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Families & Young People Programme Highlight Report

Programme Details: Programme Status Dashboard

Programme Name: Families & Young People

Programme ID: FYP Previous CURRENT Future

Red Red Red

Senior Responsible Officer:

Tony Young Director Children’s Services, City of Cardiff Council Red/Amber Red/Amber Red/Amber

Amber/Green Amber/Green Amber/Green

This reporting period: Apr-Jun 2015 Next Period: Jul-Sep 2015 Green Green Green

Overview of Workstreams: ID Workstreams within this Programme: Lead Officer Current RAG status

FYP.EYI Early Childhood Nick Batchelar, Director Education and Lifelong Learning FYP.VF Vulnerable Families Tony Young, Director Children’s Services

Programme and Key Workstream Indicators : Work stream SRO to agree with the leads of each work stream activity which issues need to be escalated to the attention of the programme lead. This will be done where negative trends are evidenced or a number of red/red amber RAG status are being identified throughout the work stream activities.

Each workstream will clearly make a contribution to one or more of the 7 outcomes, and the extent of the contribution is highlighted above the update. The index is provided below, and the higher the bar the more significant the contribution to the outcome. Healthy Clean & Sustainable Safe Thriving & Prosperous Full Potential Live, Work & Play Fair, Just & Inclusive

Workstream activity: Undertake preventative actions to improve child outcomes

Workstream activity: Undertake preventative actions to improve child outcomes

Outcomes contributed to:

Outcomes contributed to:

% of Flying Start Children assessed, reaching or exceeding their developmental milestones on the ‘Schedule of Growing Skills Assessment at 2yrs & at 3yrs

Source: Cardiff & Vale UHB, PARIS Source: ONS, End Child Poverty

Age 2

Age 3

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Story and context for current trend Story and context for current trend

The graph reflects the percentage of children in the financial year receiving a Schedule of Growing Skills Assessment at either 2 or 3 years of age. 2014/15 saw a significant expansion into new lower super output areas (LSOA’s) for the programme, with more and more children becoming eligible for Flying Start services. Many of the newly eligible children entering the programme will not have had previous access to Flying Start services and this could account for the drop in the % of children reaching or exceeding their milestones, particularly at 2 years of age. The figure also only shows those children that were assessed within the time frame. Other children assessed outside this timeframe will have been meeting or exceeding their developmental milestones but are not able to be counted for WG statistical purposes. After identifying that there were issues with Schedule of Growing Skills Assessment (SOGS) completion compliance, a significant piece of work was undertaken within the health team to (a) improve and standardise the quality of SOGS undertaken and (b) improve the percentage of SOGS undertaken within the given timeframe. A rolling programme of refresher training was undertaken. Through this and greater performance monitoring, Cardiff has improved the number/percentage of SOGs completed within the WG time frame, which directly impacts on the validity of the SOGS data. Currently, 83.5% of 2 year SOGS have been completed within 2 months of a child’s birthday and 79.6% of 3 year assessments have been completed within 2 months. This equated to 2,729 SOGS completed within the time frame. Contributing to these results has been the slow progress in developing the capital infrastructure for childcare and delivery of other Flying Start services and implementing an establishment restructure which increases the number of staff delivering services in the new LSOA’s. Over 15 new childcare settings were in development last year and only 7 of these were fully completed and managed to gain CSSIW registration by the end of the year, to enable places to be offered. This meant that many children were not in a position to receive their childcare entitlement which we believe impacts significantly on children’s SOGS assessment results.

In February 2013 the End Child Poverty campaign, a coalition of over 100 charities committed to ending child poverty published the report ‘Child Poverty Map of the UK’. After nearly a year in operation the above data had been compiled. This report found that approximately 19% of children in Cardiff Unitary Authority are living in poverty (before factoring in housing costs). After housing costs the figure becomes 30%, which is only 4% lower than Oldham, Lewisham, Southwark & Lambeth (who all feature in the top 20 local authorities with highest level of child poverty across the UK). • Adamsdown and Butetown remain the worst affected areas, at

46.7% and 46.2% respectively. • Out of 29 wards, only 10 of them came out with less than 10%

children in poverty (before housing costs) and a further 11 came out with less than 20% after housing costs.

• Butetown has the highest proportion at 48%, closely followed by Ely with 47% and Adamsdown with 45%.

Figures published in the previous report by HMRC indicated that 24.6% of children in Cardiff were classified as living in poverty. The new lower figure of 19% which would seem to indicate some very positive trends (before housing costs) are taking place.

Workstream activity: Safeguarding

Source: Children's Services, Performance Indicator Referrals 1 Source: Children's Services, Performance Indicator SCC/010 Source: Children's Services, Performance Indicator CS CPR 4

Story and context for current trend So far in 2015 (Jan-Jun), there has been an average of 309 referrals per month; a decrease of 20.2% on the same six-month period in 2014. The average number of monthly referrals to Cardiff Council’s Children’s Service followed an upward trend between 2007 and 2012. However, in 2013 there was an average of 364 referrals per month; a decrease of 13.1% on 2012 as a whole. This level was maintained in 2014 when there was an average of 362 referrals per month; a small decrease of 0.6% on 2013 and the lowest figure since 2009.

