Common use of Early Years Clause in Contracts

Early Years. There are a significant number of relevant programs which contribute to the National Priorities of Early Years across the city. Programmes include: • Parenting Support Framework • One Glasgow Children 0-8 work stream • Early years collaborative The Parenting Support Framework was introduced in 2009 with the aim to improve outcomes for all children and their families by ensuring that those who most need support benefit appropriately from parenting support services. Since the implementation of the framework, over 12,800 families have accessed the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) in the city. The training has been delivered by almost 900 staff from across agencies and organisations including Glasgow Community Health Partnership (CHP), Glasgow City Council, Social Work and Education services and the voluntary sector. A number of key actions are being taken forward within early years to enhance the framework, such as: • Family Learning Centres which provide early education and childcare to children before they start school alongside information and support services for families. They are working with third sector partners to engage local, community based family support services for parents and with Glasgow Life to secure family learning opportunities which will assist parents to improve their own circumstances • a Joint Support Team Model to support the development of integrated responses to meeting family needs; and • increasing opportunities for parents of young families to ensure that parents of young families are able to consider all the opportunities that may be available to them, including training and employment The One Glasgow Children 0-8 Work stream is a preventative approach to intervening early when families with young children are experiencing problems, in order to provide the right support at the right time and help to secure better outcomes for both children and families. This provides an early intervention approach, delivering integrated multi-agency services to those identified as “just coping” families. This approach sits within the context of the national Early Years Framework and Early Years Collaborative. It is also a good example of how the city is delivering Getting it Right for Every Child in practice. Changes to service delivery are occurring as a result of the One Glasgow approach. Education based early years services are working more effectively with partners in social work, NHS, Glasgow Life and the 3rd sector to secure packages of education, care, specialist interventions and family support which are targeted to the individual needs of children and their families. Tracking processes are being built into the changes in service delivery in order to support the measurement of evidence based outcomes. Core training on key elements is being provided on a multi-agency basis for all staff engaging with children and families as part of One Glasgow 0-8. The Early Years Collaborative (EYC) model was launched nationally by Scottish Government in October 2012. It is a multi-agency approach towards small scale testing for improvement in early years services which builds upon an improvement science model used effectively in health services. In Glasgow, the Collaborative will be overseen by the Community Planning Partnership and will form part of the underpinning methodology for delivering the Children 0-8 work stream within One Glasgow. This One Glasgow work stream has identified 3 key work streams across service delivery: Pre-birth to 2 years; 2 years to 5 years; and 5 years to 8 years (this is out with the scope of the EYC). The Early Years Collaborative identifies 4 work streams and a “stretch aim” for each: • Conception to 1 year To reduce by 15% the rates of stillbirth & infant mortality by 2015 • 1 year to 30 months 85% of all children within each CPP have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time of the child’s 27-30 month child health review by end of 2016 • 30 months to 5 years 90% of all children within each CPP have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time the child starts primary school by the end of 2017 • Leadership Timely delivery of all three work stream stretch aims There is significant crossover between the work streams identified. Moving forward, the operational challenge within Glasgow is to merge the local aims already identified and agreed within the One Glasgow work stream and the national aims of the Early Years Collaborative.

Early Years. There are a significant number of relevant programs which contribute to the National Priorities of Early Years across the city. Programmes include: •  Parenting Support Framework •  One Glasgow Children 0-8 work stream •  Early years collaborative The Parenting Support Framework was introduced in 2009 with the aim to improve outcomes for all children and their families by ensuring that those who most need support benefit appropriately from parenting support services. Since the implementation of the framework, over 12,800 families have accessed the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) in the city. The training has been delivered by almost 900 staff from across agencies and organisations including Glasgow Community Health Partnership (CHP), Glasgow City Council, Social Work and Education services and the voluntary sector. A number of key actions are being taken forward within early years to enhance the framework, such as: •  Family Learning Centres which provide early education and childcare to children before they start school alongside information and support services for families. They are working with third sector partners to engage local, community based family support services for parents and with Glasgow Life to secure family learning opportunities which will assist parents to improve their own circumstances •  a Joint Support Team Model to support the development of integrated responses to meeting family needs; and •  increasing opportunities for parents of young families to ensure that parents of young families are able to consider all the opportunities that may be available to them, including training and employment The One Glasgow Children 0-8 Work stream is a preventative approach to intervening early when families with young children are experiencing problems, in order to provide the right support at the right time and help to secure better outcomes for both children and families. This provides an early intervention approach, delivering integrated multi-agency services to those identified as “just coping” families. This approach sits within the context of the national Early Years Framework and Early Years Collaborative. It is also a good example of how the city is delivering Getting it Right for Every Child in practice. Changes to service delivery are occurring as a result of the One Glasgow approach. Education based early years services are working more effectively with partners in social work, NHS, Glasgow Life and the 3rd sector to secure packages of education, care, specialist interventions and family support which are targeted to the individual needs of children and their families. Tracking processes are being built into the changes in service delivery in order to support the measurement of evidence based outcomes. Core training on key elements is being provided on a multi-agency basis for all staff engaging with children and families as part of One Glasgow 0-8. The Early Years Collaborative (EYC) model was launched nationally by Scottish Government in October 2012. It is a multi-agency approach towards small scale testing for improvement in early years services which builds upon an improvement science model used effectively in health services. In Glasgow, the Collaborative will be overseen by the Community Planning Partnership and will form part of the underpinning methodology for delivering the Children 0-8 work stream within One Glasgow. This One Glasgow work stream has identified 3 key work streams across service delivery: Pre-birth to 2 years; 2 years to 5 years; and 5 years to 8 years (this is out with the scope of the EYC). The Early Years Collaborative identifies 4 work streams and a “stretch aim” for each: •  Conception to 1 year To reduce by 15% the rates of stillbirth & infant mortality by 2015 •  1 year to 30 months 85% of all children within each CPP have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time of the child’s 27-30 month child health review by end of 2016 •  30 months to 5 years 90% of all children within each CPP have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time the child starts primary school by the end of 2017 •  Leadership Timely delivery of all three work stream stretch aims There is significant crossover between the work streams identified. Moving forward, the operational challenge within Glasgow is to merge the local aims already identified and agreed within the One Glasgow work stream and the national aims of the Early Years Collaborative.