Notes from the Aylesbury, Buckingham, Wendover and Wing Local Children and Young People’s Trust Partnership Board Meeting

Monday 2nd July 2012 10.00-12.00 pm at Aylesbury Vale District Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 8FF

Attendees: Bob Harrison, Delivery Director, Connexions (Chair); Ed Mallam, Head of Children’s Partnerships, BCC; Anna Durnin, Programmes Officer, BCC; Julie Montigue, Early Intervention & Prevention Manager, BCC; Jane Turner, Educational Psychology Service; Deborah Bottomley, Community Development Officer, Aylesbury Vale District Council; Ann Winsor, BCC Children’s Centre Coordinator; Simon Billenness, Targeted Youth Service, BCC;

Apologies: Kesze Saunders, Operational Manager, Youth Offending Service; Jane Plested, Area Manager, Barnardos Surestart Children’s Centre; Richard Boyle, Action 4 Youth; Kevin Burrell, School Improvement Service BCC; Annette Parkin, Vale Federation of Special Schools; Andrea Healy, Bucks Sport; Lucy Randall, Customer Service Manager, Aylesbury College; Hilda Robinson, Interim Chief Exec, Healthy Living Centre; Mary Sullivan, Corporate Parenting Officer; Robert Newlands, Operations Manager, Safeguarding, BCC; Sue Martin/Lynda Cockerell, Executive, Infrastructure & Support, Action4Youth; Daniela Miller, Children’s Centre Coordinator; Stella Dutton, Bucks Healthcare Trust; Wilma Kingsbury, Community Development Officer, RAF Halton; Tracy Cole, Clinical Team Manager, CAMHS; Richard List, Thames Valley Police; Kate Elliot, Aylesbury Academy; Emma Brown, Strategic Area Network lead; Jackie Wesley, Localities and Communities Manager, LAF; Mark Grindall, Localities and Communities Manager, LAF;

Agenda:

1 Welcome and apologies

2 Notes of last meeting and matters arising The notes were agreed as accurate.

A communications paper on the Social Care first response is due out very shortly. AD AD to send out with notes.

The Domestic Violence priority will not be picked up by this Local Board as the new strategy is in place.

The CYPS structure chart was issued but there has already been a change; Stephen Bagnall has been appointed as interim Service Director for Children and Families for 6 months.

3 Review of the Children and Young People’s Trust - update EM has written a proposal that will go to the Trust Board on Thursday 5th July which summarises the various consultations on views of the CYP Trust. Around 100 staff have fed into the proposal, which included the One Council One County Munro Project paper, meetings with key partners and discussions with the Local Trust Partnership Boards. It also took into account the LGA work nationally on reviewing Trusts in light of

the change in policy meaning they are no longer a statutory requirement, and four national case studies on the links between CYP Trusts and the new Health and Wellbeing Boards.

The proposal is for the Trust Board to be renamed as the Children and Young People’s Partnership Executive. Membership will be greatly reduced, made up of the two BCC Cabinet Members, Director Children’s Services, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Service Director Learning, Skills and Prevention and Service Director Children and Families, Chair of the Local Safeguarding Board, and a representative from the

1 Voluntary Sector. This is radically different from the current arrangements and is intended to be a strategic action group rather than a discussion group. The Partnership Executive will be accountable to the Health and Wellbeing Board, informed by the Joint Commissioning Group.

Partners will be involved through other existing Boards, such as the Safer and Stronger Partnership Board, and the Local Enterprise Partnership that would sit beside the Health and Wellbeing Board so strong links would be formed. The Bucks Network officer Group would also enable wider partnership engagement.

It is being proposed that the CYP Plan remains, with all partners feeding in. The current plan runs to 2014. There will be an annual CYP & Families Partnership Conference to bring together a broader range of partners. The Service Director for

Learning, Skills and Prevention (Chris Munday) will be the link to the new Learning Trust which is in the early stages. Schools will be involved through Bucks Association for Secondary Heads and a new equivalent group for primary heads that is being set up, as well as through the new Local Trust Partnership Boards.

The Local Trust Partnership Boards are crucial for the delivery of the CYP Plan but based on the feedback received, there are a range of factors where things are not working as well as they could be. It is being proposed that a task & finish group made up of representatives from all three Local Boards is formed to come up with a proposal ALL to make the Local Boards more effective. Any volunteers for this should let AD know. An email will be issued following any decisions made by the Trust on these proposals.

Timescales: The proposal will go to the Trust Board on 5th July, with any amendments to be made by 16th July, final agreement by August, and implementation by September. For the Local Trust Boards, the aim is to have a draft proposal by 1st September, with agreement by the end of September.

