Children and young people early help plan

What we will achieve

We will aim for:

• a shift of thoughts and behaviours from 'late intervention when it's bad enough/reaching thresholds' to a positive approach, earliest help possible: what can I do?
• shared ownership of early help and thinking beyond organisational boundaries
• agencies ensuring strengths and skills of the whole system are understood and endorsed: everyone can describe where they fit into the system

Actions

All agencies must:

• value, prioritise and show commitment to early help
• measure, record and report on the impact of their early help offer at individual agency level and collectively through Local Alliance Groups and Strategic Alliance
• undertake the lead practitioner role and are guided by the wishes of the family
• use the FPZ partnership sites

Impact

We want families to:

• report positive outcomes from the early help they have experienced
• experience timely support initiated by the agency who first becomes aware of their difficulties

Date

Due date is April 2019.

Leads

All leads are involved.

What we will achieve

• we understand the outcomes we're collectively trying to achieve
• we can describe the difference we're making

Actions

• agencies, local alliances and the Strategic Alliance for Children and Young People (SACYP) interrogate outcomes evidence and use to inform delivery and improve performance
• agencies agree consistent performance measures for early help
• SACYP and local alliances will plan and do, based on quarterly review
• an annual report is published on the impact of early help for Dorset's children

Impact

• families will be able to describe the difference made by early help
• Dorset's children and young people will feel supported, valued, encouraged and empowered by the communities they're a part of

Date

Due date is June 2019.

Leads

All leads are involved.

What we will achieve

• we understand out total resource for early help across the system
• each agency will be clear about what interventions they offer and to what end (and keep this updated regularly)
• we pool financial and other resources and collaborate to meet population needs and improve outcomes

Actions

• SACYP and local alliances will quantify the amount dedicated to specific projects against Dorset and local priorities

Impact

• families know where and when they can access help and have a seamless, consistent experience
• agencies understand their contribution to the whole early help system

Date

Due date is June 2019.

Leads

All leads are involved.

What we will achieve

• we enable the whole system to feel confident and equipped to manage risk
• we enable the whole system to be accountable
• Early Help: Understanding Your Role will be treated with equal value and status of Levels 2/3 safeguarding

Actions

Agencies will:

• commit to planning, co-delivering and attending key workforce development opportunities, for example, Early Help: Understanding Your Role/Safe in Uncertainty event
• conduct a skill review for their workforce, testing for key skills in providing early help
• prioritise Early Help: Understanding Your Role for their practitioners

Impact

• families benefit from the right intervention at the right time, in the right place

Date

Due date is September 2019 and June 2019.

Leads

Named leads from agencies.

What we will achieve

• local need determines the local, multi-agency response at a community, cohort and individual level
• each local alliance group will be clear about what interventions are needed and there's a multi-agency commitment to delivery

Actions

Agencies will:

• record their early help activity and the difference it's making
• develop and sign up to information-sharing protocols and make sure they share information within local alliances and across the partnership where appropriate
• use the zone partnership sites to plan and reflect on early help activity

Impact

• families will only have to tell their story once
• communities, cohorts, families and individuals will experience the right services at the right time

Date

Due date is April 2019.

Leads

All leads are involved.