1. 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

2. 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

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

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

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

6. Why have we done it? Responding to political ambitions

7. Why have we done it? Delivering improvement in Kingston

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

9. Why have we done it? Achieving required efficiency savings

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

11. Why have we done it? Securing new business opportunities

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

13. Major challenges…and solutions Leadership capacity for transformation

14. Major challenges…and solutions Enabling the Councils to feel safe

15. Major challenges…and solutions Statutory duties and accountabilities

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

17. The benefits Good progress on our improvement journey

18. The benefits Innovation through our Business Academy

19. The benefits Government funding to develop new models

20. The benefits Workforce retention

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