim CFC

Police Drop In Surgery

Transferred Community Centre of Local Church

Blenheim CFC

Family information service

Transferred Central Library Children and Family Centres Borough Wide

Information and advice

Transferred Various sources boroughwide

Children and Family Centres Borough Wide

Job centre Transferred Job Centres Children and Family Centres Borough Wide

St Johns Ambulance New

Family and Parenting Support

Social Care Transferred

Granville (Hillside Students)

Transferred Schools Blenheim CFC

Bromley Y Transferred Bromley Y Orpington

Blenheim CFC

Granville (Group Session)

Transferred Granville Office

CAMHS Transferred Phoenix Centre

Freedom Programme

Transferred Bromley One stop Shop

Various CFC Borough wide

WAT Programme Transferred Bromley One stop Shop

Something Special New

Supervised Contact Transferred Family Centres in Orpington and Penge

Community Vision and Blenheim CFC

GFS (Teenage parents)

Transferred 101 Parish Lane Various CFC Across the borough e.g. CV, Elmers End,

Acorn groups Transferred Community Locations and Church Halls

TBC

Chatter Boost New

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Services





Stay and Play + Messy Play, Crafty Combo, Out and About, Music Time, Storey Time

New

Drop in's New

Baby chatter Boost New

Bromley Mind Transferred

Get Set for Reading Transferred Libraries CFC Boroughwide

Teenage Parenting Course

Transferred Community centre Blenheim CFC

Incredible Years New

All Children and Family centres across the borough on a programme e.g. different centres on different terms

Positive Parenting Transferred Schools Blenheim CFC

Bromley Children Project

Transferred Various across the borough

CFC across the borough

Harvest festival gifts Transferred Centres are used as distribution point.

Counselling New

Spring Clean you life New

Soft Skills Courses New

Parenting Courses New

Now we live in England

New

Time for me New

crèche New

Child & Parent Eldridge Drive Clinic Weds

Transferred Eldridge Drive Blenheim

Health Services Eldridge Drive Clinic Thurs

Transferred Eldridge Drive Blenheim

Baby Massage Transferred Clinics

All Children and Family centres across the borough on a programme e.g. different centres on different terms

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Services





Young Parent Midwife

Transferred GP surgery, clinic or hospital

Blenheim CFC and Manor Oak CFC

Midwife checks Transferred GP surgery, clinic or hospital

Various Centres across the borough e.g. Manor Oak, Blenheim, Princes Plain, James Dixon etc.

Lite For Life Transferred Local sports centre or community hall

Blenheim CFC

Speech & Language Clinic

Transferred Eldridge Drive Blenheim CFC

health visitors Transferred Clinics All Centres across the borough

Dietician Transferred Clinics All Centres across the borough

Top Bananas Fitness

Transferred Local sports centre or community hall

Blenheim CFC

Family Sports New

Aromatherapy Transferred Orpington College Blenheim CFC

Mental health workers

Transferred Various Locations Various CFC Across the borough

Baby Checks Transferred Eldridge Drive Blenheim CFC

2 Antenatal Clinic Transferred Clinics Widmore

Speech and Language Clinic

Transferred Clinics Widmore, Blenheim

Post natal Group Transferred Clinics Elmers End, Blenheim etc

Baby Clinic Transferred Clinics Elmers End

Antenatal Clinic Transferred Clinics James Dixon

Chatter Boost

Smoking cessation Transferred Clinics

All Children and Family centres across the borough with varying degrees e.g. some are signage and leaflets others are sessions e.g. Castlecombe.

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APPENDIX 2

ONGOING SERVICE DELIVERY IN CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRES

Service Category – Early Learning

Name of service Together We Play, Messy Play, Crafty Combo, Art Attack, Natural Arts

Service Description Parent and child play sessions for the 0-5s which help children to access the curriculum at age 5 (Early Years Foundation Stage), supports bonding and positive relationships between parent/carer and children, provide social networking opportunities for parents

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Childcare and Early Education, Advice and Information, Family Support and Parenting

Level on hierarchy of need

Level 1 Universal Services

Service provider (voluntary, private, statutory)

Children and Family Centres with early years qualified facilitators provided by Bromley Children Project

New or relocated service New

SLA, fixed term purchase, Pilot

Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self and signposting at Children and Family Centres and partners

Centres Available Across the borough

Name of service Taste, Touch, Smell and Play

Service Description Parent and child play sessions for the 0-5s which help children to explore taste, texture, colour, variety, seasonality and diversity of foods. Supports healthy eating and delivers healthy eating, healthy lifestyles and healthy choices messages in an easy access play based format.






