Leeds Children and Families Improvement Journey 2011
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2009 2010 Leeds Children and Families Improvement Journey 2011 March 2010 Summer 2010 July 2009 September 2010 May 2010 Government Improvement Service restructure begins. Unannounced inspection Nigel Richardson starts as January 2011 Notice placed on Leeds. Change of Leeds political of contact, referral and Leeds Director of Improvement Plan Leadership, from August 2010 Unannounced inspection of assessment arrangements Children’s Services. and Independently Conservative/Liberal contact, referral and assessment finds Leeds services do not Chaired Improvement Democrat Coalition to Tom Riordan starts as new arrangements finds ‘remarkable adequately safeguard October 2010 – Summer Panel established. Labour Group majority. Leeds City Council Chief and impressive improvement’ in children. 2011 Executive. quality and safety. Recruitment of new Winter 2010/11 senior leadership team. David Thorpe carries out duty and advice research in Leeds. December 2011 Autumn 2011 Summer 2011 Improvement Notice Implementation of Early Restorative practice lifted and Start Teams, integrating training for Practitioners Improvement Board Children’s Centre and begins (initially 80 staff), dissolved. Chair’s final Health Practitioners. plans begin to start letter to the Under expanding Family Group Secretary of State says Mark Friedman launches Conferencing. Leeds has placed outcomes based Children’s Services accountability in Leeds. Voice and Influence team ‘right at the top of its recruited. March 2012 priorities’. Launch of new area based 2012 social work teams, built around clusters; new duty 2013 and advice (front door) arrangements based on November 2012 March 2013 November 2012 – March David Thorpe research; children looked after July 2012 First Leeds Children’s Social 2013 City-wide family group team; four 13+ teams to Work Conference held. conferencing replace Pathway Planning The Queen Professors Stein and Service launched. Team. officially launches Paul Nixon and Mike Doolan Biehal work on care the Child Friendly June 2013 (former and current Chief planning and permanency April 2013 Leeds initiative. Social Workers in New in Leeds with subsequent Zealand) visit Leeds and run task and finish groups New social work career Professor Emily Munro reviews leaving care sessions for Social workers. initiating a number of structure launched. improvements in practice. services in Leeds. STAR Awards held for Leeds looked after 2014 children. January 2014 November 2013 February 2014 First Child Friendly Leeds Framework case Awards held, hosted by Council budget confirms management City Varieties and continuing investment in System goes ‘live’. Sponsored by British Gas. early intervention through ongoing commitment to Yorkshire Evening Post December 2013 keep all children’s centres officially adopts the Child open and invest in family Friendly Leeds campaign. Second annual social work group conferencing. conference – Care Promise launched. March 2015 Summer 2014 Launch event for the 2015 Family Valued: Leeds Restorative leadership training Innovation programme. Spring 2015 for Children’s Social Work managers. Spring 2015 Ofsted Inspection Report published Morris, Marsh and Burford begin Unannounced Ofsted – Good overall. review of Family Group inspection – Single Conferencing. Inspection Framework 2016 January 2016 June 2016 April 2016 June 2016 Municipal Journal Deep Dive March 2016 Restorative Practice Leeds and Wakefield Achievement Awards – Impact Restorative Awards – the Cutting Edge Teaching Partnership and Innovation in Children’s Practice Local Government award for Leeds’ Family launched. Services. Judges said Leeds commenced – Chronicle – Children’s Valued programme, and showed ‘consistent and Children’s social Services of the Year the Young Heroes award Prototype Restorative dynamic leadership’ with ‘a Work Service 2015. for Carr Manor Community Early Support Team leadership. clear improvement vision’ School. established. especially in regeneration and health inequalities. September 2016 January 2017 December 2016 Nigel Richardson Leeds Awarded Innovations SEND Inspection – favourable retires as Funding. The DFE inspection letter. Director. confirmed Leeds successful – ‘Children and young people who Steve Walker in its bid and awarded have special educational needs and/or takes up post as £9.6m to spend over the disabilities are proud to be citizens of Interim Director. next three years on roll out Leeds. They have a real voice in 2017 of RES, Rethink and shaping their education, health and Futures. care plans. Many make strong progress towards achieving their personal development goals.’ January 2017 Rethink Formulation September 2017 developed and first April 2017 May 2017 Restorative Early March 2017 Leeds Relational Support Team in One Adoption West Yorkshire Adel Beck inspection– Practice Centre MST FIT receive an 2gether Cluster launched a new regional adoption outstanding overall and established to deliver International MST launched. service of local authority adoption for effectiveness of sector-led improvement ‘Whatever It Takes’ agencies. Offers improved leaders and managers, work as a Partner in Team Award. outcomes for both children and good for other criteria. Practice. those who want to adopt. June 2017 Leeds Practice Model developed. October 2017 October 2017 Leeds support Kirklees January 2018 Steve Walker January 2018 as Partner in Practice confirmed as the Rethink Formulation with DFE. Helping to new Director of Ofsted Focused Visit on Team launched improve Kirklees Children and looked after children found Children’s Services. Families Services 6 Additional RES teams that ‘senior leaders have established in Leeds. created an environment in Steve Walker which ‘Social work is temporarily takes up flourishing.’ role as the Director of Kirklees Children’s 2018 Services. November 2018 November 2018 March 2018 The first Leeds Relational Children & Young People Now October 2018 Practice Centre national awards– Leeds shortlisted for Service re-structure conference, with leading five awards and won two: the to improve links Unannounced academics as keynote speakers Recruitment & Professional between learning Ofsted ILACS and focused on raising the Development award for the and social care. inspection profile of restorative practice social work career pathway, and across children’s services sector. the Play Award for Leeds Play Streets. 2019 April 2019 May 2019 December November 2018 DFE announced that Leeds December 2018 2018 Leeds began work would be funded to roll out its Social Worker of the Year Announced that with Darlington Family Valued innovation Leeds rated awards– Superpowers group Deputy Director Sal Borough Council as programme to selected local Outstanding by won the silver award for Tariq is to be its trailblazer local authorities as part of a 5 year Ofsted for Creative and Innovative Social awarded an OBE. ILACS short authority under the programme called Work Practice. SFPC. Strengthening Families inspection Protecting Children (SFPC). December 2019 November 2019 November 2019 It was announced that September 2019 Leeds shortlisted for June 2019 Children Social Work three awards at the DFE confirm the Leeds shortlisted Head of Service Ruth Social Worker of the Steve Walker future SFPC local for the Early Years Terry was to be year awards, and won shortlisted for partner authorities and Partnership awarded an MBE and Social Work Employer Municipal Journal for Leeds: Working awards at Leeds City Council Chief of the Year and Corporate Director Warwickshire, the Children and Executive to be Creative and Innovative of the year award. Newcastle upon Tyne, Young People Now awarded a CBE. Social Work Practice. Coventry, Solihul and Awards. Highly Sefton. recommended for Early Years. 2020 January 2020 March 2020 February 2020 Leeds won first February 2020 Department for Steve Walker steps National down as Director Education confirm Sal Tariq Leadership Award funding for of Children’s for Public Services appointed as Services to take up continuation of the Interim Director for its Child Partner in Practice Programme Friendly Leeds City of Children’s Director post for work in Leeds for Services Centre Project. 2020-21 financial the SFPC. year. .