Leicester’s Children and Young People’s Plan

1. LEICESTER FEDERATION Leicester’s Children and Young People’s Plan 2006-2009 Version 1: 25.11.05

2. Project Management C&YPP Overview Group (CYPPOG) Federation Lead Service Director and policy support ROLE: Project Management Editing Cross-cutting issues SM SD SD SD SD SD SD SM SD SD SD SD SD SD Participation Group Safe Health Achieve Contribute Economic Resources National Aims A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Top local Priorities P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Lead Agency LCC SCHD HEALTH Connexions/LSC LCC LCC E&LL LCC / E&LL Related Plans LCSB CAMHS LDP Best Value? Inspections Gershon Workforce Strategy Regional Skills Partnership Plan 14-19 Primary and Secondary National Strategy Action Plan Crime & Disorder DAAT YOS

3. Contents of the CYPP • Executive Summary • Purpose of the CYPP • Vision • Priorities • Leadership Arrangements • Planned Action to Improve Outcomes • Improving Services for Children and Young People • Performance Management • Resource Deployment • Appendices (summary of targets; Local Area Agreement; super output areas with highest levels of deprivation; interagency involvement in C&YP plan)

4. Vision for Leicester’s Children and Young People • A brighter future for Leicester’s children and young people • Improved life chances for children and young people • Children and young people supported to achieve their potential and thus make a positive contribution as effective citizens • Good outcomes for all (as in the Children’s Act, 2004) • Physically and emotionally healthy • Safeguarded from harm, neglect and abuse • Enabled to enjoy life and achieve their best • Encouraged to make a positive contribution • Supported to achieve economic stability

5. The Agreed 14 Local Priorities • Reduce health inequalities • Promote emotional resilience and positive mental health • Reduce Teenage Pregnancy • Safeguard children from abuse, neglect, the impact of crime, domestic violence, substance misuse and bullying (including LAC and LDD) • Reduce childhood accidents in and out of the home • Remove barriers to achievement by promoting attendance, addressing behaviour in school, reducing truancy and exclusion, and addressing the negative impact of turbulence through multi-agency support for schools and colleges • Ensure more children and young people enjoy learning

6. The Agreed 14 Local Priorities (cont’d) • Improve attainment and achievement at Key Stages 2 and 4 • Increase the educational achievement of Looked After Children • Create clear ways for the voices of children and young people to be acted upon across all provision • Improve community cohesion (including across generations) • Prevent and reduce anti-social behaviour, offending, re-offending and racial harassment by children and young people • Decrease numbers of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), especially those who are socially excluded • Reduce long term unemployment and numbers of children growing up in workless households

7. Planned Action to Improve Outcomes • Being Healthy • Staying Safe • Enjoying and Achieving • Making a Positive Contribution • Achieving Economic well-being • Looked After Children • Children & Young People with Learning Difficulties / Disabilities • Children & Young People from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups

8. Improving Services for Children & Young People • Service Integration ‘Key Actions 2006-09’ • A Local Children & Young People’s Workforce Strategy • Ensuring Equality • Building Participation – Engagement & Consultation with Children & Young People, Service users, Stakeholders & the Wider Community. • Support for Parents, Carers & Families

9. Improving outcomes; improving services -the structure of these sections within the plan • Strategic Analysis • Priorities for achieving Outcomes • Targets • Strategic Actions Planned • Links to other plans

10. Critical Dates for Partners • Consultation period 5th December 05 – 30th Jan 06 (6 weeks excluding Christmas and New Year) • Consultation events – within agencies and interagency e.g. LFCS Service Integration Forum 13th Dec 05; TALK event 28th Jan 06; LCC Scrutiny Committees - Education & Lifelong Learning;Social Care & Health – both January 2006 • Final version available for formal sign off processes within the City Council and within partner organisations 10th February 06 • LFCS Management Board 17th February 2006 • LCC Cabinet – final approval 13th March 06

11. Leadership Arrangements OutcomesDrafting LeadLead AgencyLead Officers Outcome 1 Deb Watson,Health Outcome 2 Andrew Bunyan, LCC Outcome 3 Richard Whitehouse,LCC Outcome 4 Paul Vaughan, LCC Outcome 5 Rosemary Beard,Connexions Di Bentley, LSC LAC Maggie McGrath, LCC LDD Chris Bush, LCC BME C & YP Rabia Raza, LCC New, collaborative leadership arrangements will be needed for delivery of the plan

12. The local workforce strategy • Targets • Integrated workforce plan • Engagement of all partners • Strategic Action • Establish a workforce strategic group • Complete a children’s workforce development strategy • Develop & deliver multi-agency recruitment, retention & training plans Can we all commit to & resource this essential partnership activity?

13. Performance Management The plan needs to feature • Explicit links to the strategic plans and agreed targets of partners • Reference to the performance management arrangements of partners Will partners provide specific advice on these areas?

14. A Joint Commissioning Strategy The process through which we form and agree a joint commissioning strategy needs consideration and inclusion in the plan An initial task for the shadow Joint Commissioning Board ? - draft a process for consideration and agreement by the LFCS management board – 17th February 06