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Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 Informationassistance of the One Barnsley Research Network and the Children andYoung People’s Trust. (CYPT).The allocation of postcodes to wards relies upon the ability to matchpostcodes from data sources to the geographically referenced postcodedirectory. In some cases it proved impossible to achieve a complete match,although over 90% was achieved in the majority of cases. There maytherefore be some minor inaccuracies in the data presented.1.2 Government Guidance & LegislationIn 2003 the Government published Every Child Matters. Every Child Mattersfocused on four key themes:• Increasing the focus on supporting families - the most critical influenceon children's lives;• Ensuring necessary intervention takes place before children reachcrisis point and protecting children from falling through the net;• Addressing the underlying problems identified in the report into thedeath of Victoria Climbié - weak accountability and poor integration;and• Ensuring that the people working with children are valued, rewardedand trained.‘Every Child Matters: Change for Children’ is the approach to safeguardingand promoting the wellbeing of children and young people from birth to age19. The aim is for every child, and their parents, carers and families, whatevertheir background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to behealthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution andachieve economic well-being, the ‘five outcomes’.There was a wide consultation with people working in children's services, andwith parents, children and young people. Following the consultation theChildren Act 2004 was enacted, providing the legislative spine for developingmore effective and accessible services focused around the needs of children,young people and families.The Children Act 2004 requires agencies working with children and youngpeople, including those in the voluntary and community sector, to co-operateand draw together a Children’s Plan; to agree priorities, to meet need andmaximise outcomes; and to deliver services in integrated ways.This means that the organisations involved with providing services to children- from hospitals and schools, to police and voluntary groups - are teaming upin new ways, sharing information and working together; to protect children andyoung people from harm and help them achieve what they want in life.Children and young people will have far more say about issues that affectthem as individuals and collectively.- 7 -
Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 Information1.3 Barnsley Children’s Services Authority and Barnsley Childrenand Young People’s TrustBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) is established as a Children’sServices Authority (CSA) by the Children Act 2004. There are wideresponsibilities for children, young people and family services set out in theAct and in statutory guidance.Section 10 of the Act places a duty on Children’s Service Authorities to makearrangements to promote co-operation between the authority and relevantpartners to improve the wellbeing of children in the Authority’s area. The‘wellbeing’ of children and young people is defined in the Act as theachievement of the Five Outcomes that is to say:• Physical & mental health andemotional wellbeing;• Protection from harm and neglect;• Education, training and recreation;• Contribution made by them to society;• Social and economic wellbeing.-Being healthy-Staying safe-Enjoying and achieving-Making a positive contribution-Achieving economic wellbeingChildren’s Services Authorities must take a lead in making arrangements topromote co-operation between local agencies whose work impacts onchildren within the Authority’s area and there is a duty on key statutoryagencies to cooperate with the Children’s Services Authority in order to bringabout improvements in all areas of service delivery and in associatedoutcomes for children and young people.These arrangements are brought together in a Children’s Trust for eachChildren’s Services Authority. A key feature of an effective Children andYoung People’s Trust is a strong child-centred, outcome-led vision for allchildren and young people, clearly informed by their views and those of theirfamilies.Other essential features include:• Integrated front line delivery -organised around the child, young personor family;• Integrated processes -including effective joint working sustained byshared systems and processes;• Integrated strategy -including joint planning and commissioning basedon joint assessment of local needs and best utilisation of all availableresources to target needs;• Inter-agency governance -that ensures robust arrangements for interagencyco-operation.Effective inter-agency governance at all levels will give partners theconfidence and trust to engage in new ways of working and to shareresources across service boundaries.- 8 -
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