FRONT SHEET FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORTS / AGENDA ITEMS FOR BOARD & SUB GROUP MEETINGS
Author: (name and organisation) Kelly Collier – Policy Officer, Children & Economy Date: Halton Safeguarding Children Board – 8th December 2015
1 Subject Halton Children’s Trust Board and Executive update and response to HSCB challenge
2 Summary This report summarises key Halton Children’s Trust items from recent Board and Executive meetings for HSCB’s attention, and a response to challenges raised. For more information on any issue outlined, please contact Kelly Collier ([email protected]). The report focuses on issues from the last meetings of both Halton Children’s Trust Board and Halton Children’s Trust Executive Group in September/October 2015.
3 Recommendation (s) please indicate whether: For decision/ For action/ For information For information and for action as appropriate
4 Impact on children & young people (This may be all children & young people in the borough, or specific groups. Please indicate.)
The work of Halton Children’s Trust impacts on all children, young people and their families in Halton.
5 HSCB Priorities
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1 REPORT TO: Halton Safeguarding Children Board
DATE: 8th December 2015
SUBJECT: Halton Children’s Trust Board and Executive update and response to HSCB challenge
REPORTING OFFICER: Kelly Collier – Policy Officer, Children & Economy
1. PURPOSE OF REPORT
1.1 This report summarises key Halton Children’s Trust items from recent Board and Executive meetings for HSCB’s attention, and a response to any challenges raised. For more information on any issue outlined, please contact Kelly Collier ([email protected]) or on Twitter @HaltonCT.
2. RECOMMENDATION
That colleagues:-
Note the contents of the report Action as appropriate
HALTON CHILDREN’S TRUST BOARD
3.1 The last meeting of the Halton Children’s Trust Board took place on September 24th 2015 and continued to include young people from across young people’s groups in Halton who are members of the INVOLVE group and Halton Youth Cabinet. The young people’s role extends to co- chairing the meeting. The main items from the last meeting are outlined below.
Verbal Updates Verbal updates were provided by all partners around the table, including from the young people themselves, as well as information reports from related boards, such as HSCB, Health & Well Being Board, Halton Family Voice and the Voluntary Sector Forum.
Transfer 0-5s Public Health Commissioning Report From 1 October 2015, local authorities will take over responsibility from NHS England for commissioning public health services for children aged 0-5. It is not a transfer of the workforce, who will continue to be employed by their current provider, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust but rather the transfer of commissioning responsibility for 0-5 public health services which include the Health Visiting Service and the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) - a targeted service for teenage mothers. This will provide great opportunity for working arrangements and in moving forward as it will tie in with Family Nurse
2 Partnership and early intervention team.
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)Reforms Update The SEND inspection framework is now out for consultation with the closing date for responses being January 2016. Inspections are likely to commence from May 2016. Local Authorities will be inspected every 5 years unless graded inadequate. Inspectors will be looking at data and the Local Offer before arriving in person to begin the inspection. The focus of the inspection will be on: o Effective identification of needs o Effectiveness in meeting needs o Local arrangements to achieve better identification and outcomes o The overall effectiveness of the local area in meeting its SEND responsibilities
A recent visit from the Department FOR Education (DFE) described our Education and Health Care Plans has being very personal and the Local Offer has being ‘intuitive, easy to use and simple’. It Important that we continue to talk to young people to gain their views.
Youth Offending Service Report The Board received an update on current issues affecting the Youth Offending Service (YOS) and the potential implications for Halton. The most significant issue for YOS in the coming financial year is an additional in year cut from the Ministry of Justice on top of the cuts already indicated. There is an expectation to improve performance despite big reductions in budget.
A review of the entire Youth Justice system was announced by the new Minister for Justice, Michael Gove in September 2015 which is to report by summer 2016. A website is being developed to link in with Facebook and Twitter that all can access. Reparation projects will also be on the website e.g. graffiti removal.
Work is being done with HSCB and Local Authority to ensure young people are found a suitable alternative to police detention. The Trust where informed that numbers have gone down.
HBC Directorate Restructure From 14th September 2015 Halton Borough Council has restructured to move to TWO Directorates.
1. People and Economy led by Gerald Meehan, Strategic Director. o Sue Wallace-Bonner will be designated – Director of Adult Services.
2. Community and Resources led by Ian Leivesley, Strategic Director.
As part of ‘One Halton’, the Council will continue to develop an integrated health and care model, designed to make it easier for patients to access health and care. This whole-system approach to wellbeing, health and care will help to improve the quality of life for Halton residents. This will include the quality and access to health care and better meet the social care needs of those requiring support. It will also help make the most of the reducing resources being 3 managed.
4. HALTON CHILDREN’S TRUST EXECUTIVE GROUP – Oct 2015
4.1 Children’s Trust Reporting There is now a new front page report for use by all members submitting reports to the meeting. The Performance Team will produce a quarterly summary to indicate how these have contributed towards the Trust’s priorities.
‘ Future in Mind’ Transformation Plan for Children and Young People Halton CCG provided an overview of the plans to ‘wrap’ care around the child in the most appropriate setting and maintain young people in education or an environment that best meets their needs - provided through a blended model access to a range of services. The key objectives are to: o Improve the mental health of the Young People in Halton through increased prevention and early detection; o Improve outcomes through high quality accessible services; o Broaden the approach to tackle to wider social causes and effects of mental health in Young People, their families and their communities; o Optimise value for money by developing quality services with measurable outcomes that demonstrates a shift to a more positive mental wellbeing culture in the Borough.
Complex Dependency Programme Report The group where provided with an update on the Programme which included: o ECORAS have been commissioned to do an evaluation of the Complex Dependency Programme o The Halton element of the programme will be titled ‘One Halton Complex Dependency Approach to Early Intervention’ o Information Sharing Agreements are in development o IT system required to lift out information from the multi-agency partner systems and transfer it into one accessible system o Halton Project Co-ordinator - Nicola Scott now appointed o Workforce Development – Warrington and Halton have agreed to work together around developing the workforce o Domestic Violence role soon to be advertised
Early Intervention Partnership Board The priority is to develop a multi-agency ‘front-door’, co-located and co- ordinated including for example, seconded Health lead, School Lead, Social Workers, Police, Business Support, Early Intervention etc. This single point of access will provide: o An opportunity to escalate to other services o Production of a 360° profile for cases unable to be supported by universal services or not reaching the threshold for a crisis intervention o Outcomes delivered at the right time o Better customer experience
4 o Better understanding of children’s and young people’s journey o Better understanding of risk o Joint commissioning opportunities o Better quality of referrals and outcomes from referrals o Identify gaps in provision.
Children’s Trust Board and Executive Group It has been suggested that the Trust Board and the Executive Group be merged to improve capacity of members attending several meetings which currently cover the same or similar items. The discussion included that the Children’s Trust Board whilst symbolic has proven to be of value around: o Young people’s attendance, involvement and engagement o Multi-agency partner’s engagement
th 5. This is to be discussed in more detail at the next meeting (17 December) to consider this further. 5.1 RESPONSE TO HSCB CHALLENGE 6. No challenge issues received. 6.1 CHALLENGE TO HSCB
No challenge issues to Halton Safeguarding Children’s Board.
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