Cyp & F Services Case Study
Birmingham City Council
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|Outline Business Case |
|for transformation of CYP&F services |
|Purpose |
|The purpose of this document is to present the strategic direction for services delivered to children, young people and families in the city; |
|and seek funding for development of the Full Business Case for transformation of those services. …show more content…
There are 406 schools: 302 primary, 76 secondary and 28 special schools. There are 23 community day nurseries, 167 nursery classes and 27 nursery schools; there are 24 children’s homes. We are corporate parent to over 2,000 children in care and there are 1,100 children on the child protection register.
National statistics suggest 25% of the child population will be vulnerable and require additional support and 8% will be children in need.
The Children Act 2004 makes new demands of local authorities’ support for children. A focus on outcomes for all children, and an expectation that progress depends on effective collaboration between agencies has passed from common aspiration to legal requirement. The policy initiative “Every Child Matters” further re-enforces the outcomes agenda and sets out common goals for all children, for example to improve children’s health and …show more content…
• Extended school provision - better co-ordination of services, targeted approaches responding to local need, including the voluntary sector.
• Young people services - increasing investment in targeted youth support to prevent anti-social or offending behaviour.
• Disabled children and young people services - investing in family based rather than residential support, offering more flexible packages of care to meet need.
• Looked after children services - prevention and early intervention to families at risk, enabling children wherever appropriate to remain within their families.
• After care services - reconfiguration of service including improved commissioning and procurement.
• Modernised work practices – creating a single view of the child database, single case record system, service redesign and culture change.
In order to enable services to have greater impact on outcomes for children, young people and families, the transformation programme will
| |
|Outline Business Case |
|for transformation of CYP&F services |
|Purpose |
|The purpose of this document is to present the strategic direction for services delivered to children, young people and families in the city; |
|and seek funding for development of the Full Business Case for transformation of those services. …show more content…
There are 406 schools: 302 primary, 76 secondary and 28 special schools. There are 23 community day nurseries, 167 nursery classes and 27 nursery schools; there are 24 children’s homes. We are corporate parent to over 2,000 children in care and there are 1,100 children on the child protection register.
National statistics suggest 25% of the child population will be vulnerable and require additional support and 8% will be children in need.
The Children Act 2004 makes new demands of local authorities’ support for children. A focus on outcomes for all children, and an expectation that progress depends on effective collaboration between agencies has passed from common aspiration to legal requirement. The policy initiative “Every Child Matters” further re-enforces the outcomes agenda and sets out common goals for all children, for example to improve children’s health and …show more content…
• Extended school provision - better co-ordination of services, targeted approaches responding to local need, including the voluntary sector.
• Young people services - increasing investment in targeted youth support to prevent anti-social or offending behaviour.
• Disabled children and young people services - investing in family based rather than residential support, offering more flexible packages of care to meet need.
• Looked after children services - prevention and early intervention to families at risk, enabling children wherever appropriate to remain within their families.
• After care services - reconfiguration of service including improved commissioning and procurement.
• Modernised work practices – creating a single view of the child database, single case record system, service redesign and culture change.
In order to enable services to have greater impact on outcomes for children, young people and families, the transformation programme will