Children and YoungPeople’s PlanNorth East Lincolnshire

2011-2014

Children and Young People’s Plan 2011 - 2014

North East Lincolnshire will be a great place of opportunity to enable children and young people to have a good life and achieve their full potential

North East Lincolnshire

ContentsIntroduction 02

Where are we now? 03

What progress have we made? 04

Links to the Sustainable 05 Community Strategy

What we want to achieve 06 2011 - 14

Children and Young People’s Plan North East Lincolnshire

Children and Young People’s Plan 2011 - 2014

Introduction

The Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) is

the single strategic plan for all services which

directly affect children and young people in North

East Lincolnshire. The Plan sets out the priorities

of all partner agencies to work together under the

banner of the North East Lincolnshire Children’s

Trust to improve outcomes for all children and

young people aged 0-19, young people up to age

24 in care and vulnerable young people up to age

25 with learning difficulties/disabilities. We will

promote equality and diversity for all, in terms of

the diverse needs of our communities and monitor

take-up and evaluate services to ensure they do

not discriminate or exclude.

This plan demonstrates the commitment of the

Children’s Trust partners to work together to

ensure that all of our children and young people

enjoy life and achieve their full potential and this

is reflected in our vision:

North East Lincolnshire will be a great place

of opportunity to enable children and young

people to have a good life and achieve their

full potential.

This vision will be achieved through our

continued strong partnership working and will

be underpinned by our commitment to our

principles;

We will:

• Involveandengagethewholefamilyin

managing their own lives

•Worktogethertodelivertheverybestoutcomes

for the least resources

•Workwithfamiliestoidentifyissuesasthey

arise, before things go wrong and act quickly

where necessary

• Protectandsupportthosemostinneed

• Ensurethatallchildrenandyoungpeoplehave

access to the same opportunities

• Continuetosupportandmaintainservicesfor

all, such as schools and health visiting etc

• Improvethehealthandwell-beingofallfamilies

particularly those most in need

• Enableallchildrenandyoungpeopletoachieve

their best

The Children’s Trust is working to have consistent

good quality arrangements in place to provide

identification and early intervention for those

children, young people and families who need

additional help. To achieve this, the Trust will

lead, commission and oversee the development of

a joint approach to deliver these outcomes.

This will mean reforming systems and services

provided for all children, young people and adults,

and not just for the most vulnerable, to ensure

services work together to:

• providefamilieswithsupportattheearliest

opportunity

•meetthefullrangeofneedswithineachfamily

they are supporting or working with

• developserviceswhichcanrespondeffectively

to the most challenging families

• strengthentheabilityoffamilymembersto

provide care and support to each other

We want to work in a more integrated way with

families. These will not be new services, it is about

reforming and co-ordinating existing services

and embedding a fundamental new approach to

delivery to secure better outcomes for children

and families.

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North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire

We have produced a comprehensive Children’s

Needs Assessment which includes data from a

wide range of local and national sources and also

takes into consideration the views of children

and young people and the residents of North East

Lincolnshire. The information we have gathered in

producing the needs assessment has helped us to

identify the outcomes that we want to achieve as a

Children’s Trust, as set out in this plan, to make a

difference for all our children and young people.

Child Poverty

The Children’s Trust recognises the importance

of addressing child poverty to support the

achievement of our wider goals and has produced

a Child Poverty Needs Assessment to help identify

the key areas that need to be addressed.

A Child Poverty Strategy has been produced

which identifies five work streams as priority areas

to tackle child poverty in North East Lincolnshire:

• ReducingWorklessness

• ReducingIn-workPoverty

• RaisingAspirationsandEducationalAttainment

•MakingEffectiveuseofFamilyFinances

• FamilyFactorsthatExacerbatePoverty

The strategy is closely aligned to the 2010-

2020RegenerationPlan,withtheChangeBoard

having strategic responsibility for delivering

the 10 year plan to help over 500 people into

work. The Change Programme is a new and

innovative approach to addressing worklessness

in North East Lincolnshire. A board of partners

from organisations who address the causes and

problems of worklessness agree services they

wish to buy. These services are different to those

that are already available and will target the

specific needs of those disadvantaged and

long term unemployed.

Increasingjobsandstrengtheningthe

local economy remains a Council priority

and investment in the development and

implementation of local work and skills

programmes aims to reduce the number of work

related benefit claimants in the borough.

NorthEastLincolnshireFinancialInclusion

Partnership incorporates a number of

organisations delivering assistance to financially

excluded households within the area.

The partnership has produced a Financial

Inclusionstrategywhichhasbeensigneduptoby

board members in all partner organisations. The

aim of the partnership is to create an environment

where all partners take a cohesive approach to

delivering advice and services to the financially

excluded, with the aim of creating a long term

solution which includes financial education and

prevention of debt.

Through continued strength in partnership

working the Child Poverty Strategy will coordinate

the efforts of all partner agencies to see a

significant reduction in child poverty in

future years.