Pre School Learning Alliance (voluntary)



Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self and signposting at Children and Family Centres and through partners

Centres Available Currently pilot in 3 centres with intention to deliver at 5 centres at any one time across the borough in due course

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Name of service Music time

Service Description Parent and child music sessions for the 0-5s which aid the development of communication and social skills and help children to access the curriculum at age 5 (Early Years Foundation Stage)

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Childcare and Early Education




Caterpillar Music (private), Bromley Mytime



Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self and signposting at Children and Family Centres and partners

Centres Available 5 at any one time across the borough

Name of service Get Set For Reading

Service Description Games, songs, stories and other activities which develop phonological awareness and lay foundations for communication, language and literacy development and helps children to access the curriculum at Age 5 (EYFS).




Level 1 Universal Services with some targeted places


Sarah Bottomley (private)



Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self referral and signposting with some targeting by pre school and nursery provision and EYAs

Centres Available Service is delivered at centres across the borough where there is the biggest gap in literacy attainment

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Name of service Transition to School

Service Description A bespoke course for new parents of reception children to help them to support their child and the school through the transition form Early Years provision to school




Level 1 Universal Services with some targeted places


Sarah Bottomley (private)



Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self referral and signposting with some targeting by pre school and nursery provision, EYAs and Foundation Stage Co-ordinator in schools

Centres Available Biggin Hill (Oaklands) and Mottingham

Name of service Let‟s Start School

Service Description Play based sessions helping children who are about to start school and their families prepare to start school. Sessions focus on practical skills that schools require children to be able to master in order to settle in quickly and be able to access the curriculum (EYFS). Practical skills include dressing self, finding own things, listening, eating together, consideration for others






Pre School providers (voluntary sector) within the local community



Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self referral and signposting with some targeting by pre school and nursery provision, EYAs and Foundation Stage Co-ordinator in schools

Centres Available Cross borough during Summer holidays (for September starters) and Christmas holidays (for January starters)

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Name of service Baby Bounce and Rhyme, Story time and Stay‟n‟Play (to be called Bookstart Storytime and Bookstart Rhyme time

Service Description Parent and child story time sessions for the 0-5s which aid the development of communication and social skills and help children to access the curriculum at age 5 (Early Years Foundation Stage). Sessions incorporate movement, listening, participation and related art activity






Bromley Libraries



Currently provided free but are in discussions with Libraries to establish commissioned service

Referral route Self referral and signposting

Centres Available Selected centres across the borough dependent on staff availability

Name of service Tell Me a Story

Service Description Parent and child story time sessions for the 0-5s which aid the development of communication and social skills and help children to access the curriculum at age 5 (Early Years Foundation Stage). Sessions incorporate movement, listening, participation and related art activity






Pre School providers (voluntary sector) within the local community, Bromley Mytime



Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self referral and signposting

Centres Available Cross borough during Summer holidays and selected centres across the borough throughout the year

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Name of service What a Drama/Dance

Service Description Parent and child dance and drama sessions for the 0-5s which aid the development of physical, communication and social skills and help children to access the curriculum at age 5 (Early Years Foundation Stage)






Bromley Mytime, Pre School providers (voluntary sector) within the local community



Fixed term purchase

Referral route Self referral and signposting by partners

Centres Available Currently cross borough during Summer holidays

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Service Category – Family Support, Parenting and Outreach

Name of service Now We Live In England

Service Description A series of 6 parent sessions aimed at helping the integration of newly arrived immigrant parents and their children into local society. Course covers the cultural norms, local services, educational system, traditions and festivals, making and keeping friends and building social networks.

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Make a Positive Contribution.

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Advice and Information, Family Support and Parenting.


Level 1 Universal Services with some targeted places.


Sarah Bottomley (private).



Fixed term purchase.

Referral route Self referral and signposting with some targeting by health visitors, ESOL co-ordinators in schools and BCP Family workers.

Centres Available In areas where high population of migrant families, Churchfields, Manor Oak, James Dixon, Mottingham and Poverest.

