Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership

9th November 2006

Commenced: 2.30pm     Terminated: 5.00pm

Present:

Councillor AL Gwynne (Chair) - Tameside MBC
Jo Baird - Third Sector Coalition
Tom Coffey - Tameside MBC
Natalie Doran - Tameside Children's Rights Service
Cheryl Eastwood - Tameside MBC
Jane Forrest - Tameside MBC
Susan Garnett - Tameside MBC
Caroline Gregory - Tameside MBC
Chris Hankinson - Greater Manchester Police
Veronica Hyde - Third Sector Coalition
Lynda Johnson - Tameside Primary Headteachers
Julie Lord - Tameside MBC
Pauline Lowe - CAFCASS
Pat McKelvey - Tameside and Glossop PCT
Sheila Piazza - Connexions
Chris Scarborough - Pennine Care
Bob Shaw - Tameside MBC
Ian Smith - Tameside MBC
Julie Speakman - Tameside MBC
Jim Taylor - Tameside MBC
Sue Ward - Tameside & Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust
Tracy Wood - Tameside & Glossop Primary Care Trust
John Whittle - Youth Offending Team
Ian Young - Tameside Voice

Apologies For Absence:

Ameena Ahmed
Tim Riley
Huw Davies

29. Minutes

The Minutes of the proceedings of the meeting of the Trust held on 10 th August 2006, having been circulated, were approved as a correct record.

30. Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services

Pat McKelvey, Commissioning and Service Development Manager for the Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust, submitted a report detailing progress in achieving the National Service Framework target for the development of a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service by December 2006.

Nationally as well as locally, there was a need to improve service provision at all levels from universal services, promoting mental health and providing early interventions, to highly specialised services. Four tiers of provision guided the commissioning and planning of services, namely:-

Tier 1 : A primary level of care.

Tier 2 : A service provided by specialist individual professionals relating to workers in primary care.

Tier 3 : A specialised multi-disciplinary service for more severe, complex or persistent disorders.

Tier 4 : Essential tertiary level services such as day units, highly specialised out-patient teams and in-patient units.

Details were also submitted of the agreed commissioning priorities for the new funding for Tameside and Glossop as follows:-

• Mental health provision for young people aged 16 to 18 years.
• Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for children with a learning disability.
• Gaps in existing services at Tiers 1 - 3.
• Mental health promotion.

Reference was also made in relation to the current status of the key performance indicators for 2005 - 2007.

Resolved

That this Strategic Partnership Trust note the on-going development of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services together with the implications for all children's services.

31. Children With Disabilities

Pat McKelvey, Commissioning and Service Development Manager for the Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust, submitted a report detailing the work of the Children with Disabilities Integration Group whose aim was to achieve integrated provision for children with disabilities or who had complex health needs to ensure they received co-ordinated, high quality, child and family centred services, which were based on assessed needs, promoted social inclusion and where possible, enabled those children and their families to live ordinary lives.

Details were also submitted of the Children with Disabilities Integration Group Work Plan together with the proposed outcomes and a further report would be submitted to a future meeting in relation to a detailed strategy.

Resolved

That the report be noted.

32. Terms Of Reference

32(a) Sub-Groups

Tom Coffey, Head of Strategy and Commissioning, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, submitted a report setting out the Statement of Purpose and Terms of Reference for the following Sub-Groups:-

• Be Healthy
• Enjoy and Achieve
• Make a Positive Contribution
• Achieve Economic Well-being

Resolved

That the Statement of Purpose and Terms of Reference for the four Sub-Groups detailed above, be approved and adopted.

32(b) Area Co-ordination Management Team

Tom Coffey, Head of Strategy and Commissioning, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, submitted a report setting out the Terms of Reference for the Area Co-ordination Management Team which detailed the mandate, reporting arrangements and scope, together with its purpose and membership, and it was -

Resolved

That the Terms of Reference for the Area Co-ordination Management Team be approved and adopted.

33. Tameside's Play Strategy

Cheryl Eastwood, Director for Children, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, submitted the final version of the Tameside Play Strategy and thanked all the members of this Partnership Trust for their valuable contribution thereto.

Resolved

That this Strategic Partnership Trust approve and adopt the Tameside Play Strategy.

34. Children And Young People's Consultation - Feedback

Julie Lord, Area Co-ordinator, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, gave a presentation which informed the Partnership Trust of events which had been carried out during the summer by the Participation Project involving consultations with children and young people in each of the four geographical areas of the Borough.

The purpose of the consultation was to ascertain children and young people's views, priorities and aspirations with regard to children's play; the Plan for children and young people's services for the year; together with the Strategy which would inform on how children and young people were involved in decision making, planning and delivery of services.

The main priorities identified through the consultation process were:-

• Stop bullying
• Stop racism
• More places to hang out
• Promote a more positive image of young people
• More transport to promote independence

Resolved

That the report be noted.

35. Participation Strategy

Cheryl Eastwood, Director for Children, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, submitted the final version of the Participation Strategy whose aim was for all children and young people to have the opportunity to be an influential and constructive partner within their community.