Where Are We Now? Needs Assessment

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Children and Young People’s Plan 2011 - 2014

What progress have we made in delivering our 2009 - 2010 Plan?

Inthepastyearwehaveachievedmany

successes, including:

• TheEarlyYearsFoundationStagethreshold

attainment between 2009 and 2010 has increased

by 13.5% (from 43.8% to 57.3%), exceeding the

Local Authority target by 10.3%. We are the most

improved Local Authority in the Yorkshire and

Humber region for 2009/10.

• Inthesummerof2010,secondaryschools

in North East Lincolnshire enjoyed another

excellent set of GCSE results. The score for

5+ GCSE passes at A* - C grades, including

English and mathematics has risen by 8.5%. This

takes the pass rate to 54.2%, and makes North

East Lincolnshire one of the most improved

authorities in the country.

• Thepercentageofstudentsachievingthe

expected progress from KS2 to KS4 has risen

steadilyovertime.InEnglishin200650.7%

made expected progress and this has risen to

70.3%in2010.Inmathematicsin200641.6%

made expected progress and this has risen to

61.1%in2010.

• TheworkoftheConnexionsserviceintackling

young people not in employment, education

or training (NEET) has resulted in a significant

and sustained reduction from 7% in 2007/08

to6.5%in2009/10.InJanuary2010NorthEast

Lincolnshire’sNEETfigurewas6.3%compared

totheEnglandaverageof6.4%.

• Fromthe1998baselinetoQuarter2in2009,

under-18 conceptions have reduced by 15.4%

in England, by 12.9% in Yorkshire and Humber

and by 21.4% in North East Lincolnshire, thus

narrowing the gap between national, regional

and local rates.

• Ofsted’sunannouncedinspectionofNorth

East Lincolnshire’s contact, referral and

assessment arrangements found that children

are safeguarded, dealt with in a timely manner

by suitable qualified social workers and that

workers are well supported through training

and supervision, which resulted in no priority

actions.

•Wehaveachieveda53%reductioninthe

number of reported children killed or seriously

injured casualties on our roads, which exceeds

the Department for Transport target of a 50%

reductionby2010.In2008therewere16

reported incidents compared to the 1994 – 1998

average baseline of 34.

• Youthrelatedanti-socialbehaviourhasfallen

by44%andcriminaldamagehasfallenby26%

during the years 2008 – 2010.

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North East Lincolnshire

The Sustainable Community Strategy describes

how the social, environmental and economic well-

being of the area will be improved. The strategy

coordinates the actions of the public, private,

voluntary and community sectors.

The aim of the Sustainable Community Strategy

is to establish long-term plans (up to 2022) to

improve the health and well-being of local people.

Itoutlinesasinglesharedsetofoutcomesand

priorities for the area that have been shaped

and influenced through extensive community

engagement.

The Children and Young People’s Plan contributes

to the priorities for the Sustainable Community

Strategy for 2010-2022 which are:

• SustainingWorkandBusiness

• ReducingHealthInequality

• SupportingChildrenandFamilies

• MakingCommunitiesSafer

Links to the Sustainable Community Strategy

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Children and Young People’s Plan 2011 - 2014

All children and young people are involved in developments that affect themPriority outcomes

• Morechildrenandyoungpeopleareconsultedinrelationtocurrentservicesand

relevant new developments

• Morechildrenandyoungpeopleareactivelyinvolvedin,andinfluencefuture

service development, design and delivery

All children and young people achieve their best at school, are ready for work and have skills for adult lifePriority outcomes

• Attainment levels and achievement for all children and young people are raised

• The gap in educational attainment between vulnerable groups and average

attainment levels is reduced

• All young people progress to further education, training or employment

All children and young people grow up healthy, emotionally secure and confidentPriority outcomes

• Morechildrenandyoungpeoplehavepositivementalhealth

• Fewer young people enter the youth justice system

• Morechildrenandyoungpeoplehavehealthylifestyles

• Families are more effective in parenting and nurturing their children

What We Want To Achieve 2011 - 2014

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All children and young people grow up living in a safe environmentPriority outcomes

• Fewer children and young people are killed or seriously injured on the roads

• Fewer children and young people are affected by neglect or abuse, including

substance misuse and domestic abuse

Outcomesforlookedafterchildrenwillbeatleastasgoodas those of all other children and young people Priority outcomes

• The gap in educational attainment for looked after children is reduced

• Fewer looked after children enter the youth justice system

• The health and well-being of looked after children is improved

Lives and life chances for children with a disability and additional needs will be improvedPriority outcomes

• Transition to adulthood is smooth and successful

• Children and families receive timely and effective multi-agency support for their

complex health needs / life limiting illnesses

• Morechildrenandyoungpeoplehaveaccesstouniversalservices,including

opportunities for sport, leisure and cultural activities

• Children and their families are at the centre of the planning process

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