HOW THE WEST (MIDLANDS) WILL BE WON
Carole BrooksWest Midlands Associate
How are we doing?
8 out of 14 local areas have higher deprivation (Indices of Deprivation Affecting Children) than England’s 21.1%
8 out of 14 local areas have higher family homelessness than England’s 1.7 – some considerably so.
Infant Mortality rate worse in WM (6.0) than England (4.3) Teenage pregnancy rates in WM (34.9) considerably higher than
national (30.7) and wide variety in the region. 9 out of 14 local areas have higher % of children in year 6 who are
overweight or obese than England (33.9%) – WM average is 36.3% 7 out of 14 local areas have higher rate per 100,000 of children
aged 0-15 killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents than England overall (22.1).
Variances between localities mask a range of demographic factors and needs.
West Midlands vs England:
Source: Child Accident Prevention Trust, June 2013
“1 in 5 West Midlands children come close to death or serious injury before they leave school “
Children’s Social Care Activity
The child’s journey: How do you know early help and step up/step down is effective?
1: Children whose needs are met
2: Children whose health or development needs may be affected
3: Children whose health or development is being impaired
4: Children at risk of, or who have experienced significant harm
EVIDENCE – ARE WE EFFECTIVE?
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
Albert Einstein
England West Midlands
Planned spend of net expenditure of individual schools budget per local authority
£4,350 £4,437
% change on previous year -3.1% -3.8%
Planned spend of net expenditure on children's and young people's services per local authority (per capita)
£670 £675
% change on previous year -5.4% -7.3%
2013/14 Planned Expenditure
Source: DfE Statistical First Release, 24 Sept 2013
Structure/ Culture
Governance, resources, business management
PLAN
DO
REVIEW
REFLECT
Improvement cycle Based on reflection, the vision and purpose, self assessment, statutory responsibilities, needs, review of inputs, outputs, outcomes
http://shropshire.gov.uk/CouncilPlan/index.html
Plan
Structure/ Culture
Governance, resources, business management
PLAN
DO
REVIEW
REFLECT
Improvement cycle
Provide services according to plans to meet desired outcomes
Suffering from a ‘knowing-doing gap’. Confusing meetings and talk, with action and
implementation. Encouraging a learning, not a blame culture –
celebrate success too. Doing the wrong things & decommissioning. Doing once and sharing or pooling resources
Challenges we all face in ‘doing’
Structure/ Culture
Governance, resources, business
management
PLAN
DO
REVIEW
REFLECT
Improvement cycle
Performance monitoring: Quantitative and qualitative data, case audits, views of CYPP and professionals, complaints, evaluations, scrutiny
1. Data - statistics
The Evidence ‘Trio’
3. Voices
2. Research and Evaluation
Triangulating the Evidence “Trio”
Did you reach everyone? Did you make a difference?
Were you cost effective in doing so?
Data
Voices of the
Customer
Research &
Evaluation
Having the Right Intelligence
Context is critical
Structure/ Culture
Governance, resources, business
management
PLAN
DO
REVIEW
REFLECT
Improvement cycle
What difference have we made?
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asking challenging questions (why …?) reflecting on all possible hypotheses – consider
alternative explanations or causes looking outside the organisation – what conclusions
have others reach in similar cases? being informed (we know from research, children
tell us ….) explaining the rationale for conclusions and
decisions keeping a focus on outcomes:
What difference have we made?
Winning Analytical Behaviours
QUANTITY QUALITY
EFFORT
How much did we do?
How well did we do it?
EFFECT
Is Anyone better off?
Quantity Percentage
CHANGE
Action planning:What do we do to improve and when will we
know we have?
Outcomes Based Accountability
Pick one of the outcomes below (or think of your own):
1. Early help - knowing that we are making a positive difference, earlier:
E.g. are we reducing risk factors? Is help early enough? Are we improving life chances?
2. Children and young people have the qualifications, skills and aspirations they need for a successful transition into adulthood
NEET, Leaving Care, life skills
3. Our vulnerable children are achieving outcomes which are as good as their peers
Children with disabilities, young carers, etc – WT13 list of 5
4. We have a stable, capable workforce E.g. recruitment, retention, workforce development
Your turn: Outcome focus on.....