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In June 2015 the percentage of referrals to Children’s Services that are re-referrals within 12 months stood at 25.6%; up slightly from 24.7% in June 2014. Between April 2008 (22.7%) and November 2012 (33.1%) there was an upward trend however the rate subsequently declined and since January 2014 has remained relatively stable at around 25%. In June 2015 the CPR caseload stood at 300. This represented a drop of 26.8% on October 2013, and 7.7% on June 2014, although it was still 67.6% above the number for April 2008 of 179. Between April 2008 and October 2013, there had generally been an upward trend in the number of children on the Child Protection Register (not including temporary registrations), despite a decline in the caseload during 2011, with growth of 129.1% over this time. However, from October 2013, when it was at a peak of 410, it has followed a general downward trend.

Workstream activity: Tackling Poverty

Source: CACI Paycheck/HMRC Story and context for current trend In 2014, 31.0% of Cardiff’s households were living in poverty. This was the third lowest proportion in Wales, above only Monmouthshire (26.8%) and the Vale of Glamorgan (28.3%), and compared favourably with the all-Wales figure of 33.6%. However, it exceeded the proportion for the whole of Great Britain (28.5%). Although the overall Cardiff figure compares well with other Welsh authorities, there is a large disparity across the city, with nine wards exceeding the figure for Wales. Just 9.0% of households in Lisvane are living in poverty, whereas more than two-fifths of those located in Ely (45.9%) and Llanrumney (43.3%) fall into this category. In fact, the figure for Ely exceeds the highest local authority proportion in Wales (Blaenau Gwent).

Milestones Achieved ID Milestones Achieved in this reporting period

FYP.VF.1 Cardiff South-West family sub-group has been successfully reinitiated, with attendance from a wide variety of partners including Communities First, Barnardo’s, South Wales Police, City of Cardiff Council & third sector organisations.

FYP.VF.1 Parenting Coordinator post successfully transferred to Children’s Services in Q1 of 2015-16.

FYP.VF.1 Early Help Strategy produced by Children’s Services signed off by City of Cardiff Council Cabinet.

FYP.VF.1 An Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) post has been created to undertake IFST Reviews that do not fall into the statutory reviewing process within the Child Protection and Looked after Children systems. This post sits within the IRO and Safeguarding Service in Cardiff and covers both Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan cases. Additional IROs will be trained in the IFSS model in order to ensure consistency of approach to IFST families and to strengthen the sustainability of this arrangement so that there is adequate cover within the team to maintain service continuity through periods of staff absence.

FYP.VF.1 Integrated Family Support Team Independent Reviewing Officer has attended the 3 days training module (for a better understanding of processes and models used) and has successfully chaired a number of maintenance meetings. Independent Reviewing Officer Part role includes ongoing work between the Service Manager and the Safeguarding Service In Cardiff, ensuring the fidelity of the Integrated Family Support Team model is maintained.

FYP.VF.4 Members of the Cardiff Team Around the Family & Disability Team Around the Family teams are now co-located for one day a week with City of Cardiff Council Children’s Services.

FYP.VF.4 Enhanced delivery of Disability services as part of Families First. Additional funding allocated for key-working; support previously delivered by ABCD Cymru with Black & Minority Ethnic families with a disabled child continues through new provision of ‘Hope 2 Shine’ project run by Action for Children.

Milestones Not Achieved ID Milestones Not achieved (including those with Red or Red Amber Status) Status

Delete as appropriate

FYP.EYI.1 Recruitment of new staff for expansion to Council Flying Start services is delayed. Two new posts in the Flying Start Senior Management Team due to be advertised; Parenting Services Manager and Business Manager. Posts have been in recruitment system but not yet gone to advert.

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FYP.VF.1 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) Health Intervention Specialist Post, working within the IFST, is currently vacant and awaiting further applications from Health staff.

Next Reporting Period: ID Key milestones for Next Reporting Period: Baseline

delivery date Status Delete as appropriate

FYP.EYI.1 Service restructure proposals have been taken to trade unions and staff and a formal period of consultation has begun, ending in August 2015. Restructure proposals are planned to be implemented by October 2015.

30/09/15

FYP.VF.1 Final version of the Early Help strategy agreed by Early Intervention & Prevention Steering Group and Programme Board council sign off to be achieved in July, partner members of the programme board to achieve sign off by September in order for the official launch to take place in October. Workforce development group to consider how best to support role out of implementation of Joint Assessment Family Framework.

30/09/15

FYP.VF.1 Following two successful meetings of Cardiff South-West family group invitations have been sent for City of Cardiff Council domestic abuse coordinator and for Cardiff Team Around the Family to attend.

30/09/15

FYP.VF.1 Creation of new Improvement Project Manager (Prevention & Partnership) post in Children’s Services agreed to lead on implementation of strategy – post advertise, closing 14/08/15.

31/08/15

FYP.VF.1 From September onwards Families First Parenting Services in Barnardo’s and Action for Children will be introducing a new model of group work plus for parenting following the Parenting Review. They will also be taking part in a pilot to develop new parenting delivery to support financial capability with the Money Advice Service, supported by the Big Lottery.

31/08/15

FYP.VF.2 The Cardiff & Vale Joint Local Services supported the development of a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub model in Cardiff. Funds have been made available for a project manager to begin the scoping exercise in Cardiff.

