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Only one question ..

Only Connect – Transforming Life Chances – how serious are we ? Nigel Richardson Director of Children’s Services, Leeds. Only one question. What’s it like to be a child or young person growing up in Leeds… ..and how do we make it better ?. Changing Families.

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Only one question ..

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  1. Only Connect – Transforming Life Chances – how serious are we ? Nigel RichardsonDirector of Children’s Services, Leeds

  2. Only one question .. What’s it like to be a child or young person growing up in Leeds… ..and how do we make it better ?

  3. Changing Families Lowest marriage rate in 150 years % of no-earner households doubled Most couples cohabit before marriage Highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe Lone parenthood trebled in 20 years 4/10 babies born outside marriage 6-fold increase in divorce since 1960 2million + ++ children living in poverty Estimated cost of family breakdown - £5 billion +++

  4. Family Risk Factors Poor parental supervision Harsh/erratic discipline Parental conflict Separation from a biological parent Anti-social parent Low income Poor housing

  5. Risks for Young People Leaving school with no qualifications Involvement in crime Alcohol & drugs Poor mental health Homelessness Pregnancy/fatherhood

  6. Protective Factors Social bonding Clear standards of positive behaviour Involvement in family, school & community Positive role models Clear, high expectations Social & thinking skills Recognition & praise

  7. or put another way.. • Experience of the education system and labour market • Society and culture in which they grow up • Relationships with parents and families • Experiences with peers and in leisure time

  8. Leeds : TheChild Friendly City

  9. 180K children and young people • One vision • One partnership • One Plan • Five outcomes • 11 priorities and 3 obsessions • 25 clusters : 3 behaviours • Leeds Education Challenge • 75k people

  10. The Challenge

  11. Agreed Policy Framework Four key statements of intent : • The default behaviour of children’s services in Leeds in all its dealings with local citizens/partners/organisations will be a restorative one – high support with high challenge.

  12. Children’s services in Leeds will ensure that families whose children might otherwise be removed from their homes are supported to meet and develop a safe alternative plan before such action is taken.

  13. For all other families where a plan or decision needs to be made to help safeguard and promote the welfare of a child or children the family will be supported to help decide what needs to happen.

  14. All local schools will be seen as community assets and children’s services will have a clear role in holding those institutions – no matter what the governance arrangements – to account for the contribution they make to the well being of the local population.

  15. Weekly obsessions tracker Week commencing: 06 May 2013 -6.6 -98 2 -398 -22.1 283 -0.4 -1.0 -1.3 0

  16. So What ? • Behaviour • Exclusions • Attendance • Attainment • Achievement • Resilience • Community • Capacity • Family • Crime • Pride/Hope

  17. Thanks for Listening !

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