Every child matters …..

more than moving the deckchairs

Children’s Trust Arrangements…..

• Shared vision• Integrated governance• Integrated Strategy and Joint Commissioning• Integrated process• Integrated Front-line Services

5 Outcomes

Economic Wellbeing

Enjoy & Achieve

Make a Positive Contribution

Be Healthy

Be Safe

So what was it really about?

Quality

Greater focus on outcomes

Prevention & Early Intervention

Inclusion

Personalisation

Voice and Influence

Partnership

A different way of thinking….

Holistic

Child and family at centre

“Why wouldn’t we?”

“If we can, we will….”

5 Maxims….

Everyone’s business

Whatever it takes

Connect not refer

Challenge nonsenses

Take care of our selves and each other

Different ways of working….

Seamless services

Co-located / multi-disciplinary

Local and accessible

Blurring of professional boundaries

Proactive, creative and flexible

Evidence of impact

............................. doing things that really make a difference

Challenges….

How far? How fast?

Willingness to power share …. with each other, with children and young people and their families

Professional boundaries / culture clashes

Anxiety…. about integration, about change

Moving out of our comfort zones

New gaps e.g. children -v- adults

Criteria bound service delivery models

Smarter focus on outcomes

Scale of potential change / range of configurations

Opportunities….

Fundamental transformation around some stubborn issues

Liberation from some restrictive practices

Economy of scale and extension of skills

Fluidity of professional boundaries

Strategic boldness and founded optimism

Improved Outcomes• family breakdown• youth nuisance• bullying in schools• educated outcomes for vulnerable children• quality of school performance• proportion of young people engaging with education and

training post 16• teenage pregnancy• Levels of youth employment • Staff recruitment and retention

And so for Victoria…..?

• Great strengths to build upon

• Three key strands for future strategy:– Uncompromising on quality– Earlier and better support for vulnerable children– More integrated working

• Co-designed and delivered through partnership

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Mark Twain