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Blackpool Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Children’s Needs Assessment 2015 DATA UPDATE Children’s Needs Assessment Version: 1.0 (In revision – all sections) Author: John Patterson ([email protected]) Support from: [email protected] (data) , [email protected] (policy) Team: Corporate Development and Engagement, Human Resources, Communications and Engagement Status: FINAL Acknowledgements For 2015 - thanks again to all the below for data provision, assistance and constructive feedback: Scott Butterfield Mark Allsop Daz Chauhan Phil Weir Lynn Donkin Rebecca Calvert Sarah Robotham David Heyes Karen Nolan Stephen Boydell Copyright and Data Notices This document features information reproduced in according with the Open Government 1.0 license framework. This document includes Ordnance Survey Map Products licensed through the Public Sector Mapping Agreement. © Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Ordnance Survey 100019178 1 | P a g e About this document This is the 2015 data update of the 2012-13 needs assessment. It provides an interim summary report of data ahead of future redevelopments of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. From December 2015 content will be migrated to a live website which will be refreshed more frequently and allow for more detailed needs assessment topics. The first scheduled new topic will cover Special Educational Needs provision. This document contains data updates for the below 5 subject areas which are considered to provide an overall framework for assessing need: Children are safe and protected from harm; Vulnerable children and families in need are provided with help and support; Children have a healthy start to life and maintain healthy lifestyles; Children develop well and achieve expected standards or beyond at all levels; Young people progress into Employment, Education or Training and aspire to reach their full potential. Scope The scope of this needs assessment is broad and limits analysis to establish types of need, their scale and extent in Blackpool. It includes evidence on the potential drivers, barriers or limiters of need where these are reasonable to establish. The assessment does not cover in depth levels of service or throughput unless explicitly outlined. The target population is largely concerned with children aged 0-17 (inclusive). It also looks at some outcome data for those up to age 24 in some cases, particularly those leaving care and those not in employment education or training as this provides evidence that indicates if Blackpool meets the needs of its children. A key component of needs analysis is comparability. Therefore where possible all headline data is taken from the most recent national statistics release and not performance data. How to use this document This document is aimed at providing a data reference point to support the evidence needs for the development and commissioning of services, strategies and provision. The document is split into three broad sections covering safeguarding, health and educational outcomes. Each section provides a summary reference of key findings at the beginning and the table of contents provides an accessible reference for specific data needs. Throughout the document data for Blackpool is used and compared to equivalent National statistics or Statistical Neighbours. Statistical neighbours provide a useful comparison group as they are chosen based on structurally similar characteristics (and therefore might be expected to have similar overall needs). Links to other work This work forms a detailed strategic needs assessment of children but there are clearly links to existing evidence. To avoid duplication additional material is available in several further reports: On the general needs of all people in Blackpool: Blackpool JSNA Core Chapters. On Children in Poverty: Blackpool Child Poverty Needs Assessment. These are available on the Blackpool JSNA Website: http://www.jsnablackpool.org.uk Detailed performance information: The Business Intelligence Team produce detailed ‘performance indicator’ books on a range of topics that are updated very regularly and provide ‘the very latest’ figures – however between national reporting periods these statistics have few comparators and therefore can’t establish relative need. Please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] for more information 2 | P a g e Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 6 2. Blackpool Context .................................................................................................. 7 2.1. Population Context .................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2. Social and Economic Context .................................................................................................................... 9 3. Section 1 – Safeguarding and Social Care .............................................................. 10 3.1. Key Points ................................................................................................................................................ 10 3.2. Introduction and Policy Context .............................................................................................................. 11 3.3. Demand for social care services .............................................................................................................. 13 3.4. Referrals and assessments in social care ................................................................................................. 14 3.4.1. Trends in referrals and assessment ................................................................................................ 15 3.5. Children in Need ...................................................................................................................................... 16 3.6. Child Protection ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3.7. Looked After Children .............................................................................................................................. 20 3.7.1. Legal Status of looked after ............................................................................................................ 22 3.7.2. Placement Type .............................................................................................................................. 22 3.7.3. Geographical Analysis of Looked After Children ............................................................................. 23 3.7.4. Outcomes and Needs for Looked After Children ............................................................................ 23 3.7.5. Leaving Care and Adoption for looked after children ..................................................................... 25 3.8. Child Sexual Exploitation ......................................................................................................................... 26 3.9. Domestic Abuse involving children ......................................................................................................... 28 3.10. Children with Disabilities ......................................................................................................................... 29 4. Section 2 – Health, Resilience & Wellbeing ........................................................... 30 4.1. Key Points ................................................................................................................................................ 30 4.2. Introduction and Policy Context .............................................................................................................. 31 4.3. Health in Early years ................................................................................................................................ 33 4.3.1. Lifestyle risks of Parents ................................................................................................................. 35 4.3.2. Immunisation .................................................................................................................................. 36 5.1.1. Breastfeeding .................................................................................................................................. 38 7.1. Health in Schools and Adolescence ......................................................................................................... 41 7.1.1. Substance misuse, Smoking and Alcohol ........................................................................................ 42 7.1.2. Healthy Weight ............................................................................................................................... 45 7.1.3. Views of young people on health services (National) ..................................................................... 48 3 | P a g e 7.1.4. Mental Health ................................................................................................................................. 49 7.1.5. Suicide in young people .................................................................................................................. 51 7.1.6. Teenage Conceptions...................................................................................................................... 51 7.1.7. Sexual Health