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Children’s Challenge2020/24

SAFE WELL PROSPEROUS CONNECTED

North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24THE INTROIn North Lincolnshire, children, young people and families views are really valued. There is a genuine commitment to listening to and learning from views and experiences and children, young people and families are involved in decisions that affect their lives, as individuals or as groups who use services. The One Family Approach very clearly places children in families and communities at the centre.

There are lots of opportunities for us to influence people who make decisions and we are encouraged and supported to have our say through established groups and forums, like the North Lincs Youth Council and Parents Involvement and Participation (PIP) Forum, or by telling people what it is like for us living in and receiving services in the area, through the regular surveys, meetings, conferences, events and other engagement activity. We are actively engaged in consultation and engagement activity and we’re excited about being able to use our collective voice to shape and influence the One Family Approach through the Integrated Children’s Trust as well.

We are pleased with the progress that has been made over the last few years and we’re proud of our contributions to campaigns, workstreams and projects and we can see that it is making a difference. However, there is still a lot to focus on and a key feature of this Children’s Challenge is that through surveys and feedback, young people and families have identified some areas of focus.

We want to challenge local partners to work together to take action and we have challenged ourselves as to how we can help too. We are part of the solution and together, taking a One Family Approach, we can further improve the lives and experiences of children, young people and families.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S PARTNERSHIP


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24THE PURPOSEThe core of this document ‘the challenges’ are written from the perspective of children, young people and families and supported by the North Lincolnshire Youth Council and the North Lincolnshire PIP Parent Forum on behalf of children, young people and families in the area. This document is endorsed through the Children and Young People’s Partnership and it also informs the North Lincolnshire Children’s Commissioning Strategy 2020/24.

This document:

• clarifies the One Family Approach and sets out the ambition for children for children to be in their families, in their schools and in their communities

• sets out the key challenges that have been identified through consultation and engagement activity, for partnership action to contribute to the ambition and improve outcomes (safe, well, prosperous and connected)

• sets out key challenges for children, young people and families themselves as to how they can take self responsibility and positively contribute to the ambition and improve their own outcomes (safe, well, prosperous and connected)

• clarifies the importance of stakeholder engagement as a key enabler for change

• should be taken into account when making decisions regarding commissioning and service redesign

• is a mechanism to ‘challenge’ partners, and children and young people themselves, as to whether they are taking account of the challenges identified



North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24THE AMBITION


So we can all be SAFE, WELL, PROSPEROUS and CONNECTED.

We all want to live in a place we call home, with the people and things that we love, in communities where we look out for one another, doing things that matter to us. Children being in their families, in their schools and in their communities is at the heart of the One Family Approach: a system that works for all children, young people and families.

As children, young people and families, we want to be:

Resilient Positive Inspired Interested Happy

Informed Individual Ambitious Enabled Healthy


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24ONE FAMILY APPROACH what it means


One Family Approach

The One Family Approach is how we respond to the needs of children and families in North Lincolnshire in the context of an integrated services for children.It provides a vision for a new system that places children and families at the centre – a One Family Approach to strategy, commissioning, planning, and practice.It is founded upon our North Lincolnshire culture, values and beliefs, capturing our intent to keep children in their families, in their schools and in their communities and based upon anti-oppressive working across the partnership. It provides a model for innovative, integrated working which builds upon strengths, find solutions in families and communities, builds resilience and confidence, and enables independence.

Children‘s Commissioning Strategy

In the context of our Place Partnership, this document clarifies our integrated One Family Approach and commissioning intent in relation to health, social care and education for children, young people and families

Children’s Challenge

Through surveys and feedback, young people and families have identified some areas of focus to challenge local partners to work together to take action. They have also identified challenges for themselves. These challenges are articulated in the Children’s Challenge and to which the Children’s Commissioning Strategy have taken account of. Young people and families are part of the solution and together, taking a One Family Approach, all stakeholders can work together to further improve the lives and experiences of children, young people and families.

Helping Children and Families in North Lincolnshire document

Sets out our local definitions of levels of need, in line with our organisational modelSets out guidance to professionals about providing early help and making decisions about levels of needIntroduces our One Family Approach practice model, provides the framework for how the provision of help and protection should be undertaken across the partnershipSets out the principles which underpin multi agency practice in North Lincolnshire

Workforce Development

Children, young people and families will be supported by a workforce that is resilient, confident, competent and with the authorisation to do what they think is the right thing to do without propelling children and families through a range of systems and processes when our day to day contact can make the difference.

StakeholderEngagement

Children, young people, families and communities are at the heart of all we do and by making use of their strengths, assets, views and experiences and by engaging with and working together with other key stakeholders across the partnership, we will co-produce local services and support which meets needs and helps to achieve positive outcomes.

Shared Values, Beliefs and Culture

Fundamentally, children, young people and families are at the centre of all we do and we want to create a system that works for all children, young people and families, where we take account of all needs and diversities (including BAME) and where we work together to provide and commission integrated services for children and young people to enable them to remain in families, in schools and in communities. This is underpinned by our shared values of equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self responsibility.


