1. Children’s Services Plan Update
Project Team
Patricia Renfrew Morag Brown
Sarah Griffin Emma Cameron
Lynsey Munro Gerry Geoghegan

2. Children’s Services Plan
Part One
Background and Context

3. Children’s Services Plan
Why? - Children & Young People Act (2014)
How? - (Draft) Statutory Guidance on Part 3 – Children’s Services Planning
Who? - Argyll and Bute’s Children has adopted a multiagency approach led by a project team to the creation and delivery of the CSP

4. Children’s Services Plan Preparation
A CSP must be prepared with the intention to ensure that ‘children’s services’ in the area are provided in the way which:
Best safeguards, supports and promotes the wellbeing of children
Ensures that any action to meet needs is taken at the earliest appropriate time
Ensures appropriate action is taken to prevent needs arising
Is most integrated from the point of view of recipients
Constitutes the best use of available resources
Ensures that ‘related services’ are also provided in a way that safeguards, supports and promotes the wellbeing of children

5. Children’s Services Plan Content and Format
The CSP should “tell a story” in order to help
communities, staff and other stakeholders
understand where the services provided in an
area have come from and where they are
heading

6. Children’s Services Plan Content and Format
The CSP should contain the following:
Clear priorities
Specific and measurable objectives (linked to the priorities)
Comprehensive baseline information (linked to the objectives)
Valuable and practical content for day-to-day purposes of the services and professionals it relates to

7. Children’s Services Plan Content and Format
The following elements are considered
potentially helpful:
Short-medium term ‘indicators of progress’
A description of how local priorities and objectives/‘indicators of progress’ link to the 8 well-being indicators
Links to other associated local plans and reports e.g. Corporate parenting plan

8. Children’s Services Plan Content and Format
In addition, the CSP must be:
Produced every 3-years; with the first to be delivered on April 1st 2017
Published
Sent to Ministers
Sent to each of the service providers named
Kept under review
In a format which facilitates review, local accountability and annual reporting

9. Children’s Services Plan Engagement and Consultation
The production of a CSP must involve each
service provider and Scottish Ministers having
an ‘effective opportunity’ to participate in and
contribute to the preparation of the CSP.
Such service providers or organisations may or
may not be formally constituted and include, for
example, community groups and 3rd or private
sector organisations, pupil councils, school
parent associations and social landlords.

10. Children Services Plan Engagement and Consultation
Particular attention must be given to the views
of children, young people and families (i.e.
service users) in order to ensure that the CSP is
informed by the opinions and experiences of
these users/potential users of local services

11. Children’s Services Plan
Part Two
Third Sector Involvement

12. Children’s Services Plan Third Sector Involvement
At Argyll and Bute’s Children and the subsequently at our
meeting on the 3rd of March TSOs agreed to help with
the development of case studies
the organisation and delivery of 14 children/young people focus groups across all localities.
Participants were to come from children and young people who engage with third sector provision

13. Children’s Services Plan Focus Group Method
The facilitators pack provided included:
Case studies
Question sets
Recording templates
Hints and Tips
Instructions
Notes on the CPP
Permission letter

14. Children’s Services Plan Focus Group Method
Requirements:
Focus group were asked to explore two cases studies
Focus groups should lasted a maximum of one hour
Templates were to be returned within a set timescale

15. Children Services Plan (CSP)
Part Three
Current Position and Next Steps

18. Children’s Services Plan Themes in the Data
CYP
Resources
Early Intervention and Support
Mental Health
CYP Voice
Employment
Safety
Education
Substance Misuse
Parenting
Practitioners
Resources
Early Intervention and Support
Mental Health
Leadership and Communication
Corporate Parenting
CABD
Parenting

19. Children’s Services Plan Themes in the Data
CYP
Resources
Early Intervention and Support
Mental Health
CYP Voice
Employment
Safety
Education
Substance Misuse
Parenting
Practitioners
Resources
Early Intervention and Support
Mental Health
Leadership and Communication
Corporate Parenting
CABD
Parenting

20. Strategic Priorities Strategic WBIs Priorities
Getting it Right for Argyll and Bute’s Children
Safe
Healthy
Achieving
Nurtured
Active
Respected
Responsible
Included
Strategic Priorities
Early Intervention and Support
Mental Health
Children and Young People’s Voices
Child Protection and Corporate Parenting
Substance Misuse
Leadership and Communication

21. Children’s Services Plan Third Sector Involvement
It would be helpful to explore at some point
What were the barriers to TSOs completing the focus group work?
How might we remove those barriers?
In what ways could TSOs be active in the development of the Children’s Services Plan?
How should we proceed from this point?

22. Children’s Services Plan End of Presentation Thank you for your attention