Name of service Early Intervention Counselling for Parents and families

Service Description Therapeutic interventions for children, parents and carers aimed at resolving individual and family conflict, emotional distress and anti social disruption and in doing so facilitate personal achievement, family cohesion and societal inclusion.


Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Childcare and Early Education, Family Support and Parenting.


Level 2a/2b with some targeted places.


Mary Dolly Foundation (voluntary sector).



SLA

Referral route Self referral and signposting with some targeting by health visitors, BCP workers, other voluntary outreach service providers e.g. Homestart.

Centres Available All

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Name of service Early Intervention Group Therapy for Parents

Service Description Therapeutic interventions for parents and carers aimed at exploring incidents in the near or far past and the impact those have had in how parents currently conduct their lives and the impact this has on their children. Aims to enable change and the acceptance of responsibility for personal choices that will enable them to achieve their potential and enjoy personal relationships and friendships and have more fulfilling role as parent.

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Make a Positive Contribution

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Childcare and Early Education, Family Support and Parenting.




Granville Consultancy (private sector).



SLA

Referral route Self referral and signposting in Children and Family Centres with some targeting by health visitors, BCP workers, other voluntary outreach service providers e.g. Homestart.

Centres Available Selected centres across the borough.

Name of service Home Start

Service Description Home visit support provided to isolated and vulnerable families with at least one child under 5. Volunteers support families, introduce families to Children and Family Centres and enable stressed families to cope. Sign post families to other services for specialist support and enable them to access other universal services within borough.


Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Childcare and Early Education, Family Support and Parenting




Home Start (Voluntary sector)

New or relocated service Existing service


SLA

Referral route Self referral and signposting in Children and Family Centres. Targeting by health visitors and doctors, BCP workers, other voluntary outreach service providers e.g. Portage, Early Support.

Centres Available Offered in family homes with Home start accessing services at centres across the borough.

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Name of service GFS

Service Description Outreach support provided to young mums aged 14 to 25 helping them to cope with transition from child to parent. Provide bespoke support to young parents supporting them to access training and employment whilst helping them to develop parenting skills, run network groups and forums in Children and Family Centres. Work alongside midwives at teenage parent ante natal clinics.

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Make a Positive Contribution, Achieve Economic Well-Being.

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Childcare and Early Education, Family Support and Parenting, Information and Advice, Childcare and Early Education.


Level 2a/2b.


Girls Friendly Society (GFS)(Voluntary sector)

New or relocated service Existing service


SLA

Referral route Self referral and signposting in Children and Family Centres. Targeting by health visitors and doctors.

Centres Available Offered in family homes with group sessions held at Children and Family Centres where there is the highest teen pregnancy rate currently, Blenheim, Poverest, Widmore and James Dixon.

Name of service Big Talk

Service Description Short sessions delivered as outreach in pre school settings supporting language development and communication skills in the U5s. Sessions are delivered to a mix group of children, parents and early years practitioners and link to Chatterboost and other speech, language and communication support. Sessions provide opportunities for early identification of communication difficulties enabling early intervention strategies to be implemented. Also helps to educate parents, build bonds between parent and child and enable children to access the curriculum at age 5 (Early Years Foundation Stage).

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe.

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Childcare and Early Education, Advice and Information, Family Support and Parenting.


Level 1/2a Universal Services targeted to areas of need as evidenced by statistics.


Speech and Language Therapist (1 day through SLA), Big Talk Team reporting to pre school specialist service.

New or relocated service Existing


SLA

Referral route Area Sencos (Pre school specialist Support service), Early Years Advisory Team and Speech and Language Therapists..

Centres Available Outreach service not currently available in Children and Family Centres.

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Name of service Bromley Welcare

Service Description Outreach support provided by qualified social workers to families in need. Provide bespoke support to families supporting them to access appropriate services and manage personal and societal issues related to the family unit. Provide a key worker to manage interface with social care aiming to prevent referral of family to Tier 4 services or supporting the family through the transition from Tier 4 to Tier 3, 2 and universal services. Works alongside many other agencies and departments in the borough including Homestart, Portage, Maypole, CaMHS, Bromley Y, Bromley Children and Family Project, Social Care, Freedom Programme, Police.

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Make a Positive Contribution, Achieve Economic Well-Being.

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Family Support and Parenting, Information and Advice.


