Worcestershire Children and Young People's PlanEngagement Pack

Also included in the pack (see explanations below) Standard PowerPoint Posters – made available electronically Artwork – Worcestershire Children (logos) Suggested wording for social media and emails Survey link Question Tree – how to use it

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Worcestershire is developing a new Children and Young People's Plan and we want you to get involved……………..The new children and young people's plan is currently being developed, and partners from a wide range of organisations are already involved.

What will the new plan do? Clarify the collective ambition and aspirations for all children and young people in

Worcestershire Focus on key priorities and success measures Set expectations around the way we work in Worcestershire  Provide a framework for all agencies and organisations working with children,

young people and families to make the necessary impact to improve lives Build on and add value to existing plans

So how can you help?It's important that as part of the development of the plan we engage with as many

Children Young People Parents/Carers of children and young people Practitioners who work with children, young people and families

We have developed this pack to support the collection of responsesThere are a number of ways in which you can help:-

Encourage people to complete the online survey – use the poster, share the link via email or social media

Work through the questions in a team meeting – collating the responses and sending them to us

Use the Question Tree we have developed to ask questions over a period of time e.g. one question a week (these are also being used in Libraries). We can supply all the resources you need and you send all the responses to us.

So what questions are we asking?We have agreed a number of questions which we want to ask

Children Young People Parents/Carers Practitioners who work with families

We need to ask the same questions to everyone so that we can analyse the responses.

These questions are in the survey, and you can use them for discussions, they are:

Children What are the most important things to you? (with a tick list to choose 3) Please tell us why these are important to you What things do you like to do? (with a tick list to choose 3) What are your main issues or challenges? How could your life be improved? If you were king or queen of Worcestershire for a day what would you change

and why?

Young People What is most important to you and why? What do you like to do and why? What are your main issues or challenges? How could your life be improved? If you were king or queen of Worcestershire for a day what would you change

and why?

Parents/Carers of children and young people What do you think is most important for children and young people in

Worcestershire? What do you think are the main challenges or issues for children and young

people in Worcestershire? What do you think would improve the lives of children and young people? How do you think parents/carers could be supported better? If you were king or queen of Worcestershire for a day what would you change

and why?

Practitioners who work with children and young people What do you think is most important for children and young people in

Worcestershire? What do you think are the main challenges or issues for children and young

people in Worcestershire? What do you think would improve the lives of children and young people? How do you think parents/carers could be supported better? If you were king or queen of Worcestershire for a day what would you change

and why?

Our pledge is that: We listen, hear and understand children, young people and families We prioritise developing and maintaining quality relationships with children,

young people, families and between professionals – doing things with people, instead of to them, for them or doing nothing

We work with children, young people and families’ strengths in a solution focused way that helps families to help themselves to be more resilient.

We focus on adding value and ask ourselves: How much did we do? How well did we do it? Is anyone better off? 

We are brave enough to stop things that are wrong and work together to bring about change

TimescalesWe will have an outline plan by early July 2017 and the website we have used for the survey will be used to share this. It is our intention that the plan will be dynamic, changing in response to need, so there will not be a printed version, everything will be available via the website.

The Engagement Tools

PowerPoint This has been developed to use in meetings (it may include more information than you need so please feel free to use individual slides or the whole presentation)

Posters/Screens The artwork for the posters/screens is attached so that you can print them off.

Artwork All partner organisations are encouraged to use the artwork we have developed for the plan not just for engagement but also on other documents/plans etc. going forward.

If you need it in another format please let us know.

SurveyWe have created a web landing page with a link to the survey http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/CYPP 

Paper copies and easy read copies can be made available – please ask if you want them.

In future this page will also be used to feedback on the results of the survey and to share the new plan.

Suggested social media posts or email wording – with survey link

Question Tree – A tree silhouette with post it notes - We have developed this resource to ask the survey questions over a period of time (for example one per week). We can supply all the resources you need – and you send the responses to us. Please let us know if you would like to use it.

Note – Unfortunately, due to the size of the documents, we have had difficulty sending them via email but they are all available online via Yammer https://www.yammer.com/worcestershireconnectingfamilies/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=11576172&view=all

Additional Information

We believe it is important that children and young people:- Are safe from harm Reach their full potential Live healthy, happy and fun lives Are a positive voice in their communities

What's the point of the survey? To confirm what's important for children and young people in Worcestershire

How will the plan be used? To shape the way Worcestershire works for its children and young people.

- Allowing Worcestershire's children to be heard about what matters to them and to make sure services  focus on/deliver things that C&YP want/are important to them

(We know we can’t change everything, but we want to make a difference to the things that we can change).

If you have any questions or would like additional information or support please email:

Allie WebsterOperational Manager - PartnershipsFamilies, Communities and PartnershipsWorcestershire County CouncilCounty Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NPEmail:    cypp@worcestershire.gov.uk