Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

Involving Children &

Young People

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

We established a framework within which to draw all the threads of

change together……..

Devolved Structure

&Governance

C&YP,Family

&CommunityInvolvement

IntegratedSystems

& Processes

WorkforceCapability

& Capacity

Service Delivery Models

Multi agency workingIntegrated specialists

Universal

Vulnerable

Complex

Acute

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

How are we going about it?

•A strategic sign up from all partners

•Develop a practitioners network

•Children and young people’s

events

•Toolkit

•Map pathways

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

Children, young people, their families and

communities have said the most important

things to consider when involving them are:

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

The Commitment• treat them with respect, listen to what is said, and value individuals;

• provide support to help everyone take part in opportunities;

• provide clear information about opportunities and the benefits for

everyone involved;

• make sure everyone has access to a range of opportunities appropriate to

individuals needs;

• give feedback so everyone is clear about what has happened as a result of

individual / group input;

• work together to provide the widest range of the best possible

opportunities.

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

Information

Ideas for developing practice

e.g.information about activities we

provide is made available in easy

words and pictures and symbol

formats

Standards

Children and young people receive

clear information about the purpose

of their participation

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

So What?

Hear by Right

“What’s Changed?” :

•what we said

•what we did

•what’s changed

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young PeopleWhat’s changed? tool

  Evidence of

Evidence from

Listening Action What’s changed

 Organisations  

   

Specific children and young people

 Other children and young people & wider community 

   

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

The Challenges:• A cultural shift

• Working across children, young people and families

• Resources

• During a time of change

• Capturing the impact

Sue Thomas Essex County Council

Involving Children & Young People

“If people who are supposed to be the beneficiaries of change do not know it is happening – then it probably is not happening.”

Lord Herman Ouseley