The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 6 th of September 2011 Kensington Town Hall Letitia Bradley and Jan Keen

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea COMMUNITY BUDGET BACKGROUND Around £8 billion a year is spent on around 120,000 families that have multiple problems, with funding only getting to local areas via hundreds of separate schemes and agencies. Despite this investment, the complex needs of these families’ remain.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea BACKGROUND Two big barriers to local service innovation and reduced service costs… 1.Funding silos 2.Performance management / targets

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Premise Services need to join up and intervene earlier so that families are given the chance to turn their lives around. This integrated, early intervention and High Need approach will also drive down costs.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea COST saved on multi-problem families Estimates are made using the Family Cost Calculator devised by the Gov – the calculation results in £81,624 average savings per family per year based on intensive Family Intervention multi- agency packages of support.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ‘…turn around every troubled family in the country’

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Proposal 16 areas (covering 28 councils and their partners) given direct control over local spending in their area free of centrally imposed conditions. Funding available from April Various Whitehall funding strands are pooled within a single ‘local bank account’ for tackling social problems around families with complex needs

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bradford Essex Greater Manchester (a group of 10 councils) Hull Kent Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Borough of Barnet London Borough of Croydon London Borough of Islington London Borough of Lewisham The London Boroughs of Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Wandsworth Swindon COMMUNITY BUDGET AREAS

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Local Need Local response Improve outcomes £ / Resource Central Gov. Depts. e.g. DWP, MOJ, DoE Save money Council / Local Partners e.g. Police / PCT

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Response… Westminster: ‘Wider’ Family Recovery Programme (FRP) H&F : Family Support Programme RBKC: (build upon Family Intervention Project / Adolescent Service / others) Wandsworth: FRP programme

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Universal Needs – Universal Services Low to Vulnerable Families with Additional Needs – CA(F) High or Complex Family Needs - Children in Need Complex or Acute Family Needs – Child Protection The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea RBKC’s Project

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Housing Education and training Physical and mental healthSubstance misuseBenefits and budgetingEmployability Workless families Family Intervention Offender Management Re-offending and ASB

Current Progress The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 3 Exemplar funding bids - Working Families Everywhere - Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) - Prisoners’ and their Families Young men, aged in both Prisons

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea What do we offer?  Help Families to form positive relationships and stay together  Help to build resilience and encourage families to respond differently  Enable young people to discover and set positive goals  Encourage and support engagement with other services’  Personalised, targeted support both individually and as a family

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea  At point of referral; 29 active requests for young people to be received into care  Only 5 became Looked After Children; and 2 were supported to return home  3 moved into semi-independent hostels and supported by team  2 became remanded in Youth Offending Institutions  1 sectioned under Mental Health Act Outcomes

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Local Analysis Children subject to a CP Plan Family Services Adolescent Service YOT Complex & Re-offenders Employment Projects Adult Services Police Police Substance Misuse Education & Youth Services Positive Engagement Programme High Needs Children In Need Education Welfare/Special Educational Needs & Pastoral Support Services

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Worklessness  Numbers of families with multiple problems supported into sustainable employment via Work Programme providers. Criminal justice  TBC reduction in court cases and the associated legal aid costs  TBC reduction in community orders and Suspended Sentence Orders  TBC reduction in custodial sentences for less than 12 months Youth Justice  tbc DfE Exemplars  tbc National performance targets- High Level

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Health  TBC% increase in number of families registered with a GP  TBC% increase in immunisations for under 5’s  Reduction in obesity  Identification and addressing speech and language difficulties in under 5s Anti-social behavior  TBC% reduction in ASB and nuisance  TBC% reduction in the numbers of people incurring ASBO costs Offending  TBC% reduction in offences committed by cohort  TBC% reduction in arrests Education  TBC% reduction in cohort member no longer NEET  TBC% improvement in school attendance Housing  TBC% reduction in families that have rent arrears  TBC% reduction in families at risk of eviction Child protection  TBC% avoided going into care Local performance targets