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DRAFT IN CONFIDENCE 14 JUNE 2012 Delivering better publıc servıces SUPPORTINGREDUCING CRIME VULNERABLE AND RE‑OFFENDING CHILDREN RESULT ACTION ACTION PLAN PLAN AUGUST 2012 JUNE 2012 a Published by the Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand, August 2012. P O Box 1556, Wellington, 6140. Telephone: +64 4 916 3300 Facsimile: +64 4 918 0099 Email: [email protected] Website: www.msd.govt.nz ISBN: 978-0-478-33550-7 CONTENTS Government priorities 2 Focusing on results 3 Why these results are important to New Zealanders 4 Achieving results 6 Working together for results 7 Supporting vulnerable children results: Increase participation in quality early childhood education 8 Increase infant immunisation rates 12 Reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever 14 Reduce the number of assaults on children 18 1 DELIVERING BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES: SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN Government priorities GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES Responsibly manage Build a more Deliver better public the Government’s competitive and services within tight Rebuild Christchurch finances productive economy financial constraints Reducing Supporting Boosting Improving long-term vulnerable skills and Reducing crime interaction with welfare children employment government dependence 2 Focusing on results The Government has set Better These results are closely connected to the White Paper for Vulnerable Children. The Government is currently preparing Public Services results to support the White Paper, following an extensive consultation vulnerable children in New Zealand. process on the Green Paper for Vulnerable Children that was published in July 2011. A key focus of the White Paper will be on better protecting These are: children from harm, and reducing the number of assaults on children. The White Paper will identify a range of actions needed to support vulnerable children. Increase participation in quality early childhood education Increase infant immunisation rates Reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever Reduce the number of assaults on children 3 DELIVERING BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES: SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN Why these results are important to New Zealanders We know there is a link between early childhood Early intervention brings benefits in terms of better experiences and adult chronic illness, mental health issues, health, reduced imprisonment and arrest rates, higher drug and alcohol abuse, poor educational outcomes and employment and higher earnings later in life. By doing unemployment. Too many children are at risk of poor better for vulnerable children, we can set them on a outcomes because they and their families and wha-nau pathway to a positive future. do not get the early support they need. Ma-ori and Pacific children, children from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and children with special needs or disabilities are over- represented in this group. SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN WILL HELP KIDS AND FAMILIES, AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO The human and financial costs of not facing up to these THE GOVERNMENT’S OVERALL PRIORITIES BY: challenges are too high. We know that the remedial spending needed to address these problems is often less • improving services, and reducing avoidable effective and more costly than getting it right the first time. expenditure in the justice, health and welfare For example, treating rheumatic heart disease costs an systems – helping to deliver better public estimated $40 million a year in New Zealand. services within tight financial constraints • helping to build a more competitive and productive economy. 4 INCREASE PARTICIPATION INCREASE INFANT IN QUALITY EARLY IMMUNISATION RATES CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Increase infant immunisation rates so that 95% of eight-month-olds In 2016, of children starting 98% are fully immunised by December school will have participated in 2014 and this is maintained through quality early childhood to 30 June 2017. education. SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RHEUMATIC FEVER ASSAULTS ON CHILDREN Reduce the incidence of rheumatic By 2017, halt the rise in children fever by two thirds to 1.4 cases per experiencing physical abuse and 100,000 people by June 2017. reduce current numbers by 5%. 