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Directorate of Children’s Services
Termly Briefing for Chairs of Governors and Headteachers - Spring Term
Thursday 15th January 2009
6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Saltwells EDC
Directorate of Children’s Services
Welcome and Introduction
Jane Porter
Interim Director of Children’s Services
Directorate of Children’s Services
Welcome and Introduction
Who’s Who
Ways of working
Budget
Safeguarding
Good news
Directorate of Children’s Services
Introduction to the Spring Term Agenda
Pat Brockman
Head of School Governance
Directorate of Children’s Services
Introduction to the Spring Term Agenda
• Vetting and Barring Scheme
• Review of format of this meeting
• Modern Governor
Directorate of Children’s Services
Introduction to the Spring Term Agenda
Agenda
16.Governor Code of Conduct
17. Health and Safety ReportMike Morton
9. Report on progress of any Looked After ChildrenPat Finegan
Directorate of Children’s Services
APA Outcomes
Ian McGuff
Assistant Director ( Performance and Partnership)
Directorate of Children’s Services
Draft Annual Performance Assessment Letter 2008
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council delivers services that are consistently above the minimum requirements for children and young people. All services can demonstrate how they are improving the achievement and economic well-being of children and young people.
There are significant strengths in all areas.
Directorate of Children’s Services
Draft Annual Performance Assessment Letter 2008
This well managed Council has a good capacity to improve its services further. The Council has strong leadership and an ambitious vision. Collaboration with strategic partners is effective and the Council’s performance management framework is good.
Directorate of Children’s Services
Draft Annual Performance Assessment Letter 2008
…there is a strong track record in supporting improvement, together with pursuing new initiatives to develop interagency and partnership work. The Council targets resources well to secure improvements. The Council’s analysis of its strengths and areas for development is consistent with the admissible evidence. There are no additional recommendations to make as a result of the APA.
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young Person’s Act
Pauline Sharratt
Assistant Director (Children’s Specialist Services)
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young Person’s Act
The purpose of the Act is to reform the statutory framework for the care system in England and in Wales to ensure that children and young people receive high quality care and to drive improvements in the delivery of services focused on the needs of the child.
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young Person’s Act
Key aims:
• Improving placement stability• Educational experience and attainment• Quality of care planning• Ensures that young people are not moved out of care
before they are ready• Ensures sufficient support and guidance as long as they
require it
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young Person’s ActKey provisions
• Secure sufficient accommodation• Places a new duty on local authorities to appoint a representative
to visit all looked after children• Places a duty on governing bodies of maintained schools to
designate a member of staff at schools for pupils looked after by a local authority
• Requires local authorities to pay a bursary to former relevant children who go on to higher education
• Entitlement to payment in respect of higher education• Assistance to pursue education or training• Extension of entitlements to personal adviser and to assistance in
connection with education or training
Directorate of Children’s Services
Safeguarding
Pauline Sharratt
Assistant Director (Children’s Specialist Services)
Directorate of Children’s Services
Safeguarding
Issues against which we need to undertake activity (from Haringey JAR)
• Leadership and Management• Practice Issues
Recording Assessment and Care Planning Key meetings Referrals
• Interagency Working• Workforce Issues
Directorate of Children’s Services
Safeguarding
Learning from Previous Serious Case Reviews
• Interagency Working• Understanding of Other Agencies’ roles• Communication• Recording• Supervision• Risk Management• Decision-Making
Directorate of Children’s Services
Safeguarding
• Ensure that staff working with vulnerable children and families are provided with up-to-date procedures, protocols and guidance
• Where a professional makes a referral to Children’s Services concerning the welfare of a child, the referral must be confirmed in writing by the referrer within 48 hours
• All front-line staff in local authorities must be trained to pass all calls about the safety of children through to the appropriate duty team without delay, having first recorded the name of the child, his or her address, and the nature of the concern. If the call cannot be put through immediately, further details from the referrer must be sought including their name and contact number. The information must be passed verbally and in writing to the duty team within the hour.
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Safeguarding
• Ensure that all staff who work with children have received appropriate vocational training, receive a thorough induction in local procedures and are obliged to participate in regular continuing training
• Ensure that when staff are absent from work, systems are in place to ensure that post, e-mails and telephone contacts are checked and actioned as necessary
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young People’s Plan
Ian McGuff
Assistant Director ( Performance and Partnership )
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young People’s Plan – 2008-2011
• The plan of the Children’s Trust• To be reviewed and refreshed each year• Informed by Annual Performance Assessment, Joint
Strategic Needs Assessment, Local Area Agreement, Views of Children, Young People, Families, Professionals and Volunteers
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young People’s Plan – 2008-2011
KEY PRIORITIES
• Improve outcomes for CYP in care and those with learning difficulties and disabilities
All children to … • Have best possible start in life and follow healthy
lifestyles • Feel safe and protected from bullying and
discrimination
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young People’s Plan – 2008-2011
KEY PRIORITIES
All children to …• Achieve stretching national educational standards• Engage in law abiding, positive behaviour in and out of
school and engage in decision making and support for community and environment
• Engage in further education, employment or training on leaving school
Directorate of Children’s Services
The Children and Young People’s Plan – 2008-2011
OTHER KEY ACTIVITIES
Ensure effective …• Children’s Trust arrangements that are properly
understood and supported• Workforce development • Parenting strategy• Safeguarding of children• Use of resources • Management of performance
Directorate of Children’s Services
Academies/BSF/Primary Capital Programme
Jane Porter
Interim Director of Children’s Services
Dave Perrett
Interim Assistant Director (Early Years, Youth and Education Services)
Directorate of Children’s Services
Black Country Challenge - Update
Dave Perrett
Interim Assistant Director (Early Years, Youth and Education Services)
Directorate of Children’s Services
Open Forum
Directorate of Children’s Services
Date of Next Meeting
Thursday 30th April 2009