Issue details

Proposed Operating Model for Prevention and Early Intervention Services

York has well established early help arrangements for children, young people and families. These are based on the early identification of emerging needs/vulnerabilities and addressing these needs in order to achieve better outcomes for families and reduce the need for high cost interventions at a later point.


Purpose of Report: This paper is proposing a new operating model for prevention and early intervention which is more effective and efficient than current arrangements. The proposed operating model is based on remodelling existing universal and preventative services for children, young people families into multi-agency hubs. The location and composition of these hubs will be based on areas identified and will work together to provide city wide early help arrangements for families across the authority.

As well as delivering a new set of early help arrangements the model will be flexible and sustainable against the changing resource base of the council and partners and assist in achieving efficiencies for the council into 2019/20.

Members will be asked to approve a new place-based operating model for prevention and early intervention services which amalgamate current services at a universal and prevention level for those aged pre-birth to 19 years (up to 25). The implementation of this model will achieve the agreed level of savings required from the services within scope.

 

In order to allow the Community Stadium recommendations to be considered at the 24 March Council meeting the March Executive meeting has been brought forward from Thursday 31 Marchto Thursday 17 March.

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Cabinet Decision - a 'Key Issue' - decision leading to savings or expenditure of £500,000 or above;

Decision status: Decision Made

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 11/01/2016

Decision due: 17/03/16 by Executive

Lead member: Executive Member for Education, Children and Young People

Lead director: Corporate Director of Children, Education and Communities

Department: Directorate of Children, Education and Communities

Contact: Angela Crossland 01904 554042/01904 554440 Email: angela.crossland@york.gov.uk, Niall McVicar Email: niall.mcvicar@york.gov.uk.

Consultation process

Engaging with children, young people and families is an intrinsic way that services within the scope of this proposal operate. This proposal is built upon existing feedback from children, young people and families which has informed the developments of strategies such as the children and young people’s plan, the remodelling of children’s centres and young people’s services for example.
Remodelling our early help arrangements is a significant undertaking and engagement forms a critical element in the successful development of a new operating model.
Specific consultation on this proposal, to date, has focussed on engaging with existing staff and partners. This has been done in order to learn from the wealth of experience held by our workforce on the front line of supporting families in need of early help.
As the model develops and is implemented further engagement with staff, partners and families will be a regular feature of the new arrangements.
To date consultees have included:
• CYC staff (with a focus on CSES and CANS)
• Health Visitors and school nurses
• Police Community Support Officers

Making Representations: Contact report author

Decisions

Agenda items

Documents

  • Proposed operating model for Prevention and Early Intervention Services  

 

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