Issue - meetings

At the 14th March 2017 Children’s Select Committee meeting, members were provided with an overview of the Children’s Services Integration (CSI) Project.  The Committee supported the proposals presented and subsequently requested this update following the completion of Phase 1.

The Support and Safeguarding Service was launched on the 2nd October 2017, marking the completion of Phase 1. The report included in this agenda provides the Children’s Select Committee with an overview of the following:

-       the progress of the Children’s Services Integration Project

-       how CSI will support the delivery of the Council’s Business Plan

-       financial implications

The committee is asked to note the Phase 1 changes and the timescales, and to endorse the direction of travel being scoped by the Children’s Services Integration Project Phase 2. This includes the desire to work with partners in a more joined up or integrated way to deliver improved outcomes for children and families

The committee received a report which gave an overview of the progress of the Children’s Services Integration Project since their last update in March 2017. The report detailed how the CSI project will support the delivery of the Council’s Business Plan and the financial implications.

The following services/functions no longer existed as separate entities:

-       Early Help Service

-       Safeguarding and Assessment Service

-       Single Point of contact to Early help

-       Single Point of Contact for Special Educational Needs and Disability

Phase 2 of CSI would consider the Children in Care, Placement and EDS, Youth Offending, Child Sexual Exploitation and SEND services, and improved integrated working with partners alongside the new model of service (Support and Safeguarding Service).

It was explained following questions from the committee that no services had stopped, however some have changed roles. All services delivered through the old service would continue to be delivered under the new service.

A single data set would be produced which could be made available to the committee. This would be up and running once it had been given a few months to collect enough data to produce indicators.

Resolved

To note the Phase 1 changes and the timescales and endorse the direction of travel being scoped by the Children’s services Integration Project Phase 2.

To receive the data set for the new model at a Children’s Select meeting in Spring 2018.