Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw

Area Coordination Management 

Time: 10.00
Date: Friday 27 March 2009
Venue: Greenside Children’s Centre

Present:

Bob Shaw  -  Area Co-ordinator & Chair
Diane King  -  Youth Service
Lynn Barber  -  Area Children’s Centre Manager 
John Rogers  -  Greenside Lane
John Tupman  -  Droylsden High
Donna Vickers  -  PAYP Youth Service

Note taker: Lindsay Patchett

Item 1: Welcome

Bob welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked them for their attendance.
Introductions were made around the table.

Item 2: Apologies

Apologies received from Chris Harrison, Mark McLoughlin, Lorna Grennan, Sue Lennie,

Item 3: Notes of last meeting and matter arising

Agreed as an accurate account

Item 4: Teen Pregnancy in Tameside: Presentation on Data Dashboard and discussion

In Paula Henson’s absence Bob presented the data dashboards with regards to Teen pregnancy. The following notes include notes from Paula’s earlier presentations to other ACMTs in addition to any comments made by Bob.

John Rogers objected strongly to the use of the wording “Hotspot Schools”

Main points from the presentation:

• There has been a national strategy in place for the past 10 years.
• We have lots of good practices in Tameside, but no improvement in our teen pregnancy record
• Data takes 14 months to be published
• Small percentage of our population are teen pregnancies
• Majority of post 16 pregnancies are attending college.
• Tameside higher than North West and England
• Encouraged to promote “fit & forget” methods of contraception – must also promote C-card scheme to avoid STI’s
• Working with the six highlighted schools – peer mentors to go into the schools with respect to Teen Pregnancies. Teens and Tots groups. The work is targeted at those pupils who are seen as being at risk of becoming teen parents – working on self esteem and aspirations.
• Support schools to target those young people at risk – encouraging schools to use the personalisation plans.
• Identifying issues in certain schools
• Health mentors working with young women who have had a termination to prevent further pregnancies
• Need to look at what schools are doing right and learn from them.

Is “the per 1000” young women or the school population?

Item 5: Common Processes

Data sheets were distributed to the group. Noted: Encouraging increase in Action taken and information to share.

John (Greenside School) said that there was not the capacity to do CAFs for all those who needed them.

The group did not feel it was appropriate to record all “statemented” children on JASPER; a question of shortage of capacity, It was noted that ContactPoint will provide automatic triggers for information to share from the existed data management sources (e.g, SIMS). This will make it easier on schools to meet the intentions of the agenda.

Item 6: Domestic Violence Support Group: Presentation

Donna Vickers gave a verbal presentation surrounding their service.

• The group has been running for approximately 18 months anfd is held at Duke Street Centre, Denton
• The age range is 11-19
• Referrals are coming from schools mainly
• 11 young people aged 13-16 attending at the moment
• Offer the young people anger management/counselling courses
• Young people attend the group dependent upon their needs
• Intense work with Off the Record
• Secured funding to allow 1:1 counselling
• Good results from programmes – good feedback from schools, parents etc.
• Can be 1:1 or straight into the group

Additionally, Information was distributed to the group with regards to what PAYP do

Item 7: Youth On Line Survey

This item will be carried forward to the next meeting agenda

Item 8: Working Neighbourhood Fund: Employment action in CC project

Lynn informed the group about the Employment Action in Children’s Centres project.

• Funding had been obtained via the Working Neighbourhoods Fund
• The funding would fund 2 Employment Advisors for 2 years
• The Employment Advisors would be working at the Children’s Centres in priority neighbourhoods, namely Hattersley, Denton South, St Peter’s, Rosehill.
• The Employment Advisors will work alongside regeneration teams
• Initially target parents of 3 years olds who will be moving on to school the following year.
• Getting people “job ready”
• Lynn will give feedback to the group at a later date when the programme is up and running.

Item 9: Update on early intervention and prevention consultants

The report has been compiled – the consultants will be reporting back to individual groups in the forthcoming meetings.

Item 10: Reporting back on local networks

Droylsden Network – Lynn

• This group has been running for about 12 months
• There has been a series of network meetings around the 5 outcomes for children
• An arena to share good practice
• Triggers thinking
• Very informative
• Members find the meeting useful

Denton Network – Dianne

• Set up in an area identified as and area of multiple deprivation
• All agencies are brought together
• Role is to be an advocate for young people within task group
• All partners are involved in creating activities for young people
• There has been a vast improvement in the area
• Neighbourhood agreement
• looking at activities and setting targets
• working towards a 7 day service.

Item 11: Dates of future meetings

8th May 2009 – Greenside Children’s Centre – 10.00am