28/07/15

FYP.VF.4 Partnership & Integration Change Manager to be recruited to support a number of integrated disability work projects across Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan.

31/07/15

FYP.VF.4 Young Inspectors are currently working with Families First Healthy Lifestyles & Disability Focus, in preparation for official inspections scheduled for completion during Q2 & 3.

30/09/15

FYP.VF.4 New version of Cardiff Strategy Group for Children & Young People Affected by Disability to meet under direction of new change manager in Autumn.

30/09/15

FYP.VF.1 Annual report to be completed for Families First detailing delivery over 14-15, key achievements, case studies and examples of best practice.

06/08/15

FYP.VF.1 Communities First Bi - Annual review to be completed for 13-15 detailing delivery in all 4 Cluster areas, key achievements and case studies

06/08/15

FYP.VF.1 Welsh Government has secured ESF funding for a new Programme being introduced as a separate, but complementary, Programme to Communities First across Wales. The delivery for Cardiff will be through the 4 CF Clusters. Implementation to commence in Autumn 2015

30/10/15

FYP.VF.1 Cardiff is taking part in the Welsh Government’s ‘early adopter’ Pilot to develop a Combined Outcome Framework for Communities First, Families First and Flying Start. 6 common outcome areas and 32 performance measures have been identified. The pilot will look at alignment and allow for opportunities to reduce the reporting burden currently associated with the 3 individually designed programmes going forward. First reporting date for FF and CF is at Q1 with FS joining at Q2.

15/08/15

Significant Current Workstream Risks: ID Date Raised Description (clearly highlight impact) Owner

Initials Countermeasure(s)/Contingency Status

Delete as appropriate

FYP.EYI.1 31/03/15 Children’s Services managing caseload levels following departure of ‘Managed Team’

TY The Operational Manager is quantifying the impact against 3 risks factors: 1. Level of unallocated work 2. Caseload averages 3. Case transfer bottlenecks

Decisions Required from the Cardiff Partnership Board: 1 None/

Author Sign-Off and Assurance: Report Author: CPB Secretariat Report Sign-off SRO: Tony Young, Director, City of Cardiff Council

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Safer & Cohesive Communities Programme Highlight Report

Programme Details: Programme Status Dashboard

Programme Name: Safer & Cohesive Communities

Programme ID: SCC Previous CURRENT Future

Red Red Red

Senior Responsible Officer:

Martin Hamilton. Chief Officer, Change & Improvement, City of Cardiff Council

Red/Amber Red/Amber Red/Amber

Amber/Green Amber/Green Amber/Green

This reporting period: Apr– Jun ‘15 Next Period: Jul 15’ – Sep ‘15

Green Green Green

Overview of Workstreams: ID Workstreams within this Programme: Lead Officer Current RAG

status SCC.SSC Safety & Safeguarding Communities Steve Jones, Superintendent, South Wales Police

SCC.CC Community Cohesion Martin Hamilton. Chief Officer, Change &

Improvement, City of Cardiff Council

Programme and Key Workstream Indicators : Work stream SRO to agree with the leads of each work stream activity which issues need to be escalated to the attention of the programme lead. This will be done where negative trends are evidenced or a number of red/red amber RAG status are being identified throughout the work stream activities.

Workstream Activity: Improve offender management / Reduce first time entrants to the youth justice system

Workstream Activity: Mainstreaming, Managing and Promoting Community Cohesion

Source: Youth Offending Service, Cardiff Council

Source: South Wales Police, NICHE

Story and context for current trend Story and context for current trend

Although there was a slight increase (9 entrants) in the first quarter of the 15/16 this remains in line with trends in the city. The figure for Q1 15/16 is the third lowest since 2009. There has been a significant reduction in the differences between quarterly reporting figures. As an example the figures between Q1 14/15 and Q1 15/16 have not gone up or down each time by more than 15 entrants. This suggests that current approaches to youth entrants to the justice system are producing results. The figures in general have also significantly lowered over time, suggesting that the restorative methods in place are also proving successful.

Hate Crime in Cardiff has increased by 4% in the first quarter of 2015/16, although with a pattern emerging that is very similar to the first quarter of 14/15. The individual months paint a positive story, where in the previous quarter there was a sharp rise in hate crime reports issued between April and June in the new data it is only a slight increase which is then already falling again by the end of June. There are 11 fewer reports in this quarter during June than last quarter, and this represents a 12% decrease.

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Workstream Activity: Helping our communities feel safer

Source: SWP, NICHE

Source: SWP, NICHE

Story and context for current trend Crime Crime figures saw an increase in the first quarter of the 2015/16 reporting period. An additional 596 crimes were reported between April & June 2015 constituting a 7% increase during this quarter. As opposed to the previous quarter, the new data shows a sharp decrease of crimes reported under ‘burglary of dwelling’ with 90 fewer burglaries of dwellings reported in July than in April. Levels of ‘burglary other’ and ‘criminal damage’ remained mostly similar. Numbers of ‘thefts from motor vehicles’ however increased during the quarter by 18%. The subgroups have contributed in a similar way this quarter. ‘Other thefts’ accounted for a slightly decreased 32% followed by ‘violence against the person’ which has increased to 28%. The other subgroups all contribute significantly less with ‘criminal damages’ accounting for 13%, ‘theft from motor vehicles’ accounting for 8% and ‘robbery’ accounting for less than one percent. As this is the first quarter of a new year following the changes to crime recording in April 2014 we will expect to see some new patterns emerging. Data at the moment indicates minor increase in reporting of most crime types but the patterns are following trends from previous years, suggesting that the accuracy of reporting will continue to increase. ASB ASB data for quarter one of 15/16 has shown positive results, with the figures showing an overall decrease of15% over the same quarter last year, decreasing from 3728 reports to 3154. Although this quarter there is a slight rise in the number of incidents between May & June the May figure is 20% lower than the previous year and likewise the June figure has registered a 26% decrease.

