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Victorian Maternal and Child Health Services. Reflecting on the past, Enhancing the present, Designing the future. Reflecting on the past. ENHANCING THE PRESENT. How do we better fulfil children’s potential?. The Economist Starting Well Index 2012. Existing Early C hildhood Services.
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Victorian Maternal and Child Health Services • Reflectingon the past, • Enhancing the present, • Designing the future
How do we better fulfil children’s potential? The Economist Starting Well Index 2012
Current Work: Early Childhood Agreement for Children in Out-of-Home Care Children aged 0-17 years in out of home care
Current Work: Streamlining 0- 4 services for vulnerable children • 3 demonstration sites • Develop and test team-based practices across services in local areas • Strong implementation focus to support future state-wide roll out.
The Case for Change Key drivers impacting on the service are: • Population pressures and growth • Family life change • Barriers to access • Families requiring additional support • Changing service systems • Economic pressures and changes in technology
A vision for the future • Looking ahead to 2025 – what you have told us the service needs • Strong advocacy for retention of current unique features of the MCH service • Strong advocacy for the maintenance of a universal approach while improvingkey areas.
Flexibility of the KAS framework (timing, delivery) Addressing needs of emerging and changing communities Define vulnerability to create a consistent approach Greater recognition of current strengths of MCH Service Further develop the workforce to improve quality Improving the funding model Improving IT systems and uses Key Suggestions
Co-production with the MAV to design and implement the vision 50+ responses were received on the consultation paper 4 proposed future directions for MCH strongly supported by the feedback Actions linked to each of these areas also strongly supported Strong argument to retaining current unique features: Workforce qualifications Health prevention Partnership role with local government Maintain universal approach while improving key areas Achieving the vision