Proposed structure for the Children and Young People's Workforce ...

2010- Workforce Strategy DraftSchoolsIn addition to the significant number of national training opportunities available through theTraining & Development Agency (TDA) for schools and the National College for School Leadership(NCSL), there have been a number of city-wide initiatives with a particular focus on schoolleadership. These include Local Leaders in Education, Aspirant Leader, Southampton Middleleader, Early Headship provision, Professional Partners, New and Acting Headteacher Inductionand Beyond National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) programmes.Children and young people’s servicesThe Young People and Community Support Division became operational as a Division in March2008 supporting children and young people aged 5-19. The Division was created to improveoutcomes for children and young people through integrating a range of services that wereoperating in silos such as: youth; Connexions; play; extended schools; teenage pregnancy;substance misuse; youth offending; training and enterprise; adult learning and student finance.A large workforce of practitioners from a wide range of professional disciplines were alignedagainst generic job descriptions delivering universal and targeted services. This workforce isdeployed across three localities, and a centrally based Learning and Skills Team. A qualificationand training audit has taken place across the division and a robust training programme is in placeincluding management training. Thirty three members of staff are being supported to gainvocational qualifications, including five assistant youth support worker apprentices who have beenappointed to the Division as part of the Future Jobs Fund initiative.JigsawJigsaw is a specialist service for children and young people with learning difficulties anddisabilities. The service provides a one stop shop enabling the child, carers and otherpractitioners to have one point of contact through which they can access specialist services withaccess to a lead practitioner to co-ordinate services available.Jigsaw has excellent multi-agency processes in place to support children and young people withhigh end mild learning disability, severe learning disability and physical disability.The team is made up of the following services:• Specialist Health Care (Southampton City Primary Care Trust)• Team for Disabled Children (Southampton City Council)• Education (Southampton City Council)It has access to a number of specialist services including:• Occupational Therapist• Social Workers• Clinical Psychology• Community PaediatriciansA Transition Operational Group is now in place which has improved transition processes forchildren with disabilities improving outcomes for these young people.Sexual health and substance misuse servicesIntegration of teenage pregnancy, sexual health and substance misuse agendas has improvedservice and training provision. Two new specialist sexual health nurses have been recruited toVersion 2.6 14