Preventing and tackling child poverty in Cornwall Cornwall School Governor Network 21st May 2011

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Preventing and tackling child poverty in Cornwall Cornwall School Governor Network 21st May 2011 James Hardy, Locality Manager, Children, Schools and Families Richard Head, Tackling Child Poverty - Inclusion Cornwall

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Preventing and tackling child poverty in Cornwall

Cornwall School Governor Network21st May 2011

James Hardy, Locality Manager, Children, Schools and FamiliesRichard Head, Tackling Child Poverty - Inclusion Cornwall

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Aim

To raise awareness and understanding of child poverty and it’s impact on the outcomes of children in Cornwall.

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What is Child Poverty?

Individuals, families and groups in the population can be said to be in poverty when they lack the resources to obtain the types of diet, participate in the activities, and have the living conditions and amenities which are customary, or are at least widely encouraged and approved, in the societies in which they belong.

(Townsned, P (1979) Poverty in the United Kingdom: Penguin)

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Child Poverty means growing up in a low income household

• Relative poverty: living in households with less than 60% of median income.

• Material deprivation: combination of material deprivation and low income (less than 70% of median income).

• Persistent poverty: living in relative poverty for three out of four years.

• Absolute poverty: living in families with income below absolute threshold.

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23%of people in Cornwall who are on out of work benefits have dependent children

1 in 3children live in households with no working adults in 20 of Cornwall’s neighbourhoods (58% of children for the worst area)

Child poverty at a glance

16,650children (under 16) in Cornwall live in poverty

61%of households experiencing child poverty are lone parent households

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Understanding geographical variations is important for service delivery

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Child poverty model

Webpage

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Child poverty continues to matter

Employment - there are neighbourhoods in Cornwall where worklessness is a severe and persistent problem. These areas are closely associated with child poverty - in some neighbourhoods over 50% of children live in benefit dependent households.

Education - in general educational attainment decreases as levels of child poverty increase in Cornwall. This relationship gets stronger at Key Stages 2 & 4. Patterns of under achievement get harder to reverse by the teenage years.

Health - 11% of children in reception classes in Cornwall and 18% of children in year 6 are classified as obese. Studies show links between poverty & social exclusion. If obesity is not addressed it can result in serious medical problems including heart disease, type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent), high blood pressure and osteoarthritis.

Social -Adults and young people convicted of offences are often some of the most socially excluded within society. Deprived areas experience a disproportionate amount of crime and there is a significant correlation between crime rates and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2007

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Children’s educational attainment is the most important determinant of life chances but gaps open up early

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• Disparities in educational outcomes remain high throughout school

A similar pattern is emerging in more recent data

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Relationship between Child Poverty & Early Years Foundation Stage Attainment (NI 72)2010

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Relationship between Child Poverty & Attainment at Key Stage 4 (2010)r = -0.4

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Figures in the briefing are from CPAG’s recent publication, D Hirsch, Chicken and Egg: child poverty and educational inequalities, CPAG (2007).

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Responses to child poverty need to be undertaken in the collective context of child, family, home & community

LIFE CHANCES

EducationChildcareHealthYouthSupporting families

PLACE & LOCAL DELIVERY

HousingLocalismTransportCommunities

EMPLOYMENT & SKILLS

Adult skillsJCP Support

Employment policies—flexible working etc

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Welfare Reform

WTC , CTC, Housing benefit take up

Poverty in childhood does not translate into poor outcomes

More families are in work that pays & have the support they need to progress

Financial support is responsive to families’ situations

Child’s environment support them to thrive

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Locality Team Makeup• Large multi-skilled team

• Additional Support Manager• Children’s Centre Managers• Family Support Workers• Youth Work Co-ordinators• Targeted Youth Support Co-ordinator• Senior SENCO• Early Years Support• Scallywags Support Workers• Family Information Advisor• Child Care and Play Development Managers• Locality Admin & Children’s Centre Admin• Volunteer Co-ordinator …………..

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Targeted Services

• Based around Children’s Centre networks• Family Support team working with Vulnerable

families• Close links to Common Assessment

Framework (CAF) and Early Support• Close links with other agencies – Social Work,

Parent Support Advisers, Barnardos etc

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Additional support for families experiencing particular challenges

• Among these families may be:

– Teenage parents– Lone parents– Families living in poverty– Workless households– Parents with mental health, drug or alcohol problems– Families with a parent in prison – Families from minority ethnic communities– Families with asylum seekers– Parents with disabled children– Parents with learning difficulties– Parents where English is not their first language

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Everybody’s Business

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“His parents need support to care for him”Health Visitor

“His parents are ‘low skilled’”JobCentre Plus Advisor

“He is absent without authorisation. . . . again”Teacher

“His parents are ‘high concern and in debt’”The Housing Department

“He has behavioural problems”Educational Psychologist

“He’s just really antisocial.”The Community

“He’s at risk”Social Worker “But I just want to live my childhood”

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Any questions?