Every Child Matters: Change for Children Programme Structure

1. Every Child Matters: Change for Children Programme Structure Strategy Anne Jackson Children’s Health Group Parents, Parenting & Relationship support Mark Davies Naomi Eisenstadt Programme Board Tom Jeffery Programme Office SRO Programme Review ECM/ Schools forum Sure Start & Extended Schools Youth Naomi Eisenstadt Anne Weinstock Delivery Programmes Safeguarding Links to OGDs Home Office Health ODPM DWP DCMS Althea Efunshile Supporting Programmes Cross Cutting Programmes Change in Practice Supporting Change Jeanette Pugh Sheila Scales

2. Change in Practice Programme

3. Index Project Mission Statement “To deliver a solution to facilitate communication between practitioners from different services and agencies which will enable them to share information appropriately and securely for the benefit of children, young people and families”

4. The IS Index project going forward Phases OGC Gateway 1Sept 05 DA(CP) Auth. to Proceed next stageOct 05 Procurement2006 Build & Pilot2007 Deployment2008 Work stream Business/Benefits Case Requirements and Design (incl. UID) Procurement and Implementation Stakeholder & Communications Policy

5. Key links (existing or planned) with other national initiatives NRUC Connecting for Health ICS CAF Government Connects IS Index Lead Professional CJIT Multi-agency Working e-Gov Common Core

6. MPs Legal Advice Project Team Steering Groups Policy Makers Other Gov Depts Trailblazers Public Other ProjectTeams RO’s & SRO’s Practitioners & Managers Responding to our many stakeholders Children Act 2004 & other legislation ECM & other guidance / policies Parliamentary Briefings, Q&A DELIVERING THE IS INDEX Select Committees TB experience Other experience

7. Our Key Stakeholders • Other Government Depts • Information Commissioner • Children’s Commissioner • Data Suppliers • Infrastructure Providers • ISAG & Boards (Index - ECM) • Trailblazers • LAs and other practitioner organisations: • ISA Project Managers • IT Manager TODAY

8. Where we have come from • During January and February 160+ stakeholders, across local statutory and voluntary sectors • Senior Managers • Service/Middle/Operational Managers • IT Managers • Front-Line Practitioners • Admin/Operational Staff • Validate case studies, explain work/business processes • Develop high level requirements for an Index

9. 1st Regional Workshops Trailblazer Workshops 2nd Regional Workshops Common Business Processes Requirements Issues Business Scenarios Our process for identifying IS Index requirements involves a series of workshops Process Steps Assumptions Principles Issues Queries Validated Processes Validated Requirements

10. What the Trailblazers tell us • Practitioners are enthusiastic about information sharing • An Information Sharing Index has to address the national dimension • Need an Index to share information efficiently and effectively

11. Stakeholder Engagement to October Trailblazer Event 2 25 July L.A. (Leeds) Event 1 13 July L.A. (Leeds) Event 2 3 August L.A.(London) Event 2 5 August L.A.(London) Event 1 15 July etc. Health Practitioner Manager Event LA Senior Managers via ADSS VCSOs via ISAG Sub-Group OGDs re Data Sources

12. Strategic Options for DA(CP) Consideration No National INDEX Project “Do Nothing” Invest in Front-Line Resources Develop Local INDEXES Develop Integrated INDEXES

13. Practitioners can verify identity of a child Identification of children missing universal services Reduction in wasted visits and searches when children move away Fewer children lost / gone missing following move away Better intervention and support decisions Faster decision-making and earlier intervention Improved continuity of services for children Better understanding of children’s circumstances, including carers and practitioner involvement Prioritisation of practitioner contact Reduced duplication of effort in assessment of families Reduced duplication of information provided by families Better informed national and local service planning Benefits enabled by an Index