Milestones Achieved ID Milestones Achieved in this reporting period

SCC.CPB A new Strategic Needs Assessment for the Safer & Cohesive Communities work stream has been completed by the Cardiff Partnership.

SCC.SSC.5 Vulnerable Families Project team meeting took place in May 2015 to hear from the Bristol Troubled Families Coordinator in order to investigate implementing Bristol’s database template in Cardiff. Monthly meetings to be set up.

SCC.SSC.2 As a result of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act (2014) a Community Trigger process has now been implemented in Cardiff allowing victims of Anti-Social Behaviour to request additional investigation into their case. This process traditionally involves a cross-section of Anti-Social Behaviour officers from both the police and local authority.

SCC.SSC.4 “First Responder” Human Trafficking course held in June 2015 which was attended by 17 practitioners.

SCC.SSC.4 Human Trafficking Wales Accord on Sharing of Public Information team activity has been reviewed in April and has now escalated to the central Wales Accord on Sharing of Public Information body to approve.

SCC.SSC.4 Off-street Sexual Health Outreach Project presented preliminary findings to Hafan Cymru & Safer Wales of work undertaken in the Massage Parlours in Cardiff, alongside a business case submitted to Pilgrim’s Trust.

SCC.SSC.4 Research proposal presented to University Police Statistics Institute for analysis, with the aim to set up a mechanism with local partners to assess sexual health needs and welfare issues around those involved in internet sex work.

SCC.CC.1 Cardiff PREVENT delivery plan and PREVENT briefings delivered to City of Cardiff Council Cabinet/Chief Executive.

SCC.CC.1 Workshop to Raise Awareness of PREVENT ‘Train the Trainer’ delivered to Leisure Services/City & South Partnership Group.

SCC.CC.1 Home office bids approved the creation of Upstanding Neighbourhoods, Young Leaders and Families Against Stress & Trauma (FAST) PREVENT projects.

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Milestones Not Achieved ID Milestones Not achieved Comment

SCC.SSC.3 Alcohol Treatment Centre Reaction to reduction in funding/formulation of exit strategy not completed, awaiting update from Cardiff & Vale Joint Local Service Board meetings.

SCC.SSC.3 Sexual Assault Referral Centre Reaction to reduction in funding/costing of new service model not completed, awaiting update from Cardiff & Vale Joint Local Service Board meetings.

Next Reporting Period:

ID Key milestones for Next Reporting Period: Baseline

delivery date Status

Delete as appropriate

SCC.CPB A new round of the Cardiff What Matters To You survey has been released by the Cardiff Research Centre as part of the Cardiff Debate, data will be collected from as many respondents as possible to indicate how they are currently feeling about the city.

31/7/15

SCC.CPB Following the Welsh Audit Office Annual Improvement Report for last year they will be returning in the summer to conduct another assessment, Cardiff Council Corporate Plan, Improvement Plan & Cardiff Partnership arrangements will figure heavily in their scrutiny.

30/9/15

SCC.SSC.5 Cardiff & Vale Joint Local Service Board has developed a work programme with a targeted focus on preventative interventions with vulnerable families. This will include reviewing and exploring the ‘Troubled Families’ methodology in use in England in order to propose new approaches for Cardiff.

22/7/15

SCC.SSC.1 Joint Commissioning of gender based violence services conference scheduled in July between the Police & Crime Commissioner, WAG & City of Cardiff Council.

28/7/15

SCC.SSC.1 Abertawe Bro Morgannwg university health board & South East Wales regional partnership to undertake early adoption work related to ‘ask and act’ as well as Level 1 awareness e-learning package on gender based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence expected to roll out to 300, 000 employees.

30/9/15

SCC.SSC.1 Ministerial Advisor for Domestic Abuse to be appointed by end of summer, work of advisor will include providing templates and guidance to local authorities and Welsh Assembly Government.

30/9/15 SCC.SSC.1 The Cardiff & Vale Joint Local Services board praised the work that had gone into establishing the

Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub and supported the development of a similar model in Cardiff. Funds have been made available for a project manager role to begin the scoping exercise in Cardiff.

28/7/15

SCC.SSC.1 White Ribbon Campaign (ending male violence against women) is gaining momentum this year with more events planned across the city. Quarter 3 will be the key quarter in terms of activity.

30/9/15 SCC.SSC.1 Cardiff local authority intends to launch website directly linking in with the Welsh Assembly

Government that will provide information to members of the public about domestic violence and sexual violence and will signpost victims to local services.

15/8/15

SCC.SSC.2 Youth offending service monitoring effectiveness of Neighbourhood Resolution Panels and Staysafe programmes to improve the numbers of first time entrants to youth justice.

