Newham's Children and
Young People's Service - Transformational Change
The council's vision is to make
Newham a major business location, a place where people choose to
live, work and stay.
To achieve this and other goals we need to provide high
calibre services for children and young people as this is a
critical determinant in the decision making of families and
businesses to choose this borough.
Impetus for transforming the services we deliver is being provided
by developments nationally and locally, in particular the
publication of DCSF's
10 Year Children's Plan a new legislative framework and Mayoral
priorities.
The Children and Young People Service (CYPS) directorate in Newham
Council has been re-evaluating the impact of use of its resources
in providing children's services and identifying how it can bring
about step change in performance levels whilst maximising value for
money.
The directorate now needs to reconfigure its services and resources
to focus on 'function' in terms of what is needed to deliver the
outcomes and how our services are configured. This is a clear move
away from delivering services in its current form which is
structured around 'professions' and 'services'.
This is being done this under the banner of the Transformational
Change Programme, and the directorate is bringing together all the
discrete service change projects, to go forward in one holistic
direction.
A project team, headed by programme manager Jenny Dibsdall, has
been assembled to lead a programme of consultation with staff and
stakeholders, and to facilitate the development of the framework
for transformational change of CYPS.
Initial consultation with CYPS staff on the Transformational
Change and the Trade Union side has already started, and will be
extended to include stakeholders. Over the coming weeks we will be
using this site to keep you informed on progress on this important
programme.
The rationale and vision for the transformation is described in the
rationale for change paper and the
Business Case. The
CYPS Delivery Framework illustrates the
delivery model for our resources and services.
The following presentation to CYPS staff at an information sharing
event on 24th September provides the rationale for this programme
and illustrates the process that will be undertaken
Information Sharing event 24th September -
Presentation slides
For further information, contact
Marie Dunworth or
Ingrid
Lewis.