What is a Childrens Centre? The Core Offer for Centres in 30% most - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

What is a Children’s Centre? The Core Offer for Centres in 30% most deprived areas must include: • Early education integrated with daycare. • Family support and parental outreach. • Child and family health services. • Links with schools and children’s information services. • Links with JobcentrePlus.

Progress Check ... 11 Children’s centres “designated” in the Phase 2 cohort (in addition to the existing 3 Phase 1 Children’s Centres). Phase 1 Children’s Centres (3): Beaver’s Children’s Centre (Linked with SureStart Hounslow at ‘The Hub’) Crane Park Children’s Centre Norwood Green Children’s Centre Phase 2 Children’s Centres (11) : Dukes Meadow Children’s Centre (Cavendish) North Isleworth Children’s Centre (West Thames College & West Mid Hosp) South Isleworth Children’s Centre (Worple & Bridgelink Centre) Feltham Hill Children’s Centre (Feltham J & I) Bedfont (Fairholme) Chiswick Children’s Centre Community ( William Hogarth) Cranford Children’s Centre (Cranford I & N) Heston Children’s Centre (Heston I & N) Southville Community Children’s Centre (Southville Community Centre) Hounslow Town Children’s Centre (Hounslow Town) Brentford Children’s Centre (Green Dragon)

An emerging “Children’s Centre Vision”. Be Healthy Stay Safe Enjoy & Make a Achieve Achieve Positive economic Contribution well being s Activities & Services e • Early Education c i v r • Stay & Play e S • Childminding network & s • Library Children’s Corner • Parent’s Forum e i • Modelling good practice t • Toy Library i • Affordable childcare v i • Swift and easy referral t • Peripatetic practitioners c • Early Education A • Childcare Provision • Family Learning • Stay and Play • Childminding network • Parenting support Get & give support • Ante natal clinics • Adult education • Breast feeding support Interact • Training / Childcare support • Developmental checks • Job Centre Plus links Each child • Post natal clinics • Childminding network • Healthy eating under 5 years • Tackling Child Poverty • Smoking cessation old Carers Parents Community

Tiers of Need and Intervention – Where do Extended Schools & Children’s Centres fit? Tier 4 Children & young people Police Health Specialists at risk of death or serious harm Child Protection Team Tier 3 Children & young Health Specialists people whose lives are seriously disrupted Children in Need Team Police or who have complex Specialist Education Support CAMHS Needs. Children in Need Team Health Professionals Tier 2 Children & young CAMHS people who are vulnerable Extended Children’s EWOs Police Schools Centres Tier 1 All children Preventive & young Schools Health Services people

Phase 2 construction work to schedule: • Completion of buildings by end March except - • Hounslow Town and Dukes Meadow with approved slippage due to complexity of work involving existing and occupied school buildings. Range of services will be expanded as the result of: • Premises becoming available. • Recruiting staff.

Work in progress: • Fitting out and equipping • Developing membership of governance • Management • Leases with daycare providers • Premises agreements with schools • Service level agreements • Recruiting staff • Centre delivery plans • Performance management systems • Baselines and self-evaluation

Phase 3 • 2008 – 2010 • Funding focused on running centres • Assumption that existing premises left for phase 3 • Building work needed for phase 2 centres in existing premises • Geography given • Changing demographics • Matching strategy with realistic opportunities • Consulting and nurturing interest