31/7/15 SCC.SSC.2 An extensive Anti-Social Behaviour review is being undertaken over the next 12 months by the Police

& Crime Commissioner and Cardiff Partnership will be heavily involved in this process. 30/9/15

SCC.SSC.3 Plans to introduce a Late Night Levy are being reviewed given the proposal to develop a Business Improvement District. A meeting with the City of Cardiff Council and South Wales Police to identify an agreed way forward is took place on Thursday 25th June. Mosaic, who is leading on the BID process for Cardiff, has agreed to review the benefits of using the LNL as part of the BID going forward and will present to the CPB on August 6th 2015.

7/8/15

SCC.SSC.3 Cardiff & Vale Joint Local Service Board heard proposals that financial support for the ATC could be part funded in future through means such as the Late Night Levy and that the APB is developing an options paper on the funding arrangements for the ATC moving forward. An update for the ATC to establish a 2016/17 contingency for funding requested at the next meeting.

22/7/15

SCC.SSC.4 Discussions with University Police Statistics Institute to progress the ‘Hidden Sex Work Project’ are on-going following application for research funding being submitted in July 2015

15/8/15 SCC.SSC.4 CCC Housing to establish a case of need for a woman’s only hostel in Cardiff –under the umbrella of

the Vulnerable Groups Change Programme. This is being undertaken under the umbrella of the Vulnerable Groups Re-Shaping Services Programme.

31/7/15

SCC.SSC.4 Bespoke training to be delivered for response Police Officers to raise awareness about the Cardiff Diversionary Pathway and the complexities associated with Sex Work and the complexities associated with street sex work for those living in residential areas.

31/7/15

SCC.SSC.4 Following a meeting of the Cardiff & Vale Joint Local Service Board a letter was sent to the SRO of the Sexual Assault Referral Centre to request an update on the project. Good progress has been made and a number of appraisal options are being discussed next week to determine the best course of action in further developing and implementing a regional model for the SARC.

22/7/15

SCC.CC.1 PREVENT meeting took place in July, education safeguarding leads attended and were briefed on updates gathered by the PREVENT lead from the Counter Terrorism & Security Act 2015.

14/7/15

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SCC.CC.1 PREVENT lead, along with local authority and WAG, are pursuing a bid to develop a version of the ‘Getting On Together’ programme for implementation in Primary Schools to implement by the beginning of the next academic year.

1/9/15

SCC.CC.2 City of Cardiff Council is establishing a steering group to establish whether Gypsy & Traveller accommodation needs should be handled in house or by a consultant. Welsh Government guidance on good practice is being followed in order to complete the assessment.

30/9/15

SCC.CC2. Volunteers recruited from Companies House to work at Rover Way to re-design green areas of the site including the entrance to depict culturally sensitive displays. This will be covered in the Capital Times and it is hoped that it will promote a positive view of the gypsy and traveller way of life.

30/9/15

Significant Current Workstream Risks:

ID Date Raised Description (clearly highlight impact) Owner

Initials Countermeasure(s)/Contingency Status Delete as

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SCC.SSC.3 1/4/15 ATC funding will be reduced from £270,000 to £25,000

CE Training for many participants in night-time economy ensures that lessons of the initial ATC model are learnt. ATC will still cover the essential Friday/Saturday nights with an additional 6 high risk slots available.

SCC.SSC.4 31/3/15 Sexual Assault Referral Centre NE The Sexual Assault Referral Centre is due to receive a substantial reduction in funding in 2015/16 and has not completed a full costing of service model for the future.

Decisions Required from the Cardiff Partnership Board: 1 Monitoring to continue for updates on the Alcohol Treatment Centre & Sexual Assault Referral Centre exit strategies. 2 Night Time Levy and Business Improvement District proposals to be considered at next Cardiff Partnership Board meeting.

Author Sign-Off and Assurance: Report Author: CPB Secretariat Report Sign-off

SRO: Martin Hamilton, Chief Officer

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August 2015

Report to Cardiff Partnership Board (CPB)

Subject: Education Development Board Update

1. Purpose of report

1.1 To update the CPB on the work of the Education Development Board and key performance information now available for the academic year 2014/15.

2. Refocusing the role of the Education Development Board

2.1 During the summer term, work has commenced to refresh and refocus the Education Development Board, to empower the Board to focus more upon strategic development, particularly upon the development of schools to lead improvement in Cardiff. At the same time, the membership is under review to draw in additional expertise that can help to deliver the new remit.

2.2 The proposed new remit of the Board is:

• To develop the capacity of schools in Cardiff to lead and support their own improvement. The Education Strategy Group, comprising Head teachers, will lead on this strand of work and report progress to the Education Development Board.

• To develop more effective partnerships with other agencies and organisations across the city with a view to improving outcomes for young people.

• To develop a vision of what an outstanding 21st Century school system for Cardiff might look like.

The outline work streams and programmes are illustrated at Appendix 1, New Work programme from Robert Hill

2.3 A standing item on the agenda of the Board would continue to track progress with addressing the issues highlighted in the Estyn inspection of the County Council’s effectiveness as an education authority. The Board would receive a note on progress from the Education Improvement Group indicating which areas of activity were on course and which areas were presenting problems and challenges. In respect of the latter areas, members of the Board would consider with relevant officials the underlying reasons for lack of progress and what actions and support school leaders and other partners might provide to expedite progress.

