Children and Young People's Service (CYPS - Lambeth Council

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Risk CYPS budget not sustainable due to pressure on demand led budgets. Insufficient number of suitably qualified social workers to discharge the Council’s statutory duties Ineffective measures to control teenage pregnancy Insufficient capital and revenue funding to provide primary pupil places in the medium term Rise in the number of permanent exclusions Failure to support 14-19 strategy will result in a rise in the proportion of young people who are NEET Service transformation outlined in the education vision delivered through key projects such as BSF and Team Around the Child Threat or Opportunity Current RAG Status Service improvement activity/ control measure Threat Red Grants rationalisation project Change management organisation rationalisation project DLT away-days and DLT-plus sessions on budgets and strategic financial planning Schools forum consulted on providing further funding for family support workers Threat Red Well developed recruitment strategy including amended terms and conditions, bonus payments, recruitment from abroad Retention- strategy to retain and develop our staff includes controlled caseloads, regular supervision, staff surgeries with senior managers, and effective induction and staff development arrangements Threat Red Strong partnership working Implementation of media/ communications strategy for sexual health awareness Teenage Pregnancy Board Implementation of project management approach Threat Red Continue to lobby government for additional funding Consult on use of DSG to fund revenue shortfall Accurate pupil place planning/ projections Threat Red Pilot mentoring project for black boys Early intervention support (Park Campus) Family learning project with Ebony supplementary school Threat Amber Monitoring of Connexions delivery plan Enterprise Plan and Target Achievement by 14-19 Partnership Opportunity Silver Implementation of Extended Schools Programme to develop local school as community hubs School-buy in for BSF programme (Phase 2) Ensure design facilitates transformation through design champion review Embed appropriate change management in schools 40
Appendix F – Children and Young People’s Service Overarching Equality Impact Assessment Tackling inequalities and social exclusion is one of the key cross-cutting themes that are central to our core business as a service provider, employer and community leader. By law we are also required to have due regard to eliminating unlawful discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity and good community relations when planning and carrying out our functions or policies. Within this context the CYPS overarching equalities focus for 2010-2013 is to: Tackle and reduce child poverty Narrow the education achievement gaps for various social groups defined by economic circumstances, ethnic background, gender, mobility and fluency in English Reduce the disproportional exclusion of Black Caribbean pupils and young people with SEN who do not have a statement Address disproportionate outcomes for BME young people in the youth justice system Improve the accessibility to, and engagement with universal services for children and young people with disabilities and their families Improve engagement with LGBT young people and access to services Narrow the NEET gaps for different groups of young people defined by ethnic background, gender, disability, and vulnerability status, e.g. young offenders and care leavers Effectively implement equalities in Lambeth schools and monitor racist incidents Support schools to tackle bullying and hate crimes. Part 1- Identifying areas of focus Brief description of department and service plan key objectives & relevant evidence base The Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS) comprises 7 Divisions. A Divisional Director heads each Division. Together with the Executive Director, Divisional Directors make up the Departmental Leadership Team (DLT). The Cabinet Member for CYPS Cllr Pete Robbins. The 7 Divisions of CYPS are: Finance and Resources Inclusion and Standards Commissioning and Performance Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Community Learning Change Management Children’s Social Care The Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS/Department) works in partnership with other council departments and 41
Page 1 and 2: Children and Young People’s Servi
Page 3 and 4: Foreword by the Cabinet Member and
Page 5 and 6: We have made progress in: Tar
Page 7 and 8: 3. The Lambeth context Lambeth has
Page 9 and 10: The golden thread for CYPS: Lambeth
Page 11 and 12: 5. Our Key Achievements in 2009/10
Page 13 and 14: 5.3 Supporting children and young p
Page 15 and 16: Appendices A Children and Young Peo
Page 17 and 18: Table 1: CYPS Departmental Leadersh
Page 19 and 20: Children and Young People’s Servi
Page 21 and 22: successful Business Cases. Followin
Page 23 and 24: Appendix B - Delivering Lambeth Cou
Page 25 and 26: Raising Achievement and Narrowing t
Page 27 and 28: Recruit and retain more social work
Page 29 and 30: Appendix C - Managing our Performan
Page 31 and 32: Raising Achievement and Narrowing t
Page 33 and 34: Appendix D - Children and Young Peo
Page 35 and 36: The latest information/figures from
Page 37 and 38: Revenue budget Division 2009/10 £
Page 39: Appendix E - Risk Management The fi
Page 43 and 44: Summary profile of service users an
Page 45 and 46: Achievement by Ethnic Background Ke
Page 47 and 48: Key Stage 3 Achievement Gap: KS3 Re
Page 49 and 50: Key Stage 2 Achievement Gap: Mobile
Page 51 and 52: Key Stage 4: GCSE 5+A*-C grades Ach
Page 53 and 54: Gender Differences Girls have tende
Page 55 and 56: population in 2008. National studie
Page 57 and 58: Promote equality of opportunity Mo
Page 59 and 60: Appendix G - Children and Young Peo

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