ONE FAMILY APPROACH how it will work

CULTURE Responds to local need and STRATEGY

- CHILDREN’S strategic drivers CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE COMMISSIONING

- Stakeholder STRATEGYEngagement

Statement/Plan Data, intelligence, Shared values, voice/experience beliefs and cultureand practice Outcome OFA Practice wisdom focussed, high Model and aspirations, operating success model

Children and measuresyoung people -

in families, Strengths- in schools, Safe, well,

prosperous and based, in communitiesconnectedsolution focused,

PROCESS relational practice STRUCTURE- HELPING - GovernanceCHILDREN AND - ServiceFAMILIES IN NL Resilient, confident shaping

and competent OFA integrated

Organisational workforceOFA areas of Model – right focus – “shine service, right a light”time, right

outcomePEOPLE – Workforce Development

Statement/Plan

North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24



North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT


Children, young people, families and communities are at the heart of all we do and by making use of their strengths, assets, views and experiences and by engaging with and working together as partners and with other key stakeholders across the partnership, including the voluntary and community sector, we will co-produce local services and support which meets needs and helps to achieve positive outcomes.

Along with children, young people, families and communities themselves, key partners and stakeholders include the Council, the CCG, education providers, health providers, police and the voluntary and community sector.

As key stakeholders, children, young people and families, are enabled to engage at an individual, service and strategic level so their views and experiences contribute to commissioning and planning local services leading to improved outcomes, represented in this stakeholder engagement framework.

There is a commitment from partners to contribute to and utilise all methods of engagement at every level and to co-ordinate engagement activity i.e. through the Children and Young People’s Partnership, recognising the interdependency of all our services and the impact on children and families.


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24HOW WE KNOW WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE


We wanted to ensure our CHALLENGES were the right ones to help achieve our intended outcomes. To help develop our CHALLENGES, we used the feedback from a range of engagement activity with children, young people and families in which they shared their views and experiences. The type of engagement activity is as follows:

(Write up of engagement activity and emerging themes available)

Taking account of this feedback, a range of CHALLENGES have been identified for partners and for children, young people and families themselves

Children and families

Specific consultation with:

• North Lincs Youth Council• Children in Care Council• Parents Involvement and

Participation Forum• Electively Home Educated

eventSpecific and ongoing engagement activity with children, young people, parents and carers who have experienced services

Ongoing engagement with Groups, Networks and

Forums

Square Table Event(s)Make Your Mark

Lifestyle surveys

Community Engagement


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24THE CHALLENGE TO YOU partners


In order to help contribute to children, young people and families being SAFE, WELL, PROSPEROUS and CONNECTED, we want PARTNERS to:

SAFE - where children and families feel safe in their

families, schools and communities

• Develop online resources tohelp young people and familiesto keep themselves safe (Not InOur Community, BE SMART,top tips to keep yourself safe)

• Key agencies i.e. the police tohave a greater communitypresence and ensure it is easyto self report crime (face to faceand online)

• Develop positive messages andhelp changes behaviours andbreak social norms

• Focus on sharing informationand upskilling parents to be ableto support their young people

WELL - where children and families enjoy good health and emotional

wellbeing

• Develop online resources and raiseawareness of information to help youngpeople and parents to keep themselves well(Life Central)

• Develop ‘talking shops/talking groups’ toprovide young people with opportunities toshare their views and experiences with theirpeers and professionals in a safeenvironment

• Clarify the range of key roles in learningsettings and ensure they have the skills andtime to be able to respond and support i.e.Mental Health Champions and SENCO’s

• Improve early diagnosis and timely andappropriate support thereafter (for the wholefamily)

• Develop positive messages to help changebehaviours and break social norms i.e.healthy eating and smoking cessation

• Ensure staff (and parents) have sufficientskills and knowledge to be able to activelylisten and support young people’s emotionalwellbeing and mental health

• Raise awareness of adolescence and theteenage brain to young people, parents andprofessionals

PROSPEROUS - where children and young people have excellent

education and improved skills

• Develop information and support to enhanceyoung people’s life skills leading towardsindependence, particularly the mostvulnerable i.e. children in care/care leavers

• Enable children and families throughtransitions, supported by information andresources at key trigger points

• Enable children and young people to remainin mainstream education and reduceexclusions

• Bespoke approach to careers advice tofocus on the individuals aspirations, skillsand strengths

• Support young people to access a range ofwork experiences placements andopportunities

• Further develop the menu ofapprenticeships on offer

• Raise awareness of entrepreneurialopportunities

CONNECTED – where children and families live in flourishing

communities

• Enhance the menu of positive activities onoffer and make sure information isaccessible (i.e. via Positive Activities socialmedia and website)

• Support families to access the menu ofpositive activities (for those who needadditional help and/or have differentdiversities and vulnerabilities)

