Aberdeenshire Children’s Services Plan 2018/19 Annual Report Children’s Services Plan Annual Report 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019 Enquiries to: Bryony Revell, Service Transformation Manager (GIRFEC): [email protected] If you need a copy of this document in an alternative language or in large print or in Braille please contact the Equalities Team on (01467) 539942. Jeśli chcesz otrzymać kopię tego dokumentu w innym języku, napisanego dużą czcionką lub w języku Braille'a, proszę zadzwonić pod numer 01224 472840. Ja Jums ir nepieciešama šī dokumenta kopija citā valodā, lielformāta drukā vai braila rakstā, lūdzu, zvaniet pa tālruni: 01224 472840. Если Вы нуждаетесь в копии этого документа на другом языке, укрупненным шрифтом или шрифтом Брайля, просим Вас позвонить по телефону 01224 472840. Prašau skambinkite tel. 01224 472840, jei jums reikalinga į jūsųkalbą išversto dokumento kopija ar pageidaujate didelėmis raidėmis ar Brailiu. Front/back cover art: Abisola age 6, Reilly age 11 2 Contents Executive Foreword 4 Improving Wellbeing: The Local Context 5 The National Context 13 Children's Services Planning: Who We Are 22 Our Community: Population, Housing, Transport, Employment, Child Poverty 266 A Committed and Confident Workforce 366 The GIRFEC Website 455 Children and Young People’s Rights 51 Health and Wellbeing 70 Learning and Education 88 Social Work Services: Supporting Families 102 Keeping Communities Safe: Working Together 106 Third Sector 113 Child Protection: Keeping Aberdeenshire’s Children Safe 114 Appendix A: Multi-Agency Thematic Action Plan Updates Strategic Priority Outcome Indicators/Performance Measures Table 2 Early Years 9 Mental Health and Wellbeing 28 Children with a Disability 40 Substance Use 51 Corporate Parenting 68 Improving Life Chances: Preventing Offending 98 Young Carers 109 Executive Foreword On behalf of Aberdeenshire’s Chief Officers, I’m delighted to share the 2018/19 Children’s Services Plan Annual Report. As Year 2 draws to a close, this provides an opportunity for us to pause and reflect on the steps taken as a Community Planning Partnership, to safeguard, support and promote children and young people’s wellbeing in Aberdeenshire. The report details how we’ve progressed action to address our strategic priorities, and shows how individual and collective provision of services is helping to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families in a number of ways. A challenging financial and political climate has seen a degree of continued uncertainty and flux, both locally and at a national level. Pressure on resources has become the norm rather than the exception, meaning steps have to be taken to ensure support is available equitably, and that it is focussed on those who need it most. The accompanying reality for services means difficult decisions have had to be taken. Despite these challenges, the ongoing commitment of Public Services, Third Sector organisations and Funded Providers has remained unwavering, as reflected in the range of high quality services, and dedicated colleagues focussed on meeting the needs of our children, young people, families, and communities. While there is much for us to be proud of, equally, there no room for complacency. Both as individual organisations and as a collective, we continue to learn from external scrutiny and inspection, and to inwardly reflect through a range of self-evaluation, quality assurance and improvement activity. This makes sure local arrangements continue to adapt and evolve, and support robust approaches which make a real and tangible difference to the lives of children and young people. It’s heartening to see this shared commitment by Chief Officers and Senior Leaders, Service Managers and Frontline Practitioners, Communities, Families, Children and Young People alike; as reflected throughout the annual report. There is a real sense conveyed that everyone is in this together; to Get it Right For Every Child in Aberdeenshire and realise the vision of our Plan: ‘Our commitment to Aberdeenshire’s children and young people, is to provide them with the right support, in the right place, at the right time. In helping them reach individual potential and goals, we will work together to make Aberdeenshire the best place in Scotland to grow up’ Jim Savege, Chief Executive, Aberdeenshire Council Chair, Aberdeenshire Executive Group for Public Protection Amanda Croft, Chief Executive, NHS Grampian Campbell Thomson, Chief Superintendent, North East Division, Police Scotland Dan Shaw, Chief Executive, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action (AVA) Angie Wood, Chief Officer, Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership Ian Findlay, Local Senior Officer for Aberdeenshire and Moray, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service 4 