What next for the

children’s workforce?

local focus national voice

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

local focus national voice

Revised programme

1030 – 1200 Plenary

1200 – 1315 Workshops (tea & coffee available)

1315 – 1415 Networking lunch

1415 – 1530 Workshops (tea & coffee available)

1530 – 1600 Plenary

The Children’s Plan, the third sector and the The Children’s Plan, the third sector and the workforceworkforce

Peter LauenerPeter LauenerDirector of Local TransformationDirector of Local Transformation

17 March 200817 March 2008

Government does not bring up children – parents do

• Sure Start Centres

• A personal progress record – the “red book”

• Expansion of parent support advisors

• Parenting experts in every LA

• Extended Family Fund for disabled children

All children have the potential to succeed

• 15 hours of free early education/childcare for

2-year-olds in disadvantaged communities.

• Pilot of one-to-one tuition for dyslexic children

• More flexible primary curriculum

• Entitlement to cultural activities

• Intensive fostering pilots for young offenders

Children and young people need to enjoy childhood

• Funding for 3,500 playgrounds to be rebuilt

• Home safety equipment for families in deprived

areas

• Play Strategy in summer 2008

• Stronger complaints procedure around bullying

• £160m to improve venues and activities for

young people.

Services shaped by and responsive to children, young people and their families

• A personal tutor for every child

• Better data for schools on children with SEN

• Co-location of services

• Parents Panel to advise us on policy

• Parent Councils to give parents greater voice

in schools

It is always better to prevent failure than tackle a crisis

• Encourage LAs to create 20mph zones

• Regular updates for parents on a child’s

attendance, behaviour and progress

• Focus on prevention in Youth alcohol action plan

and Youth crime action plan

• £45m for building resilience to extremism

The key delivery challenges for DCSF

• Improvement Support – where it’s needed with the

right expertise

• School of the 21st century

• Colocation of services and integrated working

• Development of the whole children’s workforce

• Children’s Trusts

• Better commissioning

Assess needs and

identify outcomes

Design of sustainableservices

Procure servicesand

contract

Review and

monitor

• help assess needs and identify the right outcomes for children•design services that will deliver these outcomes and which will be the basis of procurement

•deliver these services as part of a mixed market of providers• help commissioners engage with service users and act as advocates of service users

Effective commissioning needs engagement of third sector to……

Commissioning and the third sector – next steps

Our vision

‘The DSCF vision is for the third sector to empower childre, young people, parents and learners of all ages and enable them to shape services at national and local leve…..We want its unique role in reaching out to the more vulnerable and the less articulate to be recognised and used effectively’

The Third Sector Strategy and Action Plan, June 2007

Commissioning and the third sector – next steps

Making it happen……

‘To support this transformation, we will work…… to build new capacity in the system. A new Centre for Excellence and Outcomes (CFEO) will begin work in July 2008, and a new programme to improve commissioning practice will be developed with local authority, health and voluntary sector partners to support Children’s Trusts in building world class systems.’

The Children’s Plan, December 2007,para 7.22

Commissioning so that we establish integratedservices, basedon the team around the child

Providing Universal Services

Identifying needs early

Assessing those needs

Providing information and advice

Forming a Team around the Child Co-ordinating and

Delivering integrated Services

Reviewing Progress

Leading

Leading

Leading

Bringing Specialist Expertise to bear

Some questions…..

• Have we identified the right delivery challenges:- Improvement Support - School of the 21st century- Colocation of services and integrated working- Development of the whole children’s workforce- Children’s Trusts- Better commissioning

• What more should DCSF do to draw on the

expertise of the third sector?

• How can LAs and third sector work better together?

Jane Haywood Chief Executive

Children, Young People and Families Workforce Development Council

> The road map

> The journey and destination

> Modes of transport

> Staying on board

> Support for the journey

The Road Map

> Every Child Matters

> Aiming high for Disabled Children

> Aiming High for Young People

> Children’s Workforce Strategy

> Children’s Plan

> Children and Young people’s views

The Journey and Destination

> Cross cutting themes – safeguarding, disadvantage, poverty, disability, families

> One Workforce> Organisations – team around the

child> Integration > Identification, intervention, prevention

Modes of transport

> Workforce reform and Integrated Working – information sharing, processes, teams

> Integrated Qualifications Framework

> Early years

> Social Care

> Youth

Staying on board

> Understand the context

> Understand your role

> Learning and development

> Activities

Support for the journey

> Third Sector Strategy

> NAVCA contract

> Regional and local funding

> Access to support and training

> Volunteer strategy

> Talking Trusts and Frontline Hopscotch

www.cwdcouncil.org.uk

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

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Points for discussion

• To what extent are your local groups engaging with the Every Child Matters agenda ?

• How ready are your local groups to contribute to the aims set out in the Children’s Plan ?

• What support do your local groups need ?

• What support do you need to enable this ?

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

local focus national voice

Points for discussion

• To what extent are your local groups engaging with the Every Child Matters agenda ?

• How ready are your local groups to contribute to the aims set out in the Children’s Plan ?

• What support do your local groups need ?

• What support do you need to enable this ?

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

local focus national voice

Action planning & next steps

• What are your action points from today ?

• What action points would you like NAVCA or CWDC to take away from today ?

… and don’t forget to fill in your evaluation form !

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

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