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Important: contacting the local authority

Would all partners please note that the local authority are currently experiencing severe hardware problems with the Kingswood storage servers. This is affecting email and data access for a number of teams across the department and is likely to continue until early next week.

For all urgent enquiries please telephone the respective individual or team. For all general enquiries please telephone the Children and Young People Information Service on 01454 868008.

Last updated Thursday 29 July 2010

Whilst we are living in fast moving times, with all partners working to respond as strategically as possible to changing circumstances, it is good to see the strength of our partnership work reflected in the evaluative reports taken recently to the Children’s Trust Board and to our members.

The evaluation of the Children and Young People Plan 2009-2010 has been well received and you can read this through the link provided. This year, we have strengthened the evaluation by linking to it some more detailed reports about those aspects which have been a focus for us over the year.

Unannounced inspections of the front line contact, referral and assessment arrangements for children and young people in need and those who may be in need of protection have been carried out across the country by Ofsted since April 2009. No period of notice is given for these annual inspections and they are carried out at one or more of the front line offices, by two HMI from Ofsted.

Our inspection was carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 15 and 16, 2010. The team focused attention on the Kingswood team, and also spent a morning with the Severnvale team. The inspection judgements are reflected in a letter from Ofsted which you can read through this link.

It is clear from the letter that the Safeguarding Board and our teams have many strengths and much that is just as it should be. There are no priority actions for us (most serious concerns). We are already working on the areas identified for development. Thank you to everyone who helped with this.

Dr Jane Spouse,
Deputy Director
Department for Children and Young People
South Gloucestershire Council

Updates

DECOMMISSIONING CONTACTPOINT - added 22 July 2010

Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Children and Families, has today laid a written ministerial statement informing Parliament that ContactPoint will be shut down on 6 August 2010. The Department has written today to directors of children’s services and chief executives of ContactPoint national partners. The letter sets out the timetable for shut down and decommissioning, provides guidance for local authorities, National Partners and other partners on the activities they need to undertake, and confirms funding and other support available during this period. The Government continues to consider the feasibility of a new signposting service for professionals to help them to support and protect our most vulnerable children, particularly when these children move areas or access services in more than one area.

Evaluation of the Children and Young People Plan 2009-10 - added 16 July 2010

The evaluation of the children and young people plan for 2009-10 is now available to download. This year we have strengthened the evaluation by linking to it some more detailed reports about those aspects that have been a focus for us over the year.

Outcomes Based Planning - Turning the Curve Conference - added 05 July 2010

A recent ‘Turning the Curve’ conference was held on 30 March 2010 at BAWA, Filton to enable better focus on discussions to arrive at (evidence based) practical ‘what works’ solutions by adopting the ‘Turning the Curve’ Methodology. Presentations from this conference are now available on the Outcome Focused Planning page.

National Participation Strategic Vision - added 24 June 2010

Participation matters. Children and young people under the age of 18 make up around one in five of the UK population. They are one of the largest user groups of public services – they go to school everyday, seek advice about their health, use public transport, take part in local sports and other activities, and are affected by crime. Read the new National Participation Strategic Vision here.

The Care Forum South Glos CYP Network Meeting - added 01 June 2010

The next Care Forum S Glos CYP network meeting will be on July 8th. The main topic for the event will be the re-launched Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Heather Churchill (CAF Manager) will speak about CAF and the main issues for the VCS. Further information is available as is a downloadable booking form.

Invitation to Smokefree South West Children and Tobacco Conference - added 11 May 2010

Smokefree South West has organised a day long event bringing together key groups in a forum of discussion, debate and action about children and tobacco control issues.
The event will be held on the eve of the 3rd anniversary of smokefree legislation, 30th June 2010 at Sandy Park Conference and Banqueting Centre in Exeter.
Please click on the link for the draft programme and the registration form.

Latest Working Together Newsletter Published - March 2010 - added 15 April 2010

A new edition of the partnership newsletter Working Together - March 2010 has been published.

Forthcoming Training Opportunities to Support Participation - added 24 March 2010

Early notification of training training opportunities to support participation. Further details and booking forms for these Training Days will be circulated in due course

The Participation Works 2010/2011 training schedule - added 10 March 2010

Participation Works offers a wide range of training courses. The courses on offer are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of staff including managers and trustees as well as young people themselves, and will include accredited training. The training programme is being delivered England-wide by a team of Participation Works approved trainers, including young people who are aged 16-19 years.