Redesigning Children’s Redesigning Children’s Services in Harrow: Services in Harrow:

The principles of changeThe principles of change

Betty LynchBetty LynchChildren's PartnershipChildren's Partnership

Jo HawleyJo Hawley Local Strategic PartnershipLocal Strategic Partnership

Session aims and objectivesSession aims and objectives

We will lead a discussion on the challenges of changing partnership working for children in the current environment

• Presentation of Harrow’s new model for children’s services

• Discuss current challenges to delivering change and how we are facing them in Harrow

• Discuss how to maintain partnerships and move to early intervention in context of current challenges

Harrow’s new model for Harrow’s new model for children’s serviceschildren’s services

• Based on principles of integrated partnership working and better use of resources

• Multi-agency front door

• Backed up by pool of integrated support services “Team Around the Family” model

• Supported by IT enabled common assessment

• Moving to earlier intervention

Challenges to delivering changeChallenges to delivering change• Risk to vulnerable children

• Smaller budgets

• Increasing demand/changing population

• Local turmoil e.g. health white paper

• Risks to organisations/careers

• National policy context

Elements of change managementElements of change management• Radical and swift

• Child-centred

• Child views hugely influential

• Evidence-based

• Consultative

• Not about cuts, about improving delivery

• Evaluative, reflective, learning

Questions?Questions?

DiscussionDiscussion

• How can we ensure partners don’t retreat into their silos in current context?

• How can we shift funding to earlier intervention in context of shrinking budgets?