Level 2b/3


Bromley Welcare (Voluntary sector)

New or relocated service New service


SLA

Referral route Targeting and referral by social care, health professionals, police services and all other agencies mentioned above plus sign posting in Children and Family Centres.

Centres Available Offered in family homes and selected Children and Family Centres (James Dixon, Community Vision, Blenheim.

Name of service Freedom Programme

Service Description A 12 weeks programme offered to women who are victims of domestic violence. Programme co-ordinated by Domestic Violence team (Dave Gaywood) with funding provided to enable health professionals to take part as group facilitators. Sessions aim to empower women to rebuild and take charge of their lives, access appropriate services, recognise their responsibilities as parents and the impact domestic violence has on the well-being of their children. Crèche facilities are provided alongside the sessions.

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Make a Positive Contribution, Achieve Economic Well-being.

Core Offer Child and Parent Health, Family Support and Parenting, Information and Advice.


Level 3


Bromley Domestic Violence Co-ordinator (only fund health visitor time as facilitators)

New or relocated service Existing


SLA (health visiting)

Referral route Targeting and referral by Domestic Violence team, social care, health professionals, police services.

Centres Available James Dixon and Blenheim (not advertised service for protection of women and children).

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Service Category – Child and Parent Health

Name of service Early Intervention Speech and Language

Service Description Chatterboost – an informal programme of 4 sessions for parents and their children run by qualified speech and language therapists. Sessions focus on practical activities that help children to develop language and communication skills enabling them to develop social skills and access the curriculum (EYFS) at pre school and school. Also helps parents to understand the supporting and enabling role they provide to their children. Delivered in age bands of 0-18 mths, 18 mths to 3 yrs and 3 yrs to 5 yrs.

Drop In Clinics – for children where there is some concern about language development. Enables to S&LT to carry out brief analysis and suggest early intervention strategies linked to needs. Provides opportunity for early identification of children that require referral to specialist S&LT at the Phoenix.

Attendance at Children and Family Centre Drop Ins – S&LT attend a variety of Children and Family Centre drop ins, e.g. Together We Play, 123 Club, to provide ad hoc specialist support to parents attending the sessions.

ECM Enjoy and Achieve, Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Make a Positive Contribution, Achieve Economic Well-being.



Level 1 & 2a.


PCT Speech and Language Therapists



SLA (S&LT)

Referral route Children and Family Centres, Pre schools, range of health professionals, outreach agencies.

Centres Available Chatterboost and attendance at Children and Family Centre Drop Ins – cross borough.

Speech and Language Drop Ins – selected Children and Family Centres including Blenheim, Biggin Hill, Widmore.

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Name of service Early Intervention Nutrition and Dietetics

Service Description Sessions delivered by qualified dieticians that aim to ensure children and parents enjoy a varied and healthy diet leading to all associated social and academic attainment benefits. Two sessions available to Children and Family Centres.

Fun with Food–Delivered in age bands of 6-15mths, 15mths to 3 yrs and 3yrsto 5yrs (not called with Fun with Food but principle the same) Practical parent and child sessions that look at typical stages of child development and provide ideas to parents to help them to introduce textures, flavours and variety into children‟s diets. Sessions also look at behaviour patterns and provide ideas for overcoming negative experiences related to food and meal times.

Burger and Chips – a bespoke parent programme of 3 x 1.5hr sessions designed by parents attending sessions e.g. may be practical cookery based or discussion based link to issues being experienced by parents present.




Level 1 & 2a.


PCT Dieticians.



SLA (Emotional Health and Wellbeing).

Referral route Children and Family Centres, range of health professionals, outreach agencies.

Centres Available Currently James Dixon and Community Vision (Fun with Food), Biggin Hill (both) but are planning cross borough implementation of services for 2010.

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Name of service Early Intervention Child Development and Parenting Skills

Service Description Sessions delivered by qualified health visitors supporting child development, emotional well-being, parent/child relationships, attachment and parenting leading to all associated social and academic attainment benefits. Sessions delivered in Children and Family centres are:

Baby Massage - proven to support parent/child bonding and emotional wellbeing. Delivered as a programme of 4 weekly sessions.

Bumps to 1s and 1,2,3 Group – child development and networking support groups for vulnerable parents and children delivered in areas of highest need.

Incredible Years Parenting Course – Webber Stratton programme delivered over 12 weeks providing parents with help and support to manage relationships in their family unit, personal issues that are blocking their success as a parent, actions and plans for improving parenting skills.




