gwatson09 middlesbrough vulnerable children/young people needs analysis 2009
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GWatson09 Vulnerable Children/Young People Vulnerable children/young people are children/young people who would benefit from extra help from public agencies to optimise their life chances and minimise the risk of social exclusion.TRANSCRIPT
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MIDDLESBROUGHVULNERABLE
CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLENEEDS ANALYSIS
2009
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CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE MODEL as at 31 March 2009
All Children14 millionMbro- 2001 - 36,3602009 -31,97412.5% Decrease
Vulnerable Children (4million)Mbro 2001 - 14,0002009 - 13,000Diff cohort
Children in Need(3-400,000 England)Mbro 2001 – 2,1892009 – 2,47013% Increase
Children Looked After (53,000)Mbro 2001 - 2252009 – 27622.6% Increase
Child Protection (32,000)Mbro 2001 - 1642009 – 25857.3% Increase
All School Age Children12.5 millionMbro- 2001 – 22,4512009 -19,10914.9% Decrease
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Vulnerable Children/Young People
Vulnerable children/young people are children/young people who would benefit from extra help from public agencies to optimise their life chances and minimise the risk of social exclusion.
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Children In Need
The Law defines a child in need as
• He or she is unlikely to achieve or maintain, or have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining, a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for his/her of services by a LA
• His/her health or development is likely to be significantly impaired or further impaired, without the provision of such services
• He/she is disabled
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Vulnerable Children
• 13,000 children & young people living In poverty
• 259 young people missing from Home• 1,200 - 11 to 15 year olds using drugs • 22 children/young people excluded from
school last year.• 581 NEETS
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CHILDREN IN NEED April 08 to March 09
• 5954 contacts to CF&L social care involving 3683 children/young people
• 1939 children/young people were referred to CF&L social care in the last year.
• 578 children/young people with a moderate to severe disability.
• 180 children/young people received a service from CAMHS.
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As at 31 March 2009 there were:• 276 children/young people in care - now
317• 258 children/young people were subject
to a protection plan - now 307• 200 open cases to the Children with
Disabilities Team...• with 130 receiving a social care service.
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CLA and CP
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CP
Linear (CLA)
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CIN - OPEN CASES
y = 25x - 31123R2 = 0.2136
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Children in Need• Gresham ward had the highest number of children in
need with over 11% of the total cohort.• East quadrant of Middlesbrough accounted for over
30% of the total cohort of children in need• 33% of children in need were aged between 5 and
10 years of age at the date of their referral.• 34.8% were aged 1 to 4 years of age on referral.
10% were unborn when referred.• Nearly 60% of the children in need are male.
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What are we Doing
• Reviewing front of house services• New integrated front of house team • More robust assessment of enquiries
and systems• Action has been taken to clarify
definition of “core” assessment. ICS process agreed
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Need
• Robust & safe systems and procedures
• Robust performance monitoring
• Increased preventative support
• Clear policy & guidance
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Child Protection Plans March 2009 by the 10 most Deprived Wards in England
Top Ten most Deprived Local Authorities
Subject to CPP
Subject to CPP
Population <18
using my pop calc
Num per 10,000
Middlesbrough 260 82 31,538 82
Liverpool 500 58 87,500 57
Hackney 220 43 51,190 43
Tower Hamlets 270 55 48,571 56
Manchester 540 57 94,355 57
Knowsley 135 38 36,207 37
Newham 300 45 66,038 45
Islington 140 41 33,784 41
Easington (not app fro April 09) 0
Birmingham 1375 55 252,041 55
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Child Protection Plans
y = 0.252x - 9798.8
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CP
Linear (CP)
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CP – Key Points• The 258 children/young people with a child protection
plan equates to 112 households or families.• 46% of children/young people are under 4 years old.• The majority of children with a protection plan are from
East Middlesbrough and the Town Centre. • Thorntree ward had the most children with a
protection plan (16.7%).• 47% of the children/young people are subject to a
protection plan under the category of neglect.• Children of Asian origin are under represented in the
child protection cohort
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What Are We Doing
• Reviewing Protection Plans at 18 months with a view to securing alternative means of protection beyond 2 years.
• Implementing a system which enables managers the opportunity to manage and identify appropriate action and maintain renewals between 10% and 15%.
• Deputy Director’s consent required to cancel a review.
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NEED• Reduce the number of children/young people
subject to protection plan by supporting and promoting confident and appropriate decision making.
• Managers to identify alternative action to renewal of Protection Plans, where appropriate, e.g. Family Group Conference; Care Proceedings.
• Robust performance monitoring
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Children In Care
y = 0.0859x - 3143.4
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LAC – Key Points
• 47% of children/young people in care are aged between 10 and 15yrs.
• The majority of children young people (39%) entered the care system at less than four years of age.
• The majority of children in care became looked after whilst living in Town Centre. Gresham ward.
• 16% of children/young people in care are from a BME background.
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What Are We Doing
• Improving front of house arrangements.
• Developing the use of Family Group Conferences as a means of helping families resolve their own problems.
• More effective triage of enquiries and referrals in order to reduce LAC
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NEEDS
• Increase the use of Special Guardianship Orders.
• Reduce number of children placed at home on Care Orders.
• Robust performance monitoring
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Key Areas of Need• Significantly higher CP and LAC than
SN and National Figures.• Reducing population increasing in need.• Forecast increase in CP• Forecast LAC expected to stabilise• Increase in emotional/mental health
disorders.• Wards of greatest need - Gresham and
Thorntree.