Child Friendly Gloucestershire: Developing our Children 2010-2015 Vision What do we need to do together in order to realise an expansive and aspirational vision for all children and young people in Gloucestershire ?
Gloucestershire Snapshot for Children and Young People (census 2011, NOMIS) 128,136 Children living in Gloucestershire (ONS mid-year population estimate 2018 ) 20.2% children and young people as a % of total population 86,509 0-17 18 + Children Attending School (Jan 2018 School Census) 14,678 SEND Children in 10.9% children aged under 18 who are BME (2011 census) schools 12,016 Children with SEN support (Jan 18 School Census) BME White British 2,662 13,320 12.6% children and young people living in poverty Children EHCPs (Jan attending 18 School Children’s Census) Centres 8,170 Pupils known to be eligible Total EHC plans 10.9% pupils classed as persistent for and claiming Free 3,290 (Including Post 19, SEN Team School Meals (9.4% of the April 18) absentees (2017/18 academic year) cohort) England: 13.6% (Jan 2018 School Census) Children and Young People by Age Band 346 NEET Year 12-14 (Sept 19) (mid 2018 population estimate) 100.0% 80.0% 60.0% 131 YOS Statutory 33.1% 29.0% 40.0% Caseload 21.9% 862 EHE (Sept 19) 10.9% 20.0% 5.1% 0.0% Under 1 1-4 2018 5-9 2018 10-15 2018 16-17 2018 2018
Safeguarding Snapshot for Children and Young People August 19 CP Plans by Current Categories of Abuse 100% 80% 47.8% 60% 43.6% 40% 20% 5.1% 3.0% 0.4% 8,810 29,459 0% Children Referred Emotional Multiple Neglect Physical Sexual Total Contacts Received Abuse Abuse Abuse To Children’s Social Year ending August 19 Care Year ending Gloucestershire Aug-19 SN 2017/18 England 2017/18 August 19 Children Missing 132 140 117 115 111 120 93 100 72 80 58 57 57 715 50 60 4,069 40 Children Clients Open To 20 in Care Children’s Social 0 Work Q1 2018/19 Q2 2018/19 Q3 2018/19 Q4 2018/19 Q1 2019/20 Children missing from home Children missing from care 722 473 Hospital admissions due to self-harm CP (10-24 years) 164 referrals to the LADO 16 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children 1,247 Children subject of an year ending July - Sept ICPC Year ending August 19 2019 2,259 9 children were living in a private fostering arrangement Children in Need
Our Children’s Context (0-19) Cotswold 18,146 9,244 8,902 Cheltenham FOREST OF 26,375 DEAN Forest of Dean 18,454 13,240 13,135 9,288 9,166 Gloucester 32,034 Tewkesbury Stroud 26,402 20,829 16,384 15,650 13,591 12,815 10,837 9,992
Gloucestershire Population by Statutory Thresholds All Children in Need Child receiving early Child on a Child in Child on a Child Looked After Child help Need Plan Protection Plan R S.17 Threshold S.47 Threshold S.31 Threshold e s Locally defined offer for children Child needs services or a Reasonable suspicion that child Looked After Child p not meeting statutory threshold. reasonable level of health or is suffering, or likely to suffer, Child is placed outside the home, development; includes children significant harm. likely to be with relatives, in foster o care, a children’s home or placed undergoing assessment. n Child protection conference and for adoption . s LA is responsible for determining CPP e what services should be provided. i n c r e a s e s 722 715 2259 = 10 Risk Increases All figures as at
England: Data Snapshot • Child mortality (1-17 years) – 11.2 per 100,000 • % children GLD at the end of reception – 71.8% • First time entrants to the Criminal Justice System – 292 per 100,000 • Children in low income families – 17% • Under 18 conception – 18.8 per 1,000 (15-17 years) • GCSE average Attainment 8 score – 46.7% • Hospital admissions caused by injury in children 0-14 years – 96.4 per 10,000 (0-14 years) • ‘Overall, comparing local indicators with England averages, the health and wellbeing of children in Gloucestershire is better than England.’ CHP March 2019 • How well are our most vulnerable children doing ?
Gloucestershire Performance Snapshot • Demand on Gloucestershire’s Children Social Care service has been increasing. • Our Children in Need population broadly static, children subject to a protection plan has increased markedly and children in care population slightly higher than comparators but lower than Eng. overall. • A high proportion of children on plans or in our care (96% Aug-19) are seen regularly and we are in touch with all of our care leavers (100% Aug-19). We continue to target speed of seeing children following referral. • A high number of children who need our help, protection or care more than once. • The majority of children in care are seen, assessed and reviewed in a timely way. • A significant % of social care activity does not progress. • We do not speak to enough of the children in Gloucestershire who have been missing following a missing episode . • The majority of our children in Early Years/Primary and Secondary attend Good or Outstanding settings/schools. • Teenage Pregnancy is better than England average • Proportion of children achieving a good level of development at the end of Reception – marginally above England average. • KS2 Attainment – improved but marginally below national • KS4 Attainment 8 score above England average.
Closing the Gap: Disadvantaged Pupils (2018) • EYFS % good level of development Glouc. – 21% Nat. -17% • Year 1 Phonics % expected standard Glouc. -14% Nat - 13% • KS2 % achieving expected standard or above Glouc. - 28% Nat -20% • KS4 Attainment 8 Score Glouc -17.4 National -13.5
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Prob-PLAN-matic
Local Plans and Strategies Building the Best/Improvement Joint Plan Sufficiency Additional Strategy Early Years Needs Strategy School Improving School Place Place Outcomes for Strategy Strategy Annual Children Participation Plan Strategy for Youth Early Help unregistered Chidcare Justice Plan Strategy independent Sufficiency Future in schools Mind Engagement and Post 16 ACEs Autism Participation Strategy for Strategy Strategy Care Leaver Services working with Offer Children and Young People with Additional Needs and Neglect their Parents and Carers Strategy School High Needs Improvement Strategy Strategy Strategy for unregistered Child independent Specialist Exploitation schools Commissioning Strategy Strategy
Context • No longer a statutory requirement to have a Children’s Plan or Partnership. • Residual duty placed on LA to co-ordinate local activity to promote the wellbeing of children and young people. • Previous plan ended 2018. • Statutory responsibilities of DCS and Lead Member for Children. • Activity falls within purview of Health and Wellbeing Board. • Safeguarding Children Executive – efficacy of collective arrangements to safeguard children. • Children’s Partnership or Steering Group – the commissioning, delivery and impact of services for children and young people
Leadership Gloucestershire Structure Safer Gloucestershire - Health & Wellbeing Board and Children’s Partnership/Steering Group Governance • Strategic Direction • Quality of Delivery Child Friendly: ongoing dialogue with children and young people Integrated Services Service/System Development 13
Six principles to shape our thinking (Public Health England, 2015)
Key Questions • What are the arguments for and against having a plan/vision and what challenges do we need to overcome in developing an authentic and compelling vision ? • What are our defining values and principles that will underpin the formulation and realisation of that vision ? • What should be our key priorities or preoccupations within that vision ?
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