Level 1 & 2a.

Incredible Years, Bumps to 1s and 1,2,3 Group Level 2b.


PCT Health Visitors



SLA (Health Visiting).

Referral route Children and Family Centres, range of health professionals, outreach agencies.

Centres Available Baby Massage and Incredible Years – 9 centres across the borough - 3 centres at any one time.

Bumps to 1s and 1,2,3 Group – Blenheim, Community Vision, Burnt Ash.

Name of service Post Natal Group

Service Description Statutory service delivered by qualified health visitors. Network groups for first time parents providing peer group support and introductory support to parents.




Level 1


PCT Health Visitors

New or relocated service Relocated


No funding provided but access to space.

Referral route Health Visitors

Centres Available Selected children and family centres across the borough including Elmers End and Blenheim.

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Service Category – Access to Work and Training

Name of service Job Seeking Skills Workshop

Service Description 4 week programme for parents enabling parents to explore personal strengths, weaknesses, options and acquire skills to help them secure employment or access training.

ECM Be Healthy, Make a Positive Contribution, Achieve Economic Well-Being

Core Offer Advice and Information, Family Support and Parenting, Child and Parent Health.


Level 1


Academy Training



Pilot – Fixed term purchase

Referral route Children and Family Centres, Family workers

Centres Available James Dixon, Elmers End, Castlecombe, Manor Oak, Biggin Hill, Churchfields/Royston.

Name of service Family Learning Programmes

Service Description A variety of programmes for vulnerable parents focusing on soft skills to develop confidence and self esteem and skills for work Also provides networking opportunities for vulnerable parents.

ECM Be Healthy, Make a Positive Contribution, Achieve Economic Well-Being.



Level 2a/2b


Bromley Adult Education in partnership with Bromley Children Project.



Learning skills Council

Referral route Family workers and BCP Parent Advisers.


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Name of service Adult Learning Programmes

Service Description A variety of programmes for vulnerable parents focusing on basic skills to develop confidence and self esteem and skills for work Also provides networking opportunities for vulnerable parents. Programmes offered include ESOL, IT and Book keeping skills.

ECM Be Healthy, Make a Positive Contribution, Achieve Economic Wellbeing



Level 2a/2b


Bromley Adult Education in partnership with Bromley Children Project.



Learning Skills Council.

Referral route Family workers and BCP Parent Advisers.


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PROVISIONAL PHASE 3 CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRES IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE

Ward Site Identified Indicative

Budget Allocations

Convened Stakeholder

Group Brief Prepared

Feasibility Start Date

Feasibility Report to CYP Portfolio for

Decision

Request to Tender

Works start on site

Services being delivered in area

(Designation Date)

Meeting the Required

Standard of service delivery for inspection

Bromley Town

Central Library £600,000 Yes Yes, submitted to property services on 09.10.09

Feasibility under way

March 2010 April 2009 Provisionally September

2010

27.03.09 31.03.11

Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom

The Highway School

£500,000 Yes Yes, submitted to property services on 13.08.09


January 2010 22.03.10 (please note this date reflects the project as a whole)

20.05.10 (please note this date reflects the project as a whole)

31.03.11 31.03.12

West Wickham

Hawes Down Infant and Junior, The Glebe, The Phoenix Youth Centre

£500,000 Yes Yes, submitted to Property Services on 07.08.09


January 2010 February 2009

31.03.10 31.03.12

Hayes and Coney Hall

Chilham Way Shop

£300,000 November 2009

No, completion due December-2009

TBA March 2010 April 2009 June 2010 31.03.10 31.03.12

Clockhouse Beckenham Library

£150,000 Yes No, completion due December 2009

W/C 16.11.09

March 2010 April 2009 June 2010 27.03.09 37.03.11

Chislehurst Chislehurst Library

£150,000 Yes Yes, submitted to Property Services on 09.10.09


January 2010 February 2010

April 2010 27.03.09 37.03.11

Petts Wood Petts Wood United Reform Church

£20,000 Yes Proposal has been submitted to Petts Wood United Reform Church on 12.10.09, this will be tabled at a Church Meeting at the end of November 2009

March 2010 April 2009 June 2010 31.03.10 31.03.12

NB Contingency of £372,500 budgeted. Total: £2,592,500

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APPENDIX 4

CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRE REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGET

