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Children & Young People Service Presentation to Barrow Local Committee 8 March 2019

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Children & Young People Service

The service is responsible for the following areas:

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M ulti Agency Safeguarding Hub

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Child in Need

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Emergency Duty T eam

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Child Protection

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Early Help Services

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Children Looked After

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Focus Families

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Care Leavers

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Targeted Y

• uth Support

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• uth Offending Service

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Syrian Refugee Programme

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Edge of Care and Residential

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16/ 17 yr old Homelessness Service

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Fostering

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Family Group Conferencing

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Adoption

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District contacts

Senior Manager Jonathan Taylor Email: jonathan.taylor@cumbria.gov.uk Tel: 01539 713310 Service Managers Keeley Slack Paul Elliott Email: keeley.slack@cumbria.gov.uk Email: paul.elliott@cumbria.gov.uk Tel: 01539 713310 Tel: 01229 408100

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CLA Strategy 2018

• The CLA Strategy sets out the Council’s

priorities for Children Looked After and Care Leavers.

• The Strategy was produced with

children and young people.

• It sets out how we will meet our

Corporate Parenting duty.

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National Corporate Parenting Principles

Local Authorities requirements in relation to children looked after and care leavers:

• To act in their best interests and promote their health and

wellbeing;

• To encourage the voice of the child
• To promote access to services (including partners’)
• To promote high aspirations
• To ensure they are safe and have stability at home,

education, work and in their relationships

• To prepare children looked after and care leavers for

adulthood.

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If Cumbria was a district of 100 children what would they look like?

• 51 would be boys and 49 would be girls
• 5 would be from Black and Minority Ethnic families
• 13 would live in low income families
• 52 families with more than one child
• 9 school aged children would have mental health disorders
• 10 pupils are persistent absentees
• 2 pupils have had at least one fixed term exclusion
• 5 16-17 year olds would be NEET

2017

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If Barrow was a district of 100 children what would they look like?

• 51 would be boys and 49 would be girls
• 4 would be from Black and Minority Ethnic families
• 18 would live in low income families
• 48 families with more than one child
• 10 school aged children would have mental health disorders
• 10 pupils are persistent absentees
• 2 pupils have had at least one fixed term exclusion
• 5 16-17 year olds would be NEET

2017

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Open cases in Barrow

Dec 2018

Other open cases 136 Child in Need plan 171 Child Protection Plan 127 Children Looked After 147 Care leavers 39

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Trends in Barrow

CIN CP CLA 50 100 150 200 250 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18

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Early Help

• 572 children with an Early Help plan
• This is a rate of 430 per 10,000

population, higher than the Cumbria rate of 379

• 62% are boys and 38% are girls
• 59% aged under 10 and 41% are 10

and over

Dec 2018

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Child in Need plans

• 171 children with a Child in Need plan
• This is a rate of 129 per 10,000 population,

higher than the Cumbria rate of 96

• 56% are boys and 43% are girls
• 50% aged under 10 and 50% are 10 and over
• 32% have a disability

Dec 2018

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Child Protection plans

• 127 children subject of Child protection plan
• This is a rate of 95 per 10,000 population,

higher than the Cumbria rate of 61

• 51% are boys, 47% are girls and 2% are

unborn babies

• 67% aged under 10 and 33% are 10 and over
• 3% have a disability
• 31% have had a previous CP plan

Dec 2018

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Categories for CP plans

Dec 2018

Neglect 35% S exual Abuse 5% Physical Abuse 4% Multiple 2% Emotional Abuse 54%

Barrow

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Children looked after

• 147 children looked after
• This is a rate of 111 per 10,000 population,

higher than the Cumbria rate of 73

• 56% are boys and 44% are girls
• 35% aged under 10 and 65% are 10 and over
• 8% have a disability

Dec 2018

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CLA placements

• 78% of CLA are living in foster

placements

• 14% are in residential placements
• 29% are living in Barrow
• 35% are in placements outside Cumbria

Dec 2018

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CLA placements

Dec 2018

Foster - own provision 30% Foster - family & friends carer 12% Residential - own provision 2% Foster - other provision 37% Residential -

• ther provision

12% Adoptive placement 2% Placed with parents 3% Other 2%

Barrow

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Foster carers

• 25 foster care households in Barrow
• 178 foster care households in Cumbria
• 4 new fostering households approved

since April 2018

• 22% of Cumbrian CLA are from Barrow

but only 14% of foster carers are from the district

Dec 2018

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Care leavers

• 39 care leavers in Barrow receiving

support

• This is a rate of 29 per 10,000 population,

higher than the Cumbria rate of 18

• 56% are in education, employment or

training

• 95% are living in suitable accommodation

Dec 2018

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What could you help us with?

• Foster carer recruitment
• Influence commissioning of services
• Role as corporate parents