Children and Young People. Context: The outcomes in this block need to be seen within the context of the general development of services for children and young people in Kent and the Supporting Independence Programme. The County Council and its partners are responding in a number of ways to the Every Child Matters framework. The key policy elements and drivers that need to be recognised are: • We have set up an overarching strategic partnership for children and young people. This is a multi-agency group, linked to the Kent Partnership, which will "own" those elements of the Local Area Agreement that apply to or affect the lives of children and young people. Most but not all of those elements sit within the Children and Young People's block. • The development of multi-agency children's consortia and school clusters place the capacity for planning, developing and commissioning many services for children and young people at a local level. Children’s Centres in Kent will be one focus for the delivery of these services. The children's consortia have prime responsibility for preventative services as outlined in the Local Preventative Strategy. Schools’ clusters are exploring new, collaborative approaches to meeting the needs of pupils and driving educational improvement. The rationale for many of the freedoms we seek from this agreement is to maximise local flexibility for these partnerships and centres. This fits well with the government agenda for children and the DfES 5year strategy. It is also key to the successful mainstreaming of area based initiatives and to introducing maximum stability into the child care market. • Local Public Service Agreement. As a result of KCC’s LPSA1, significantly improved outcomes for children were achieved. In particular, against a national upward trend of children coming into local authority care, we managed to reduce those numbers and to increase stability for children in care by increasing the numbers being adopted. We now want to focus on delivering the best outcomes for those children who are looked after by us. Our second local public service agreement (LPSA2) was well advanced at the outset of this pilot and is embedded into the Local Area Agreement. LPSA2 had a concentration on children and young people. Six of the seven outcome areas in this block relate to LPSA2 targets and are the result of a much longer period of consultation with partners than has been possible within the LAA development timescale. Outcomes in this block: 1 To promote the ph...
Children and Young People. We want all children and young people to achieve their full potential. Most of the children and young people living in the borough are safe, healthy, achieving well at school, living in good family environments and have a positive future ahead of them. Not withstanding this we have identified that for some children and young people there is a need for us to do more if they are to have opportunity to achieve their full potential. Through the Local Area Agreement we will prioritise our activities to focus on delivering outcomes specifically related to the following groups: • Pre-school aged children • Looked after children • 14-19 year olds Across all age groups we will be looking at ways in which we can improve the self- esteem of children and young people. OUR PRIORITIES We arrived at our priorities in a number of ways: • An audit of need • Service review • Consultation with children, their families and carers The Children and Young People’s Plan details all the outcomes we will deliver for children and young people and sets out our priorities. All children and young people were afforded opportunity to contribute their views as part of agreeing this plan. Pre-School Provision Ofsted inspection judgements (based on information from April 2005 to the present) indicate that there is a great deal of good provision. What it also indicated is that the standard is variable. Significant evidence exists, which proves that children who enjoy a good and stimulating start in life will enjoy an improved quality of life. It is therefore important to us that we ensure that all provision reaches the same high standards of quality care.
Children and Young People. There was extensive involvement of children and young people in the production of Sefton’s Children and Young People Plan (CYPP). Engagement with the CEN, in particular the Family Support Forum (now the Every Child Matters Forum) and the Faith Communities Network is of key importance in obtaining views of the Voluntary and Community Sector. Important strategic initiatives, including Sefton Sure Start, Smart Stars and Sefton Children’s Fund, have ensured effective consultation with children, young people and their parents, which has also provided invaluable information and led to influence over local mainstream service provision.
Children and Young People. This Agreement may be novated, subject to the agreement of the Leasing Company, by means of a novation agreement having effect at any time during the period of the lease, so as to substitute in place of the Contractor a company identified by the Secretary of State for Justice as a company which has entered into a contract with the Secretary of State for Justice to provide services which require the use of the vehicle for the transportation of Children and Young People. Such novation may be entered into as an alternative to the novation to the Secretary of State for Justice provided for above.” Where required to do so by the Authority on the expiry or termination of the Contract, the Contractor shall take all necessary action as between the Contractor and the Leasing Company, subject to the agreement of the Leasing Company, to procure that any Vehicle Lease which is not due to expire until a date occurring after the expiry or termination of the Contract, or the termination of the provision of any relevant part of the Services, shall be novated in one of the following ways:
Children and Young People. NMSI museums provide high-quality learning experiences for children of all ages. The museums support the school curriculum and go beyond it, giving children and young people memorable and inspiring experiences to enhance their formal and informal education, particularly in STEM-subjects, and giving them opportunities for creative participation in order to develop their skills and talents.
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Children and Young People. Improved life-chances and better opportunities for vulnerable young people: • Young people prevented from re-offending after receiving a reprimand • Number of permanent exclusions (aged 11-19) in secondary schools • Under 18’s in drug or alcohol treatment programmes • Number of 16+17 year olds for which decisions are taken in relation to homelessness as a result of family breakdown and published as part of the quarterly P1E homelessness statistics
Children and Young People. Improve educational progress and outcomes for all children: • Increase the average point scores of pupils in line with Xxxxxx Family Trust Band D comparator Target 6 – Safer Communities Reduce the number of offences committed by prolific and other priority offenders subject to intensive supervision Target 7 – Safer Communities To reduce overall crime particularly violent crime, domestic violence and hate crime: • Number of reported domestic violence incidents reported to the police in a year • % of detected domestic violence crimes committed by a repeat offender in the last twelve months Target 8 – Stronger Communities • Building community cohesion and inclusion and increasing local participation in governance. • % of adults who feel they can influence decisions that affect their area • % of adults who feel that can influence decisions that affect their area when working with others in the neighbourhood • % of adults who say people from different backgrounds get on well together in their neighbourhood Target 9 – Stronger Communities Development of social capital through an increase in volunteering: • Number of people reporting they have given help to any group, clubs or organisations in the last 12 months Target 10 – Cleaner and Greener Improving waste management in Leicestershire: • Increased levels of diversion from landfill, including recycling and composting Target 11 – Economic Development • Increase the number of business start-ups in the County Target 12 – Economic Development • Increase the number in receipt of incapacity benefit in the most deprived areas who are helped into work (Reserve reward target around arson reduction is being developed in the event any of the above cannot be progressed)
Children and Young People. The Children Act 2004 emphasises that partner agencies must make arrangements to promote co-operation to improve the well-being of children in their area. Well-being is defined by the Act as relating to a child’s: physical and mental health and emotional well-being (‘be healthy’) protection from harm and neglect (‘stay safe’) education, training and recreation (‘enjoy and achieve’) the contribution made by them to society (‘make a positive contribution’) social and economic well-being (‘achieve economic well-being’) Although most commonly used to refer to young people aged 16 or under, ‘children’ in terms of the scope of this Act means those aged eighteen or under. Information upon which safeguarding decisions in relation to children and young people are made is held by numerous statutory and non-statutory agencies. Many tragic cases across the UK have highlighted deficiencies within safeguarding partnerships in relation to the sharing of information and communication. Serious case reviews and inquiries have directly attributed the lack of good information sharing and communication to the subsequent death of an individual.
Children and Young People with SEND, and their families, have access to advocacy support when they need it (including through SEND processes, Mediation and Tribunals) in the way they want it. or carers or professionals and have had at least 6 people attend.
