Sector-led Improvement for Childrens Services in London Frankie Sulke DCS Lewisham 15 June 2011.

Sector-led Sector-led Improvement for Improvement for

Children’s Services in Children’s Services in London London

Frankie SulkeFrankie SulkeDCS LewishamDCS Lewisham15 June 201115 June 2011

Briefing and Briefing and consultation…consultation…• BackgroundBackground• Proposals for Proposals for

London London • Next stepsNext steps

Your views….Your views….

Background…Background…• Collective responsibility for Collective responsibility for

improving outcomes for improving outcomes for children and young people children and young people

• Sector-led improvement and Sector-led improvement and peer challenge and support is peer challenge and support is more sustainable, effective and more sustainable, effective and better vfm than old Government better vfm than old Government Offices approachOffices approach

• National model in developmentNational model in development• Not a replacement for OfSTED Not a replacement for OfSTED • ‘‘Early adopters’ needed for Early adopters’ needed for

2011/122011/12• Resources secured from DfEResources secured from DfE

Leads for LondonLeads for London• Cllr Steve Reed – Leader, Cllr Steve Reed – Leader,

LambethLambeth• Cheryl Coppell – CE, Cheryl Coppell – CE,

Havering and chair of Havering and chair of LSCBLSCB

• Eleanor Schooling – DCS, Eleanor Schooling – DCS, IslingtonIslington

• Frankie Sulke – DCS, Frankie Sulke – DCS, LewishamLewisham

Early discussions:Early discussions:• London as a London as a regional ‘regional ‘early early

adopter’adopter’• Need to build on successful Need to build on successful

practice in London, particularly practice in London, particularly the Regional Safeguarding the Regional Safeguarding Advisers (RSAs)Advisers (RSAs)

• Need to keep bureaucracy to a Need to keep bureaucracy to a minimumminimum

• Must have backing of London Must have backing of London Leaders, Lead Members and CEs Leaders, Lead Members and CEs and be integrated into peer work and be integrated into peer work of ALDCS and London of ALDCS and London Safeguarding Children BoardSafeguarding Children Board

• Need to secure a climate of Need to secure a climate of learning and improvement, using learning and improvement, using best practice in peer challenge, best practice in peer challenge, support and reviewsupport and review

An ‘early adopter’ proposal for An ‘early adopter’ proposal for LondonLondonAims…..Aims…..• improve outcomes for children and improve outcomes for children and

young people through supporting young people through supporting boroughs in developing and boroughs in developing and implementing effective implementing effective improvement strategies improvement strategies

• improve the sharing and improve the sharing and embedding of good practice and embedding of good practice and processes across Londonprocesses across London

• increase trust and learning in increase trust and learning in sharing information and sharing information and approaches across boroughsapproaches across boroughs

• be more proactive in preventing be more proactive in preventing boroughs’ children’s services boroughs’ children’s services failing or going into interventionfailing or going into intervention

Targeted Targeted and and

universaluniversal

An ‘early adopter’ proposal for An ‘early adopter’ proposal for LondonLondon

Targeted…..Targeted…..Using RSAs and building on their Using RSAs and building on their

current work:current work:

• Risk-based, intelligence-led, Risk-based, intelligence-led, targeted work with individual targeted work with individual authorities, prioritising those in authorities, prioritising those in needneed

• Identifying common areas for Identifying common areas for improvement and development improvement and development across Londonacross London

• Specific work on LSCB identified Specific work on LSCB identified gaps in provision – eg court work gaps in provision – eg court work and colocation with police and colocation with police

An ‘early adopter’ proposal for An ‘early adopter’ proposal for LondonLondon

Universal…Universal…Each borough: Each borough: • Identifies up to three areas for Identifies up to three areas for

improvement improvement • Peer challenge in relation to those Peer challenge in relation to those

areas – areas – why these? Why does why these? Why does performance fall short?performance fall short?

• Time limited improvement plans Time limited improvement plans developeddeveloped

• London and national ‘improvement London and national ‘improvement menu’ there to helpmenu’ there to help

• Formal review at specified time to Formal review at specified time to ensure improvement ensure improvement

• Peer challenge also in relation to Peer challenge also in relation to London themes identified in targeted London themes identified in targeted workwork

An ‘early adopter’ proposal for An ‘early adopter’ proposal for LondonLondon

• Your views…Your views…• DCS’ views and volunteer boroughs DCS’ views and volunteer boroughs

for universal elementfor universal element• Revised early adopter proposal Revised early adopter proposal

submittedsubmitted• Resources for London securedResources for London secured• The devil in the detail The devil in the detail – quality of – quality of

peer challenge, clarity of scope, peer challenge, clarity of scope, recruiting high quality RSAs etcrecruiting high quality RSAs etc

• Work to be done between July and Work to be done between July and DecemberDecember

• Ensure London early adopter Ensure London early adopter experience feeds into national model experience feeds into national model and we learn from othersand we learn from others

• March 2012 – system goes liveMarch 2012 – system goes live

Next steps…Next steps…