• Make better use of community venues in amore creative and innovative way

• Develop more engaging and safecommunity spaces for the whole family,(including green spaces, parks and youthclubs)

• Engage with children, young people andparents as full partners and extend theopportunities for them to engage and have avoice

• Make best use of virtual and face to faceengagement methods to best suit the needsof the individual/family

• Make sure staff across the agencies aremore aware of what’s available and thatthey share information and takeresponsibility for doing the right thing at theright time

Partners, particularly schools, will also take account of the outcomes of Lifestyle Surveys and help enable children and young people to have age appropriate pro social behaviours leading to them being SAFE, WELL, PROSPEROUS and CONNECTED supported by co-produced information and resources


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24THE CHALLENGE FOR US children and families


In order to help contribute to children, young people and families being SAFE, WELL, PROSPEROUS and CONNECTED, we, as children, young people and families can also contribute as follows:

SAFE - where children and young people feel safe in their

families, schools and communities

• Take responsibility for our own personal safety and seek out and access available information and support to keep ourselves safe

• Help to develop information and resources to keep us safe (i.e. through developing NIOC, BE SMART resources and top tips to keep young people safe in their community)

WELL - where children and young people enjoy good

health and emotional wellbeing

• Contribute to keeping our environment clean and tidy

• Make positive choices to enable healthy lifestyles

• Seek out and access available information and support to keep us well

• Help to develop information and resources to keep us well (i.e. through developing Life Central)

PROSPEROUS - where children and young people have

excellent education and improved skills

• Contribute to developing and sharing information about life skills

• Work together to identify and develop aspirations, strengths and assets to enable future prospects

CONNECTED – where children and young people live in flourishing communities

• To be active citizens and contribute to developing our own communities including sharing skills

• To take up the menu of positive activities on offer and make use of local amenities and family activities

• Work towards developing relationships to enable positive outcomes

• To take up opportunities to share our voice, views and experiences to improve our outcomes

• To take more self responsibility for our own lives, our own outcomes and where and how we live

Young people will be mindful of the outcomes of Lifestyle Surveys and engage in pro social behaviours to keep themselves SAFE, WELL, PROSPEROUS andCONNECTED supported by co-produced information and resources


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24WHAT SUCCESS WILL FEEL LIKE


Achieving our ambition will mean that we, as children, young people and families will say:

SAFE•

CASE STUDY: Through working in the community, it was identified that a child was not attending school provision and having no interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of mum’s emotional wellbeing and anxiety around leaving the home.By working to our One Family Approach and engaging with mum to work out what help she would find the most useful, the worker was able to work creatively to work with both mum and child. The worker supported mum to leave the family home on a regular basis by going with her for short walks in the community, gradually building this up as mum became more confident. This eventually increased to the worker, mum and child walking to school together and then mum progressing to be able to take the child on her own.Impact and feedback:• Mum states that she feels able to choose as and

when she would like to walk. Her confidence isincreasing and she states that this has given her apurpose and structure to her day.

• “I loved going back to school today, thank you forwalking with me “ (Child)

• “ I cannot believe how far this mum has come withyour support and intervention , this is going topositively impact on the child’s life and will make ahuge difference “ (School)

We are able to keep ourselves safe

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We got the help we needed in a way that helped us be safe and feel safe and move forward as a familyPeople listened to our views about what would help, and were willing to be flexible

• We are able to keepourselves well

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We knew where to gofor help online, in ourfamilies andcommunities whenthings got toughWe were able toaccess swift helpfrom specialists andexperts when weneeded help to keepus well

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We got the info and support we needed to engage in good quality learningWhen we needed extra help, professionals helped the whole family to think about other things like helping access to work, benefit advice, training, volunteering

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We found the information and support we needed to build our resilience and stay in our families, schools and communitiesWe know much more about what's on offer in our communityWe liked having the option to choose to engage virtually or face to face –depending on what best suited usWe had access to IT which helped us to help ourselves by accessing the information, support and services available to us

WELL PROSPEROUS CONNECTED


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24HOW WE WILL KNOW THINGS ARE BEING DONE


We will know this by:

• Ongoing engagement with children, young people and families in the local area• Understanding what has and hasn’t worked before (via reviews of projects, workstreams, strategies

and plans)• Understanding what performance information and data is telling us• Understanding what voice and practice wisdom is telling us

Action taken to respond to the challenges will be considered at the Children and Young People’s Partnership and fed into the Integrated Children’s Trust as appropriate.

Working together taking a One Family Approach, so that children are in their families, in their schools and in their communities, we will listen, learn, review and adapt leading to improved outcomes and experiences where children, young people and families are SAFE, WELL, PROSPEROUS and CONNECTED.


North Lincolnshire CHILDREN’S CHALLENGE 2020/24CONTACT US


For any further information, comments or queries, please go to:

Web: www.northlincs.gov.uk or https://northlincolnshireccg.nhs.uk/

Email: [email protected]

http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/

https://northlincolnshireccg.nhs.uk/

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