2.4 The Board would also continue to receive regular updates on school performance as required.

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3. An initial view of school performance 2014/15

3.1 Appendix 2 Initial View of Cardiff Performance July 2015 (Angela Kent)

4. School attendance 2014/15

4.1 Secondary school attendance this year has been sustained at 93.8%. The 2014/15 target of 94.1% was missed, largely attributable to challenges faced in three secondary schools. Assistance has been provided to these schools to better align resources to target non attendance.

4.2 Primary school attendance this year has improved from 94.9% to 95.32%, exceeding the target of 94.6%.

5. Young People Not in Education, Training or Employment

5.1 The main focus of activity this academic year has been embedding the Vulnerability Assessment Profile (VAP) in all secondary schools to identify young people at risk of becoming NEET, strengthening arrangements at neighbourhood level with Careers Wales to reengage and place young people already NEET and preparing for the implementation of the Youth Guarantee to secure appropriate learning pathways for young people.

5.2 The VAP has now been successfully embedded in all secondary schools. The impact of the tool in supporting vulnerable young people to make a successful transition to further education, employment or training will take time to assess. It will be informed to some extent by the annual Careers Wales year 11 NEET count in October 2015. Currently, 343 young people in year 11, identified as at risk of becoming NEET, are being followed up as part of the youth service summer programme. This number represents 10.25% of the 2015 year 11 cohort in Cardiff. The aim is to reduce this percentage to below the 2014 Careers Wales year 11 NEET percentage for Cardiff which was 4.2% (151 young people).

5.3 Work is ongoing with Careers Wales and community partners to strengthen neighbourhood panels, designed to track, monitor and support those young people, aged 16 -18, registered as NEET in Cardiff. A priority for action is the sign off of an appropriate Information Sharing Protocol between partners.

5.4 A paper outlining progress to date on implementing the Youth Guarantee is attached at Appendix 3. Scrutiny paper- Youth Guarantee

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6. Recommendations

6.1 It is recommended that the Board:

• Endorses the proposals for the new work programme and membership of EDB.

• Notes current educational attainment and attendance data for academic year 2014/15.

• Notes current position regarding young people not in education, employment or training and provides support to the Council as appropriate to secure appropriate provision to those young people at risk of becoming ‘NEET’ this autumn and to progress the Youth Guarantee.

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EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT BOARD

MONDAY 6TH JULY 2015

BRIEFING PAPER

AUTHOR: Angela Kent

Initial View of Cardiff’s Performance July 2015

Provisional data based upon the National data collections for Foundation Phase, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 has been provided by the Central South Consortium. This will be subject to validation by Welsh Government. Final figures will be published in December 2015.

Foundation Phase Overall there has been an improvement in outcomes in the Foundation Phase. The Foundation Phase Indicator has improved from 83.7% to 86.7%, an increase of 3 percentage points. However, this increase is smaller than the increases achieved by three out of the other four authorities in the consortium and Cardiff’s performance in this indicator remains below that of the consortium (87.6%). The Wales average for 2013/14 academic year was 85.2%. Key Stage 2 At key stage 2, the CSI has increased by 2.7 percentage points from 85.1% to 87.8%. This increase is greater than the increases achieved by the three of the other four authorities in the consortium (1.4 to 1.6 percentage points) and Cardiff’s performance in the CSI at the end of key stage 2 is now in line with the overall figure for the consortium. (87.8%). The Wales average for 2013/14 academic year was 86.1%. Key Stage 3 At this key stage, performance in the CSI has increased from 81.5% to 83.4%. This increase of 1.9 percentage points is the smallest increase in the consortium. Cardiff’s performance is now slightly below that for the consortium as a whole (83.6%). The Wales average for 2013/14 academic year was 81%. Gender Differences Across the city, the performance of girls exceeds that of boys from the Foundation Phase through to key stage 3. The difference in performance has increased slightly in the Foundation Phase but reduced significantly in key stage 2 and to a lesser extent in key stage 3. FSM pupils In Cardiff, at each key stage, the performance of FSM pupils is improving. The rate of improvement is faster than the rate of improvement for non FSM pupils leading to a narrowing of the gaps in outcomes between the two groups. In the Foundation Phase and at key stage 2, the difference in performance is smaller than the consortium average. At key stage 3 it is slightly wider:

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• The FSM gap at Foundation Phase (FPOI) has reduced from 15.3% to 13.3%.• The FSM gap at KS2 (CSI) has reduced from 17.5% to14.3%.• The FSM gap at KS3 (CSI) has reduced from 22.4% to 21.6%.

