1. Children and Young People’s Plan ‘It’s Everybody’s Business’ 2012-2015 Voluntary Action Lewisham
CYPP – agreed to maintain despite statutory duty no longer exists
Provides strategy and direction across all partnership and partnership stratagies always align to this
Current plan –much of it still relevant, as we will see during the presentation – so much is still applicable and will be retained
Partly – long term strategies and outcomes we are trying to achieve take time
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2. Purpose of the CYPP
To improve the lives and opportunities to Lewisham Children and Young People
Overarching Strategy which brings together the partnership actions
Evidence based
Informs commissioning priorities
Golden thread

3. Golden Thread Lewisham Strategic Sustainable Community Strategy
Partnership
Sustainable Community Strategy
CYPSPB
Children and Young People’s Plan
Service Plans
Team Plans
Performance Evaluation Schemes

4. Ambitious
and achieving
Safer
Empowered
and responsible
Together, we will make Lewisham the best place in London to live, work and learn
Dynamic and
prosperous
Clean, green
and liveable
SCS
Healthy,
active and
enjoyable

5. We will put children and young people first every time
Vision and Values
Together with families, we will have the highest aspirations and ambition for all our children and young people
We will put children and young people first every time
Together with families, we will improve the lives and life chances of the children and young people in Lewisham
We will make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people
SCS

6. Our culture across the partnership
We all work for children
All Lewisham’s children are all of our concern
All money is children’s money – make every penny count
Personal responsibility of all to integrate and share information
No resignation from the teams around the child – ‘no wrong door’ ‘don’t just refer on’
In addition to the priorities and actions – these our are ‘message’ that reflect our culture across the partnership – in the current plan these are within the detail and the KAI – but these are the areas that frontline staff and managers remember
Want to highlight them within the plan

7. Our Current Priorities 2009-12
Current priotities

8. Progress has been made in…
Breastfeeding
Teenage conceptions - sustained improving trend but still rank in worst quartile nationally
Chlamydia testing
LAC - relatively low incidence, and recent improvements in placement stability
Child Protection Plans lasting 2+ years - notable decreases in numbers
Early Years Foundation Stage (age 5 years) - continues to improve, and expect to be close to national in 2011 for second year running
Key Stage 2 - continued improvement and better than national for second successive year
GCSEs continue to improve - good improvement but remain below other similar London Boroughs
KS2 and GCSE improvements for Free School Meal and ethnic minority pupils
A level passes remain above national
Primary school attendance in the best quartile nationally
NEETs remain low compared with national and other similar London Boroughs but far too many ‘unknowns’
Sustained increases in Level 2 & 3 attainment at age 19, and now at or similar to Statistical Neighbours and national

9. The Challenge …in a context of reducing resources
Our growing CYP population has implications for all services, for example:
School places, including special schools
GPs and Health Visitors
Early intervention/family support
Community Health Services
HVs
CAMHS
Therapies
Specialist Services
Children’s Social Care
…in a context of reducing resources

10. Ofsted inspection results
Outstanding safeguarding services
Good LAC provision
Partnership Working:
“ The strength of the community partnerships promotes excellent opportunities for capacity building and a joint responsibility on which to manage and plan for current and future demands and challenges.”

11. Our Future Priorities 2012-2015
Be Healthy
Reduce heath inequalities by:
Improving the take up of immunisations
Reducing the number of babies born with low birth weight
Improve the health of looked after children
Further reduce teenage conceptions and the rate of sexually transmitted infections
Reduce childhood obesity
Reduce substance misuse, including alcohol and tobacco
Promote mental and emotional well-being
Stay Safe
Reduce child abuse and neglect
Reduce harm to children and young people caught up in domestic violence
Provide secure and consistent support for LAC, particularly placement stability
Support families at risk of being in crisis
Ensure that children and young people feel safe
Enjoy and Achieve
Raise educational standards at all key stages
Close the attainment gap between underachieving groups and their peers
Improve secondary school attendance
Meet the needs of pupils with SEN and disabilities
Ensure there are sufficient school places for every Lewisham child
Make a positive contribution
Strengthen further youth participation and involvement
Reduce anti-social behaviour, youth crime and support young people who are the victims of crime
Provide integrated youth support for all young people to ensure they are able to make informed choices about their lives.
Achieve Economic Well-being
Reduce further the number of young people who are NEET 16-24
Raise participation and achievement at age 19
Secure a diverse offer which meets the needs and aspirations of learners
Meet the housing needs of young people and their families
Feedback so far:
Have taken out:
Supporting parents into employment including the provision of childcare
Ensure that all children have opportunities to play and a range of leisure activities
Have amended:
Changed school attendance to secondary school attendance
Added smoking and alcohol to substance misuse
Other comments:
Need to add CWD/SEN under stay safe
Consider adding rickets
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12. Our key areas for impact 2012-2015??
What are key areas for impact?
Over-arching areas that we need to continue to concentrate on to ensure we achieve our priorities
Applicable and recognisable across the partnership
Have an impact on systems, processes, service design, professional skills, engagement and involvement of children, young people and their parents/carers – and therefore on outcomes
How do we achieve this?
Maintain the over-arching key areas for impact – but with actions under the priorities and commissioning intentions
Had some discussion on what are these, what do we want them for, and how do they link to our priorities?

13. Our four key areas for impact 2012-2015??
To continue our relentless focus on outcomes and ensure impact across our priorities we need to:
Ensure our early intervention and targeted support approaches are embedded and have direct impact for children;
Have the highest aspirations and ambition for all our children and young people right across the partnership, particularly to close gaps and secure social mobility;
Ensure the effective involvement of children, young people and parents/carers in decision making, service development and evaluation
Secure and retain a strong, committed and highly skilled workforce across the partnership, with outstanding leadership and management

14. Reducing child poverty
Should remain as a key focus
Reducing the impact of child poverty is embedded in everything else that we do – all key areas for impact and each priority
Recognise the constraints of the current climate on reducing child poverty

15. Our Engagement Approach…
We have already started our engagement with children and young people
Takeover day
Young Mayor and advisors
Developing ‘youth’ priorities and actions in particular with young people
Parents
Voluntary and Community Sector
All staff
Stakeholder event in February

16. Next Steps Engagement with children, young people and parents – March
Engagement with agencies and providers – March
Stakeholder day – 26th April
Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership Board –
Mayor and Cabinet – 30th May
Full Council – 27th June 16 16

17. What we would like to know from you
How can our future priorities be more value added?
List the top 5 things that you the VCS can provide as a key partner in helping to deliver our future priorities.
How can Lewisham Council and the VCS work better together as partners in helping to deliver our future priorities and ultimately better outcomes for children, young people, and families in the borough?
And we will…
Provide you with an update as to what we have done with your contributions at the next forum