4 Local Priorities

0-11 yrs  Trial in Children’s Centres th Meeting held on 4 May to discuss how to take forward the offer of support from Connexions and Youth services in Wendover Children’s Centre. Clare Pritchard has had discussions with Joy O’Neill (Service Children’s Support Network) and Paul Moore (SAFFA) with a further meeting arranged w/c 2nd July. Suggestion has been made to look at support for new families with children under 5 arriving at RAF Halton. Once the proposal is clear, consideration will be given to how the Local Trust Board can resource the centre for one session a week to allow the Family Support Worker to do outreach work. Actions to be brought to the next meeting. JP

 Provisions for targeted 5-11 yr olds Suggestion that targeted children in this age range should be highlighted as a priority to the new Executive. This age range is not a priority for the District Councils although schools provide a lot of support. The “Do It” booklet has all the information about available activities but some schools are not aware of the information it contains. Action for members of this group to help spread the word, to ensure professionals know ALL about the booklet so they can support those families who would benefit from the activities but can’t access the booklet to know what is available. Currently referrals are not received from services such as social care for participation in the “Do It” activities. DB Places could be set aside for vulnerable young people or early booking for certain groups if required.

2 The BFIS website is a key source of information and support should be given to encourage providers to sign up and get their information on the website. There are other mapping activities taking place, such as through the Early Help Offer work, which ALL BFIS should have access to. Members to promote BFIS to ensure activities and information they come across is kept up to date. There is work to be done to support the capacity of these services and ensuring that the right people are accessing them.

BH to feedback to the Executive that although there is lots of activity happening for this age group, we need to support the smaller organisations to promote their services. BH

11 yrs plus  Diversionary and unstructured activities – “what is there to do?” AD to circulate the activity mapping that DB put together, showing affordable activities AD for 11yrs upwards. There is some cross over with 5-11 yrs for some activities. BFIS are involved with this work. Rural youth clubs tend to have younger people attending and they have difficulties in engaging older age groups.

DB is working on a plan for tackling diversionary activities in Aylesbury Vale. Antisocial behaviour was a big fear in the residents’ survey results. Three areas have been picked out to focus on; Buckingham, Bedgrove, and Elmhurst. All have different problems: Buckingham – trend of younger girls hanging around in parks with young men, drug and alcohol issues; Bedgrove - lack of provision and places to go; Elmhurst - community cohesion, high levels of antisocial behaviour. A plan is currently being

written that will draw in partners and will pull together smaller groups that are already working in those areas. When the plan is determined DB will bring it here and request DB specific help. A consultation is taking place with young people and local businesses to capture perceived problems directly linked to diversionary activities. DB will share the results of this. Connexions has funding for activities for NEET young people.

Youth Services are still supporting some of the voluntary groups through the youth club transitions stage. Action4Youth are the main support now.

 Local Area Forum (LAF) priorities DB is working with Localities and Communities Managers to access funding where possible and link the mapping exercise to LAF priorities.

5 Families First and Early Help update Families First - work streams are being taken forward. Ethnographic research is being planned with 20 families. Jackie Fisk is the corporate lead and the advert is out for the lead post. BH asked the question about where this project sits operationally but this is still not clear.

Early Help – Joy Shakespeare starts in her post today. There is a lot of work going on

to see what services are available to support early help.

JT noted that the Early Support Group materials designed for 0-3 yrs then 0-5 yrs for Children with Disabilities are very useful materials for parents. There is a proposal now to extend this from 0-adulthood. Materials are available on the National Children’s Bureau website. JT is part of the working group to promote this, which is closely linked to the SEN Review.

JM and SB are on the planning group for the Safeguarding Conference on 9th November this year which will focus on Early Help. JM to provide details for AD to JM forward.

Child Development Training is being developed which will be available to partners. 3

6 Education Endowment Fund update KB Update to be provided at the next meeting.

7 SEN Review updates The draft SEN Strategy is being approved by various Boards. Proposals include having a monthly Board meeting from September. AD to issue the intranet update with the AD notes.

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Awaiting the outcome of Children & Families Bill 2014 around single education, health and social care plans. These outcomes must be anticipated as well as responding to the local consultation on SEN.

There are Government proposals to extend Educational Psychology support to 0-25 yrs (previously 0-19 yrs) which will impact on professionals’ training. The key principles are trying to keep provision within the county, evidence-based and cost effective. JT to JT bring further updates to next meeting.

8 AOB Aylesbury Seventh-day Adventist Church sent a letter to Sue Imbriano, asking to be involved in suitable committees. In light of the proposed changes to the Trust it was agreed that AVYPAG would be a suitable group for them to be involved with. EM to EM pass on details to DB.

The Armed Forces Covenant is being signed on Thursday, which sets out how partners will work with the Armed Forces in Buckinghamshire.

th There will be a Paralympic flame celebration event in Aylesbury town centre in 28 August which is more accessible to the public than the stadium event. Any ideas for groups who might want to showcase their work that has been related to the Olympics should be passed to DB. DB to forward further information. DB

Proposed dates for next meetings:

10th Sept 2-4 pm venue tbc. 19th Nov 2-4pm 17th Jan 10-12pm

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