Angela Kent Head of Achievement and Inclusion 13th July 2015

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Proposed revised remit and work programme for the Education Development Board of Cardiff County Council

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Standing agenda item A standing item on the agenda of the Board would track progress with addressing the issues highlighted in the Estyn inspection of the County Council’s effectiveness as an education authority. The Board would receive a note on progress from the Education Improvement Group indicating which areas of activity were on course and which areas were presenting problems and challenges. In respect of the latter areas members of the Board would consider with relevant officials the underlying reasons for lack of progress and what actions and support school leaders and other partners might provide to expedite progress. Proposed work streams and associated work programme

Strand of work Work programme Outcome/success measures To develop the capacity of schools in Cardiff to lead and support their own improvement Education Strategy Group to lead on this strand of work and to report progress to Education Development Board

• Developing a Cardiff approach to coaching in the classroom – commissioning Hub schools and school using Iris to lead this work

• Developing local clustering – as the basis for delegating

funding and functions, developing business expertise/synergies and shared leadership models between schools

• Developing understanding of a new leadership model for

groups of schools and to clarify executive head and head of school roles – RH to draft initial proposals for a workshop with small group of Cardiff heads and governors

• Supporting leadership development – including a system

for mentoring new and acting heads, developing a model for establishing deputy head network(s); and discussing with the Consortium areas where Cardiff-specific inputs could complement their broader programmes:

Coaching model developed, trailed in schools and beginning to be used across schools Extent of delegation funding and functions scoped and pilot clusters established Job specifications for the respective roles agreed Mentoring system, deputies network(s) and leadership development programme in place DRAFT

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Strand of work Work programme Outcome/success measures

(e.g. vulnerable pupils, leadership of EAL, pupil mobility, early intervention strategies);

• Celebrating success – through fostering a culture of sharingeffective practice and holding one-off events

First celebration initiatives organised

To develop more effective partnerships with other agencies and organisations across the city with a view to improving outcomes for young people

• Growing the pool of skilled people from the business andpublic sectors willing to act as school governors;

• Identifying leadership mentors from the business and othersectors and using business expertise to support businessmanagement in schools;

• Identifying where further and higher education haverelevant experts who could contribute to professionaldevelopment programmes;

• Identifying further ways in which further and highereducation institutions and employers could support andenhance aspiration and curriculum learning pathways andopportunities – through reviewing existing school/employerlinks and considering extending them to primary schools.

• Strengthening the cultural offer/entitlement for all youngpeople in Cardiff.

At least [XX] new school governors identified

A cadre of at least [12] business mentors established and/or opportunities to shadow business leaders and/or attend ‘master classes’

Higher education expertise being offered/used as part of professional development programmes

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Strand of work Work programme Outcome/success measures To develop a vision of what an outstanding 21st Century school system for Cardiff might look like

• Understanding the aspirations of young people – using aone-off survey and building on existing youth engagementchannels

• Developing an understanding of the likely skill needs of theCardiff sub-regional economy and linking this to schools’arrangements for implementing the ‘Donaldson’ curriculum

• Developing an understanding of what a school-led systemfor Cardiff might look like in the light of the development ofother cities across the globe, and a strategy for movingtowards it

Survey and short report completed on future of educational aspirations of young people in Cardiff

Agreed skill profile for Cardiff sub-regional economy for the next 10 years established, along with an understanding of its implications for schools and the implementation of the Donaldson curriculum

Report [and Conference to discuss its content and implications for Cardiff]

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Report on the Youth Guarantee to Children & Young People Scrutiny Committee

July 2015

Purpose of the Report

1. To inform Scrutiny Committee about the approach being taken in Cardiff toimplementing a Youth Guarantee in line with the Welsh Government Strategylaid out in the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework.

Background

2. In recent years Welsh Government has produced a number of reports andconsultations under the banner of “Skills that work for Wales” that deal withincreasing the skills base, especially in young people, and reducing thenumber of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET).The culmination of this work was the development by WG of the YouthEngagement and Progression Framework (YEPF). Cardiff already had anexisting NEETs action plan in response to its Estyn inspection report and therecognition of the high levels of NEET that existed in the city. As part of theresponse to the YEPF the Cardiff NEETs Action Plan was re-written to dealwith the implementation of the YEPF and to increase the levels ofengagement of young people 16-24. Work on this framework approach hasbeen underway for 2 years in Cardiff. It is worth noting that Cardiff hasdemonstrated one of the steepest declines in NEETs across Wales since2010. The numbers of young people who are NEET in the city neverthelessremains too high.

3. The Welsh Government Youth Engagement and Progression Framework hassix key elements:

• Identifying young people most at risk of disengagement• Better brokerage and co-ordination of support• Stronger tracking and transitions of young people through the system• Ensuring provision meets the needs of young people• Strengthening employability skills and opportunities for employment• Greater accountability for better outcomes for young people

There are 2 new offers to young people through the Framework: • The allocation of a lead worker as a single point of contact for the most

at-risk young people • The development of a proactive and positive Youth Guarantee that will

help to ensure that every young person has access to a suitable place in learning post-16

4. The Youth Guarantee is the offer, acceptance and commencement of:• A place on a full or part-time course in school, college, with an

independent provider, or traineeship or apprenticeship place• Training to at least Level 2 during employment

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5. The overall responsibility for the delivery and achievement of the Youth

Guarantee lies with local authorities as part of their lead strategic role for implementation of the YEP Framework.

6. The Youth Guarantee is due to be implemented nationally from September 2015.

7. Cardiff Council has published its Corporate Plan for 2015-17 containing 4

Priorities. The Youth Guarantee is related to Priority 1 thus: Priority 1: Education and Skills for People of all ages

Improvement objective: Every Cardiff school is a good school where learners achieve well

Commitment: Implement the Welsh Government Youth Guarantee to ensure appropriate progression routes for all learners by 2016

8. Cardiff Council on the Partnership Board has the strategic lead and

responsibility for implementing the Framework and the Guarantee within Cardiff.

