1. Restructure of the Hartlepool Children’s Trust Kelly Moss Children’s Trust Manager Hartlepool Children’s Trust

2. Cabinet Report Cabinet agreed changes to Hartlepool Children’s Trust on 24 th August 2009 Changes come into effect 1 st October 2009 First meeting of the new Hartlepool Children’s Trust Board 15 th October 2009

3. What do these changes mean? Hartlepool Children’s Trust Children’s Trust Board Develop & promote a child and family- centred, outcome led vision Put in place robust arrangements for inter-agency governance Develop integrated strategy, joint planning and commissioning, pooled & aligned budgets and the Children and Young people’s Plan Effective joint working sustained by a shared language and shared processes Develop and promote integrated front-line services organised around the child, young person or family

4. Safeguarding & the Children’s Trust Lord Laming’s report, The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report The Children’s Trust is required to: Consider children’s safeguarding needs and champion child safety. Lead in emphasising the importance of universal, targeted and responsive safeguarding Ensure that the planning and commissioning of services takes account of the need to safeguard and promote children’s welfare. Ensure all local partners are prepared for and implement the new Vetting and Barring Scheme (October 2009) Hartlepool Children’s Trust

5. What do these changes mean? Hartlepool Children’s Trust Direct and manage resources Direct and manage performance Manage inter-agency delivery Procure services (e.g. through joint commissioning function) Executive to replace Performance Management Group

6. What do these changes mean? Hartlepool Children’s Trust ARPs* and other partnership groups Greater collaboration – end to ‘silo’ thinking/working Assess individual need, identify children and young people who need help Co-ordinate information, performance and resources Deliver children and young people and family interventions Stakeholder involvement *Age Related Partnerships

7. Hartlepool Children’s Trust Children’s Trust Executive Chair: Cllr. Cath Hill Children’s Trust Board Chair: Cllr. Cath Hill ARP 0-11 Chair: Khalid Azam Children’s Centres Speech, Language & Communication Needs Maternity Teenage Pregnancy Housing Health Visitors Play Childcare Early Learning C&YP Social Care CAHMS SEN LSCB Report on annual basis Consultation Behaviour & Attendance Partnership 14-19 Partnership Joint Commissioning Function ARP 11-19 Chair: Caroline O’Neill Connexions Youth Service Youth Offending Transitions Teenage Pregnancy Targeted Youth Support Job Centre Plus Schools FE & 6 th Form Leaving Care Team Housing LSC, SEN C&YP Social Care Adult Social Care Educational Psychology Task and Finish Groups As needed and agreed by the Age Related Partnerships Infrastructure Group Chair: Sue Johnson Team around the Child Team around the School CAF Workforce C&YP Participation Corporate Parenting Communications Stakeholder Group Chair: To be elected Group to be supported by Beth Hawkridge & Kelly Moss

8. New guidance coming soon… Will provide the detail behind the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Hartlepool Children’s Trust