5 DELIVERING BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES: SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN Achieving results Social sector agencies will work together on four key actions. BETTER INFORMATION SHARING TO ENSURING THAT GOVERNMENT IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND WHO OUR FUNDING GETS RESULTS 1 VULNERABLE CHILDREN ARE AND HOW 3 The Government purchases a range of services WE CAN HELP THEM from third parties. To do better for vulnerable To help improve services and outcomes, children, we need to ensure that Government is we need to develop better ways of sharing funding the right services and that these services information about vulnerable children and make a proven difference. their families and wha-nau and what services work for them. BETTER TARGETED AND WORKING TOGETHER BETTER 2 INTEGRATED SERVICES 4 AT THE FRONTLINE Better information about vulnerable children An important part of achieving the results and their families will enable us to better will be working together better at the frontline. We design and implement services for them, already have a number of joint initiatives in place and their families and wha-nau. We will better across health, education and social services, target services to those who need them and such as Wha-nau Ora. We will build on these and integrate services for people who need help explore new opportunities. from a range of agencies. 6 Working together for results Securing better outcomes for vulnerable children will be Supporting Vulnerable Children is also closely linked with a challenge. We will need to ensure that proposals reflect other Better Public Services results, including: the needs of the most vulnerable groups (for example, disabled children) and their families and wha-nau. Success • REDUCING LONG-TERM WELFARE DEPENDENCY will depend on government agencies, non-governmental organisations, communities, families and wha-nau working • REDUCING CRIME together in new ways. • BOOSTING SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development is the lead Chief Executive for these results, supported by the We are working closely with Police and across Secretary of Education and the Director-General of Health. government agencies to ensure a joined up approach The agencies of the Social Sector Forum – a formal to achieving these results. cross-agency group that reports to Cabinet Social Policy Committee – have agreed to share responsibility for delivering the results. THE SOCIAL SECTOR FORUM’S MEMBERS ARE: DEPUTY CHIEF CHIEF EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE OF BUILDING AND DIRECTOR- THE MINISTRY SECRETARY FOR SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, GENERAL OF OF SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS, (CHAIR) INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT 7 DELIVERING BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES: SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN Increase participation in quality early childhood education IN ORDER TO INCREASE 98% PARTICIPATION WE WILL: LOCATE more vulnerable children through better use PARTICIPATION of information about vulnerable children and their IN EARLY families, wha-nau, aiga and communities. CHILDHOOD ENGAGE more vulnerable children and their EDUCATION families, and support them to attend quality early childhood education. TARGET: In 2016, 98 per cent of RETAIN more vulnerable children in quality early childhood education so they can have better learning, children starting school will have health and welfare outcomes. participated in quality early childhood education. Each year about 3,000 children begin school without early childhood education. We need to ensure that all vulnerable children have access to quality early childhood education. Participation in quality early childhood education is linked to improved health and wellbeing and positive educational outcomes. 8 CHILDREN STARTING SCHOOL WITHOUT PRIOR ECE PARTICIPATIONChildren YEAR startingENDING MARCH school 2012 without prior ECE participation ThisChildren map showsYear the number startingending of children March startingschool 2012 school whowithout have not participated prior in early ECE childhood participation education. The largest proportion of children who miss out on early childhood education are found in Auckland, with parts of theYear Waikato andending Northland also March disproportionately 2012 represented. Rodney Ward Orewa Whangaparaoa Helensville Albany Ward North Shore Ward Kumeu Rodney Ward Orakei Ward Whangarei Orewa Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ward Waitakere Ward Howick Ward Whangaparaoa Manukau Whau Ward Manukau Ward Helensville Albany Ward Manurewa-Papakura Ward Franklin Ward North Shore North Shore Ward Kumeu Whangarei Orakei WardPukekohe Waiuku Pokeno Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ward Waitakere Ward Meremere Hamilton Howick Ward Children starting school without prior ECE participation Manukau Rotorua Whau Ward Manukau Ward Year ending March 2012 Manurewa-Papakura Ward FranklinChildren Ward starting school without ECE North Shore Number by Auckland Ward 250 to 450 (2) New Plymouth Gisborne Pukekohe Waiuku Pokeno 150 to 250 (1) Rodney Ward HastingsOrewa 100 to 150 (1) Meremere Hamilton Wanganui Whangaparaoa Helensville Albany Ward 50 to 100 (4) Palmerston NorthNorth ShoreRotorua Ward Kumeu Whangarei 0 to 50 (5) Orakei Ward Children starting school without ECE Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ward Waitakere Ward Howick Ward Number by Auckland Ward Manukau Nelson Lower Hutt Whau Ward Manukau Ward Manurewa-Papakura Ward Franklin Ward North Shore