9. The Education Development Board oversees the implementation of the Framework and Guarantee through:

• The Employment, Education and Training Strategy Group - this group

has a provider sub-group (Retention and Progression) that is focused on provision for Tier 2 learners (those unable to engage in EET).

• The Post-16 Working Group – this is a sub group of the Education Development Board and is focused on provision for learners in Tier 5 in schools, colleges, training providers and employment; a more operational Curriculum Group designs the detail of the provision offer. [For details of Careers Wales’ 5 Tier Framework, please see Appendix 1]

Issues The Cardiff approach to implementing the Youth Guarantee

10. In line with Welsh Government thinking Cardiff is stressing the collective responsibility that is required among all Post 16 providers if an effective Youth Guarantee offer is to be created for young people in the city.

11. Officers prepared a set of proposals that served as a starting point for discussion on how implementation could be taken forward (see para. 14 for the main elements). These proposals were presented to the Education Development Board and the Post 16 Task Group where they were broadly accepted.

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12. The main elements in the proposed implementation strategy are:- • The adoption of the Common Area Prospectus • A review of the needs of learners in the current Year 10 together with

the latest labour market intelligence to inform the planning of the offer • A review of Careers Advice and Guidance in schools, particularly for

Year 11, with the production of a best practice guide for schools • The expansion of the “free choice” offer to all Year 11 not just those

moving on into the 6th form • A collective agreement among all providers to publish final option offers

in January 2016 and then to open up an applications process during the Spring Term of 2016.

• To complete the bulk of the “offers” to Year 11 students by Easter 2016 • To review final choices and deal with any disentitlement under the

Learning & Skills Measure in the summer term 2016 • To plan and deliver a summer transition support programme for the

summer holidays 2016 • To track and record learners as they commence their Post 16 provision

in September 2016

These points cover the requirements of the Youth Guarantee. However in Cardiff it is intended that the tracking of learners should continue beyond the commencement of their Post 16 provision. This will allow Cardiff to capture retention, completion, achievement and destination data as outputs / outcomes from the offers accepted and taken up by Year 11 students under the Youth Guarantee.

Activity on implementing the Youth Guarantee

13. The proposed implementation strategy has been presented and discussed in the Education Development Board and the Post-16 Task Group. This latter group has representation of all the main groups of Post-16 providers in Cardiff and colleagues have fed back to their respective organisations.

14. Careers Wales host the Common Area Prospectus (CAP) on their web site. Training for school and college administrators to facilitate the uploading of material into the CAP has been arranged and undertaken by Careers Wales. Training is also available in the summer term 2015 for school staff who will be providing support to young people in the use of the on-line CAP.

15. The Curriculum Group will commence the review of Year 10 during the second half of the summer term 2015. The South Wales Learning & Skills Observatory has just released its first report on labour markets in the region and a “Supply Plan” is due to be released by September. These inputs, along with information from FE and Training Provider partners, will form the basis for the Youth Guarantee offer to Year 11 in the autumn of 2015.

16. A workshop with Careers Wales, LA officers, and Careers Co-ordinators from schools and colleges has been run to investigate existing practice and best practice provision of Careers Advice & Guidance for Year 11. A report from this workshop is in preparation and will be circulated to all schools.

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17. The expansion of the “free choice” offer in November 2015 to cover all

learners will be dealt with by the Curriculum Group. This offer forms the basis for meeting the Post-16 requirements of the Learning & Skills Measure. Currently the regulations in the Measure require 6th forms and colleges to provide 30 Level 3 choices with at least 5 vocational courses in this offer drawn from 3 areas of learning including Science and Technology.

18. The FE and 6th form providers in Cardiff have agreed and adopted a common timetable/ option block policy for September 2015 which will increase the flexibility of choice that learners will have under the Youth Guarantee.

Next steps

19. To complete work on the remaining elements of the Youth Guarantee such as the Common Application System and a Post-16 tracking tool.

20. To respond to the “next steps” identified in the 9th June 2015 NEETS paper to Scrutiny namely:

• Challenge and support schools to fully exercise their responsibilities to

ensure no leavers become NEET as part of the Challenge Advisors work.

• Further strengthen the provision for groups identified as high risk. Improve provision ensuring pupils develop skills to enter and sustain placements.

• Tighten the management of interventions that support young people through improved partnership accountability.

• To strengthen arrangements to ensure young people access the most appropriate placements, sustain these places and are successful through implementation of the Youth Guarantee.

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Appendix 1 – Careers Wales 5 Tier data April 2015 As displayed in the 9th June 2015 NEETs Report to Scrutiny.

Careers Wales NEETS Register - April 2015

APRIL 2015 No contact

with Careers Wales or the Local Authority

Require pre-engagement courses or are unavailable for work

Engaged with Careers Wales and ready to enter the labour market

At risk of disengagement from EET

Engaged in Full or Part Time EET

Cohort / Age Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5 Left Year 11 in 2014 258 64 116 353 3153

16 76 24 44 121 1065 17 182 40 72 232 2088

Left Year 11 in 2013 193 98 100 139 3224 17 52 33 37 54 1084 18 141 65 63 85 2140

Grand Total 451 162 216 492 6382

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