Resolved

That this Strategic Partnership Trust approve and adopt the Participation Strategy.

36. Audit Commission Inspection - The School Survey - Feedback

Jim Taylor , Director of Education, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, reported that the School Survey was a collaborative tool developed by the Audit Commission, in partnership with OfSTED and Estyn (the Welsh Audit Office), local authorities together with Head Teacher and Governor Associations.

The primary purpose of the Survey was to act as a source of evidence regarding school's perceptions of the support provided by their local authority and the services provided locally for children and young people.

Tameside schools response rate to the survey was 61%, a 1% improvement on the previous year, and higher than the national average, which was 38%. Out of 76 questions contained in the survey, Tameside figured in the top quartile in 73 questions and in the second quartile in the remaining three questions. Only one other local authority in the country had more questions in the survey in the top quartile than Tameside.

Resolved

That the report be noted.

37. Annual Performance Assessment - Feedback

Consideration was given to the letter received from OfSTED which summarised the findings of the 2006 Annual Performance Assessment process for Tameside. In all the areas judged Tameside Council was awarded Grade 3, a service that consistently delivers above minimum requirements for users.

Resolved

That the Annual Performance Assessment feedback be noted.

38. Children And Young People's Strategic Partnership Trust - Proposals For Name And Logo

Further to Minute 23 - Inter-Agency Duty to Co-operate Compact - 23.03.06 refers, Ian Smith, Executive Director, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, stated that although this Partnership operated children's trust arrangements it was not a Trust and it would be appropriate for the previous Minute to be rescinded. He also circulated a number of proposals for the logo for the Partnership and it was -

Resolved

1. That Minute 23 (23.03.06 refers), as detailed above, be rescinded.
2. That the logos submitted by Hanisha Parmar and Jasmine Khanom be approved and adopted, one as the Partnership logo and the other for the cover of next year's Children's Plan.

39. Local Area Agreements - Up-Date

Tom Coffey , Head of Strategy and Commissioning, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, submitted a report which provided the Partnership with an up-date on the development of the Tameside Local Area Agreement, the priorities identified by the four block negotiating groups together with details of performance measures and the associated supporting actions.

The priorities within the Agreement were drawn from existing work in the Tameside Strategic Partnership Board and Thematic Partnerships. The effectiveness of the Agreement and the achievement of outcomes against those priorities impacted directly on all the themes of the Community Strategy.

Resolved

That the report be noted.

40. National Child Index Regulations - Consultation

Tom Coffey , Head of Strategy and Commissioning, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC reported upon a formal public consultation in respect of the Information Sharing Index Regulations which had been launched by the DfES. The Regulations, once in force, would provide a legal framework for the operation and maintenance of the Index.

The DfES also planned to meet with a wide range of stakeholders during the consultation period to given them an opportunity to discuss their views. This would include children, young people and parents, local authorities, Government Offices, Information Commissioner's Office, Office of the Children's Commissioner and organisations representing the health, education, social care, youth justice and voluntary sectors.

Resolved

That the report be noted.

41. Up-Dates And Communications

41(a) Integration

Cheryl Eastwood, Director for Children, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, circulated an up-date of the Integration Project Plan.

Resolved

That the report be noted.

41(b) Key Stage Four Performance - Boys

Jim Taylor , Director of Education, Services for Children and Young People, Tameside MBC, submitted a report informing the Partnership of the educational performance of boys at Key Stage Four. Improving the performance of such group, was one of the agreed priorities for Tameside MBC.

Work continued to be undertaken at school and local authority level to target under-performing and vulnerable groups within the Borough. As the personalisation agenda developed, school were being encouraged and supported in the use of the more sophisticated performance data analysis tools to identify their specific under-performing groups. Programmes were now being put in place to support the schools in using their personalisation funding to raise the rate of progress within those groups.

Elements of the successful Primary Leadership Programme (PL)) and Intensifying Support Programme (ISP) were being made available to all Primary Schools. The full PLP and ISP programmes, together with the Secondary Strategy at Key Stages Three and Four, continued to provide the support and drive for the most under-achieving schools through the Advisory Team. This work was now focusing on early intervention to enable these groups of children to make more rapid progress from an even earlier age.

Resolved

That the report be noted.

42. Tameside Neighbourhood Road Safety Initiative - Final Evaluation

The Partnership gave consideration to the feedback findings from the external evaluation of the above Road Safety Initiative commissioned by this Partnership in 2005.

The evaluation covered the following areas:-

• Achievement of objectives and outcomes
• Assessment of the processes involved and the impact of the project on the neighbourhood and beneficiaries
• Assessment of the quality of the work done
• Assessment of the scope and nature of partnership working.

Overall the project provided a powerful and successful model of partnership planning and delivery through a multi-agency approach using neighbourhood focussed delivery to address local road safety priorities.

Details were also submitted of the key findings of the evaluation.

Resolved

That the evaluation be noted.

43. Dates Of Future Meetings

It was noted that the Partnership would meet on the following dates with all meetings commencing at the newly arranged time of 10.00am:-

• Thursday 14th December 2006
• Thursday 22nd February 2007
• Thursday 19th April 2007