Improving Wellbeing: The Local Context Aberdeenshire’s 6th annual report on integrated services for children and young people, is our second under requirements set out in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 20141. Outlining the progress made as Community Planning Partnership, it details how local services delivered over 2018/19 have contributed to the overarching aim of a Children’s Services Plan: ‘To safeguard, support and promote the wellbeing of children and young people’ It does this by showing the impact of supports provided by Universal Services to all children and young people, and demonstrates how targeted support is helping to improve outcomes for children, young people and families with particular types of need. The report provides an annual update in two parts. Firstly this considers service delivery within broad wellbeing themes: Health and Wellbeing, Learning and Education, Social Work, Keeping our Communities Safe, and contribution of the Third Sector. Secondly, it reviews progress against the priorities endorsed by Chief Officers for our 2017-2020 Children’s Services Plan. These set out a shared strategic direction for organisations and services in Aberdeenshire, and helps focus partnership resource on those areas we believe most difference is made through a collaborative approach. Those priorities were based on joint strategic needs assessment which considered: Organisational data and performance indictors which reflect local outcomes/needs of children and young people Practice knowledge from local services and frontline practitioners The views of children, young people and families 5 Thematic Subgroups lead multi-agency action plans which address each strategic priority in turn. Progress is reported to the GIRFEC Strategic Group throughout the year, providing an update on actions, and identifying any barriers to progress. The 2018/19 report for each strategic priority can be found in Appendix A. Thematic Subgroup Lead/Chair Corporate Parenting Education and Children’s Services (Children’s Services Social Work) Substance Misuse Alcohol & Drug Partnership/Child Protection Committee Children with a Disability Education and Children’s Services (Additional Support Needs) Early Years Health and Social Care Partnership (Health and Wellbeing) Mental Health/Wellbeing Education and Children’s Services (Inclusion, Equity & Wellbeing) These collective supports to children, young people and families, contribute to the overarching aims of Promoting Resilience and Wellbeing and Addressing Inequality and Child Poverty. Our approach places children and young people’s Rights and participation at the core of everything we do; with planning and delivery of services designed to achieve maximum positive impact on wellbeing. This includes: asking children, young people and families about their experiences of support, alongside reflecting on learning from internal and external evaluation and inspection, and analysis of performance indicators and service data. Key UNCRC Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 12 Considered together, a number of high-level wellbeing outcomes and performance measures help us review what impact we have each year, on improving outcomes for Aberdeenshire’s children and young people (table overleaf). 6 KEY: Requires improvement Satisfactory or in progress Performing well Developing measure WELLBEING Wellbeing Indicators Outcome Indicator / Performance Measure Baseline (national comparator) Progress Rate of Smoking in pregnancy1 11.6% [2014/15-2016/17] (16%) Perinatal Mortality Rate per 1,000 births 10 stillbirths/10 neonatal deaths (stillbirths plus deaths in the first week of life)2 [2017] (3.7/1000 births & stillbirths) % of children exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks3 38.9% [2018] ( Number of businesses engaged in the Welcome to Breastfeed scheme 70+ [2019] 4 % of eligible children with no concerns at their 27-30 month health review 87% [2016/17] (66%) Number of mothers/toddlers supported by Family Nurse Partnership5 71 mothers/toddlers ELC take-up of eligible 2 year olds 44.8% [2018] (estimated as a % of the Central Health Index (CHI) August intake)6 ELC take-up of 3, 4 and 5 year olds 96% [2018] (estimated as % of the Central Health Index (CHI) August intake)7 WELLBEING Wellbeing Indicators Outcome Indicator / Performance Measure Baseline (national comparator) Progress 28 inspection reports % of local authority ELC Settings achieving good or better at the most recent Quality of care and support: 89.3% -25/28 inspection8 (not all areas inspected at each setting) Quality of environment: 93.3% -14/15 Quality of staffing: 95.2% -20/21 Quality of management and leadership: 58.8% -10/17 [2018/19] 40 inspection reports % of Funded/Private ELC Settings achieving good or better at the most recent Quality of care and