Children & Families Centres Revenue

2009/10 2010/11

Staffing costs

Running costs

Total costs

Staffing costs

Running costs

Total costs

£ £ £ £ £ £ Phase 1 & 2 Centres James Dixon 34,300 206,700 241,000 34,600 249,800 284,400 Blenheim 41,100 204,700 245,800 41,500 248,500 290,000 Biggin Hill 29,000 94,600 123,600 29,300 116,500 145,800 Burnt Ash 37,100 86,500 123,600 37,500 108,300 145,800 Elmers End 37,100 86,500 123,600 37,600 108,200 145,800 Manor Oak 10,300 113,300 123,600 10,400 135,400 145,800 Royston 22,800 100,800 123,600 23,000 122,800 145,800 Princes Plain 13,700 109,900 123,600 13,800 132,000 145,800 Churchfields 30,200 93,400 123,600 30,500 115,300 145,800 Castlecombe 7,500 116,100 123,600 7,600 138,200 145,800 Cotmandene Nursery 0 123,600 123,600 0 145,800 145,800 Cotmandene CC 7,500 116,100 123,600 7,600 138,200 145,800 Darrick Wood 13,700 109,900 123,600 13,800 132,000 145,800 Widmore 15,200 108,400 123,600 15,400 130,400 145,800 Poverest 10,300 113,300 123,600 10,400 135,400 145,800 Community Vision 82,200 370,900 453,100 83,000 374,300 457,300

Total 392,000 2,154,700 2,546,700 396,000 2,531,100 2,927,100

2009/10 2010/11

Staffing costs

Running costs

Total costs

Staffing costs

Running costs

Total costs

£ £ £ £ £ £ Phase 3 Centres West Wickham 13,100 33,800 46,900 34,600 74100 108,700 Bromley Town 13,100 33,800 46,900 34,600 74100 108,700 Chislehurst Central 0 9,500 9,500 29,000 29,000 Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom 13,100 33,800 46,900 34,600 74100 108,700 Clockhouse 13,100 33,800 46,900 34,600 74100 108,700 Hayes and Coney Hall 13,100 33,800 46,900 34,600 74100 108,700 Petts Wood and Knoll 0 9,500 9,500 29,000 29,000

Total 65,500 188,000 253,500 173,000 428,500 601,500

2009/10 2010/11

Staffing costs

Running costs

Total costs

Staffing costs

Running costs

Total costs

£ £ £ £ £ £ Phase 1, 2 & 3 central costs Area Co-ordinators contribution 165,000 165,000 166,700 166,700 Toy Library 30,000 10,000 40,000 30,300 10,100 40,400

Management/support/ planning contribution 212,700 212,700 214,800 214,800

Property, IT support,

communication, training 66,600 66,600 67,300 67,300 Commissioning (incl grants) 766,000 766,000 773,700 773,700 Contribution to CAF 50,000 50,000 50,500 50,500

Total 457,700 842,600 1,300,300 462,300 851,100 1,313,400

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Children & Families Centres Capital

pre-09/10 2010/11

Total Total £ £ Phase 1 & 2 James Dixon 375,000 N/A Blenheim 700,000 N/A Biggin Hill 350,000 N/A Burnt Ash 475,000 N/A Elmers End 375,000 N/A Manor Oak 575,000 N/A Royston 400,000 N/A Phoenix 0 N/A Princes Plain 650,000 N/A Churchfields 300,000 N/A Castlecombe 425,000 N/A Mottingham 300,000 N/A Cotmandene CC 400,000 N/A Darrick Wood 80,000 N/A Widmore 200,000 N/A Poverest 265,000 N/A Community Vision 1,195,700 N/A

Total 6,968,600

2009/10 2010/11

Total Total £ £ Phase 3 West Wickham 150,000 350,000 Bromley Town 40,000 510,000 Chislehurst Central 10,000 90,000 Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom 150,000 350,000 Clockhouse 0 150,000 Hayes and Coney Hall 0 280,000 Petts Wood and Knoll 0 20,000 Contingency 0 492,500

Total 350,000 2,242,500

Grand Total 2,592,500

Total Phase 1, 2 and 3

Children & Families Centres Revenue 2009/10 2010/11

4,100,500 4,842,000

pre-09/10 2009/10 2010/11

Capital 6,968,600 350,000 2,242,500