Passport to Services

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RYOGENS _at_ e-gov EXPO Wednesday 20th April 2005
Philip Robson, RYOGENS Programme Chair
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Agenda

• Welcome
• RYOGENS Overview
• How Warwickshire County Council are using RYOGENS
  

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Background why share concerns
The lack of a joined up view of a child can lead
to tragic consequences
RYOGENS changes practice by getting practitioners
to share concerns. It makes simple use of
technology.
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• The reasons for concern are split into three
  areas
• Child
• Parental Capacity
• Environment

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There are 36 reasons for concern.
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For every concern that is ticked there needs to
be some evidence input. This box is a free text
field that allows Practitioners to add as much
information as possible.
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Once the evidence has been added then the basis
for sharing the information needs to be added.
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Background meeting Government challenges
Positioning of RYOGENS National Project
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Independent Evaluation

• Easy to use
• Supported by practitioners - all areas and
  agencies
• Timely delivery for government agendas
• Potential to make a difference to children and
  their families
• Key challenges that needed to be addressed
• More consistency about what concerns are logged
• Risk of practitioners not seeking consent.

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Current RYOGENS Local Authority Partners
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Achievements

• It Works
• We have proved the Concept
• You can e-enable the sharing of information to
  help children
• It can adapt to a variety of settings
• Warwickshire
• Tower Hamlets
• Coventry
• Redcar and Cleveland
• West Berkshire
• It is Cost Effective
• It is a CATALYST for working together

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2005/06 And the Future

• End of ODPM Funding
• Transfer of Ownership
• Lead Authority or Another Partner
• Other Suitable Public Body
• Private Sector
• New Strategic Partnership
• Using Authorities Esprit
• Deloitte
• Children Act Opportunities
• Youth Justice Opportunities

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RYOGENS 3 introduces increased security

• Sensitive areas of functionality are protected
  by a step-up challenge
• The challenge is in the form of password and
  paired secret question/answer
• There is a choice of secret questions users
  provide their own secret answers
• Passwords now expire and must be changed at
  regular intervals

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Assessments can be completed and filed on-line.

• Electronic, forms based assessments can be
  completed
• One or more assessments can be organised into an
  Assessment Package
• The permission controlled viewing, completion,
  amendment and auditing of supported assessment
  items this option will guide the user through an
  on-line form fill workflow
• The technology is extensible further assessment
  forms may be introduced e.g ICS, SAP, CAF

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Audit Chronology - All activity is recorded in
the audit history

• Chronology view provides a history of activity
  around either a child or a user
• Key Events highlight significant actions
  within the chronology
• Powerful tools provide fine-grained control over
  the level of detail shown
• The Child Summary brings together, by type, all
  items associated with a child

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National Context

• Every Child Matters
• Children Act 2004
• A shared National Programme of Change
• Cross-Government Endorsement
• Crime Reduction

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Every Child Matters September 2003

• Identified five outcomes
• Being Healthy
• Staying Safe
• Enjoying and achieving
• Making a positive contribution
• Economic well-being

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Same Child Many Agencies
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Target for Statutory Requirements end 2008
- All Local Authorities have Childrens Trust
arrangements in place - All Local Authorities
have appointed a Director of Childrens
Services - All Local Authorities have designated
a Lead Member for Childrens Services - Youth
Inclusion and Support Panels (YISPs)
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Integrated Childrens System (ICS)
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Integrated Childrens System (ICS)
Fewer, inter-operable, systems
Universal child index
Common assessment framework
Duties to co-operate and safeguard
Federated solutions
Joint commissioning
Organisational re-design co-location
Workforce development
Childrens centres/extended schools
Process change / better practice
Regional hubs
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Lesley Celic RYOGENS Implementation Director
Warwickshire County Council How has RYOGENS
Improved Service Delivery
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RYOGENS in Warwickshire
All core contributing agencies were keen to
participate in both the design and implementation
of RYOGENS. These agencies included-
Connexions, Education, Health, (including the
Young Peoples Substance Misuse Service), Police,
Positive about Young People, Probation, Social
Services, Youth Offending Team. Evaluation
meetings indicated that all agencies identified
positive outcomes for vulnerable children.

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Implementing RYOGENS in Warwickshire

• Critical success factors
• Top management buy-in
• Early identification of key practitioners
• Multi-agency team with credibility and drive
• The ability to fit with existing processes and
  initiatives CHARM (Children Area Risk
  Management)
• Goodwill.

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Implementing RYOGENS in Warwickshire

• Close liaison was established with other
• initiatives in Warwickshire to ensure
• duplication was avoided and developments
• could be shared effectively
• Warwickshire Sharing of Information Protocol
• Warwickshires Strategic Plan for Vulnerable
  Children Young People
• Childrens Integrated Systems
• Information Sharing Assessment (ISA).

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Developing RYOGENS in Warwickshire
RYOGENS project team has provided a forum for
discussion regarding developments in service
provision Increased age range for CHARM
referrals Referrals to Family Group Conferencing
Service Further developments anticipated
are Parenting referrals Mentoring referrals.

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RYOGENS in Warwickshire - The Future
Close liaison continues with workstreams
considering the new Childrens Agenda. Warwickshi
re will look to extend further the use of RYOGENS
to support the requirements of- ISA, Childrens
Integrated Services Common Assessment
Framework. It will also continue to develop its
use in supporting the crime prevention agenda.