Achieving for Children Innovation in delivery vehicles for Children’s Services Nick Whitfield, Chief Executive, Achieving for Children Joint DCS for Richmond and Kingston upon Thames

What we’ll talk about today 1.What is Achieving for Children ….and how it is innovative 2.Why have we done this? ….origins of the idea and how the design has evolved 3.The major challenges…and solutions 4.The benefits we’ve already begun to see

What is Achieving for Children? A community interest company owned by two councils

What is Achieving for Children? A new model of delivery - Focused on the needs of children and their families

What is Achieving for Children? A strong strategic partner with a public service ethos combined with business sense

Why have we done it? Responding to political ambitions

Why have we done it? Delivering improvement in Kingston

Why have we done it? Sustaining our investment in preventative services

Why have we done it? Achieving required efficiency savings

Why have we done it? Implementing innovative ways of working and engaging our workforce in our organisational design

Why have we done it? Securing new business opportunities

Major challenges…and solutions Doing it differently - managing cultural change whilst developing our business infrastructure

Major challenges…and solutions Leadership capacity for transformation

Major challenges…and solutions Enabling the Councils to feel safe

Major challenges…and solutions Statutory duties and accountabilities

The benefits Integrated and streamlined services with efficiency savings in management costs

The benefits Good progress on our improvement journey

The benefits Innovation through our Business Academy

The benefits Government funding to develop new models

The benefits Workforce retention

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