Ealing Council

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Implementation of the Children Act 2004 in Ealing
What is involved, progress to date next steps
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The Background National

• Children Act 2004 the main duties
• To co-operate to improve outcomes for children
  6 relevant authorities
• To safeguard children 13 defined statutory
  bodies
• Schools and FE bodies equivalent duty
• To create databases and indexes of basic
  information about children (requires secondary
  legislation)
• Local Safeguarding Children Boards to replace
  Area Child Protection Committees
• Children and Young Peoples Plan
• Director of Childrens Services and Lead Member
• Integrated inspection framework APA Joint
  Area Reviews
• Educational achievement of Looked after children
• Private Fostering

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• IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES
• Biggest change to childrens services for a
  generation
• End of Social Services and Education Departments
• Massive change management programme
• Significant partnership agenda
• Local authority lead
• Helpful focus for the first time on outcomes
• Structural change
• Timescales

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Executive Director for Individuals
Director of Schools Service
Director for Children Families
Director of Adult Social Care
Director of Housing Environmental Health
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• OUTCOMES
• Stay safe
• Be healthy
• Enjoy and achieve
• Economic well-being
• Make a positive contribution

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What is a Childrens Trust?
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Ealing Change for Children implementation
structure
Ealing Childrens Exec Group
Health Well-Being Board
LSP/ Cabinet/ PCT
Safer Ealing Partnership
CYPSP
ISA CAF
Youth Offending Service Management Board
Area Child Protection Committee/ LSCB
Communications
Participation Group
CAMHS Redesign
Improving Outcomes for Looked after Children Group
Children with Disability Pathfinder Trust
Planning, Resources Commissioning Group
Workforce Reconfiguration Change Management,
Equalities, Culture Change and Joint Training
Group
Childrens Fund
Integrated performance management group
Prevention/Support
Universal Service Redesign
Vulnerable Childrens Service
Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership
(EYDCP)
Connex-ions
Extended Schools
Teenage Pregnancy
i. Integrated Front Line Delivery
ii. Integrated Processes
iii. Integrated Strategy And Commissioning
iv. Integrated Governance
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INTEGRATED SERVICE DELIVERY

• Services to children with a disability
• CAMHS re-design
• Improved outcomes for Looked After Children
• Improved youth offending services
• Prevention and family support

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SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY

• Consultation and involvement
• Service re-design
• Joint commissioning
• Flexible use of budgets
• Co-location shared costs
• Single manager
• NEXT STEPS
• Joint management
• Joint service delivery
• Improving outcomes

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PREVENTION AND FAMILY SUPPORT

• Universal service redesign
• - Health visiting, midwifery
• - Targeting
• - Focus on outcomes
• Vulnerable Childrens service
• - 3 localities
• - Hub and spoke
• - Rapid access to services
• Extended schools
• Early years and childrens centres
• Childrens fund
• Teenage pregnancy
• Overall strategy

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INTEGRATED PROCESSES

• Information sharing
• Common assessment framework
• Lead professional role

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INTEGRATED STRATEGY

• Joint needs analysis 6 strands
• CYPP Single Plan
• Joint commissioning
• Integrated performance management
• Participation of children and young people

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INTEGRATED GOVERNANCE

• Ealing Childrens Executive Group
• New Board
• Workforce reconfiguration (10 year programme)
• Change management
• Cultural change
• Joint training
• Communications

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OTHER ISSUES

• 5 Year strategy for children and learners
• - tensions with ECM
• Engaging schools - tension
• - other
  priorities
• Health changes - fewer SHAs
• - PCT mergers?
• - hospitals to
  foundation trusts - massive
  change!
• Costs - short term change
• - longer term
  investment
• Safe transformation
• Real opportunity

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CF Structure
DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN FAMILIES
SAFEGUARDING MANAGER
HEAD OF INTEGRATED CWD SERVICES
HEAD OF PLANNING, COMMISSIONING PARTNERSHIPS
(Deputy Director)
HEAD OF SAFEGUARDING SUPPORT (Deputy Director)

• SEN
• Education Psychology
• Early Years Team
• CWD Social Work Team
• Health - CDT, etc.

• Commissioning
• Planning and Performance
• Improvement
• Childrens Centres Early Years
• Youth Connexions
• Youth Offending Service
• Childrens Fund
• Quality Assurance
• Business Support
• Teenage Pregnancy
• Policy Procedures

• Referral and Assessment
• Behaviour Support Services
• Family Support Services
• Safeguarding
• Support to LAC and Care
• leavers
• Fostering and Adoption
• Residential Homes
• Access to Resources Team
• CAMHS SW
• Travellers Education Team

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Draft Schools Structure
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS
School Improvement and Effectiveness
School and Parent Support Services

• Asset Management
• Schools Capital Programme
• Admissions
• Exclusions Procedures
• Attendance
• Pupil Support Grants
• Student Awards
• Schools funding and Forum
• Schools Bursarial Service
• Schools ICT
• PFI/BSF
• Research and Statistics
• Brokerage of Services to Schools

• School Improvement Team
• School Performance Monitoring and support
• National Strategies
• Continuous Professional Development
• Governor Services
• Management Advice to Schools
• Workforce Remodelling
• Healthy Schools
• Extended Schools
• Ethnic Minority Achievement
• EiC
• Music Service
• Non-devolved Standards Funds (except SEN and VCG)