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Mrs Carol MacDonald

11th December, 2014

MEMBERS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMATIC BOARD

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMATIC BOARD will be held in CORPORATE MEETING ROOM 3,RENFREWSHIRE HOUSE, COTTON STREET, PAISLEY on MONDAY, 15th

DECEMBER, 2014 at 10.00 AM.

The Agenda of business is attached.

Kenneth GrahamHead of Legal & Democratic Services

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Department of Finance & Corporate ServicesDirector: Sandra Black CPFA

Head of Legal & Democratic Services: Kenneth GrahamRenfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley PA1 1TR

DX 590703 Paisley -3 LP1 – Paisley 2

www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMATIC BOARD

Councillors Henry, Bibby and McCartin (Renfrewshire Council); Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership; Department for Work & Pensions; Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration; Renfrewshire Children’s Panel; West College Scotland; Renfrewshire Child Protection Committee; Children 1st; Police Scotland; Scottish Fire and Rescue Services; Engage Renfrewshire; University of the West of Scotland; Director of Social Work and representatives of Housing & Property Services, Social Work and Education & Leisure; and R Naylor, Lead Officer and Director of Education & Leisure.

1. APOLOGIES

2. MINUTE OF MEETING 23rd SEPTEMBER, 2014

Submit Minute of meeting of Board held on 23rd September, 2014. (Copy herewith, pages 1-6)

3. ROLLING ACTION LOG

Submit rolling action log. (Copy herewith, pages 7-9)

4. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE - PROGRESS AGAINST YEAR 1 TARGETS

Submit Report by Director of Education providing detailed progress and summary against each individual impact measure. (Copy herewith, pages 10-19)

5. JOINT INSPECTION OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Submit joint report by Education & Leisure Services and Social Work relative to the joint inspection of services for children and young people. (Copy to follow)

RENFREWSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP

MINUTE OF THE MEETING OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMATIC BOARD

HELD ON 23rd SEPTEMBER, 2014

PRESENT

Councillors J Henry and D Bibby (both Renfrewshire Council); A Dick, Community Planning Liaison Manager (West College Scotland); F MacKay, Head of Planning and Health Improvement and M Irvine, Professional Nurse Adviser (both CHP); A McNiven, Chief Executive (Engage Renfrewshire); J Melrose, Depute Area Convener (Renfrewshire’s Children Panel); P Nellis, Group Manager (Scottish Fire and Rescue Service); L King, Authority Reporter (SCRA); I Millar, Area Manager, Renfrewshire & Inverclyde (Skills Development Scotland); and R Naylor, Lead Officer and Director of Education & Leisure; PMacLeod, Director of Social Work; E MacLean, Head of Housing Services; S Bell, Integrated Children’s Services Manager; and S Glasgow, Senior Officer (all Renfrewshire Council);

Councillor Henry presided.

IN ATTENDANCE

C Wassell, Permanence Consultant (CELCIS); B Robertson, Permanence Advisor (Scottish Government); M McCargo, Principal Officer; C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services Officer and Y Farquhar, Policy Officer, (all Renfrewshire Council); and B Houston, Director of Operations and C MCreadie, Advocacy & Participation Manager (Who Cares Scotland).

APOLOGIES

Councillor E McCartin (Renfrewshire Council); A Lowe, Independent Chair (Renfrewshire Chilld Protection Committee); J O’Rorke, Community Engagement, Care Leaver & Spiritual Care Co-ordinator (University of West of Scotland); F McBride, Service Manager (Children 1st); N Burns, Superintendent (Police Scotland); D Hawthorn, Head of Child Care & Criminal Justice; J Trainer, Achieving Step Change Manager; G McKinlay, Head of Resource Services; and R Hamilton, Development Officer (all Renfrewshire Council); and S McCausland, Participation Development Co-ordinator (Barnados).

1. MINUTE OF MEETING OF 3rd JUNE, 2014

There was submitted the Minute of the Children and Young People Thematic Board held on 3rd June, 2014.

In relation to Item 7 – RCSP Youth Participation Event – February 2014 S Glasgow advised that she would circulate the questionnaire from the event to the members.

DECIDED:

(a) That the questionnaire from the RCSP Youth Event be circulated to Members; and

ACTION

S Glasgow

(b) That the Minute be approved. Noted

3. ROLLING ACTION LOG

CAYP.26.03.13(2) and CAYP.21.05.13(4) – Engagement with Young People

R Naylor intimated that this topic had been discussed at the development session held on 22nd August, 2014.

After further discussion, it was agreed to hold the next meeting of the Children & Young People Thematic Board in a secondary school in order to have a small scale engagement with youths, local community groups and 3rd sector organisations and two or three themes to be chosen to be discussed on the day.

Members were requested to supply information relative to their engagement process with young people.

Councillor Henry asked that a matrix relating to engagement of young people be developed. S Glasgow advised that this information was currently being prepared as part of the joint self evaluation. She intimated that the extracted information would be passed to CouncillorHenry as soon as it was prepared and the Self Evaluation report would be submitted to a future meeting.

CAYP.26.03.13 – Management of Agreed Outcomes

It was agreed that as this action was complete it would be removed from the action log.

DECIDED:

(a) That the next meeting of the Children & Young People Thematic Board be held within a secondary school with youths, local community groups and 3rd sector organisations to be invited to the meeting;

(b) That Members supply information relative to their engagement process with young people;

(c) That a matrix relating to engagement of young people be passed to Councillor Henry:

(d) That action CAYP.26.03.13 – Management of Agreed Outcomes be removed from the action log; and

(e) That the action log be noted.

R Naylor/ A McNiven/Clerk

All Members

S Glasgow

Clerk

Noted

4. PRESENTATION ON PERMANENCE AND CARE EXCELLENCE(PACE)

C Wassell and D Harvey gave a presentation relative to PACE, aproject of CELCIS which was committed to improving the outcomes andopportunities for looked after children through a collaborative andfacilitative approach that was focused on having the maximum positiveimpact on children’s lives. The presentation outlined the authority forPACE; the partnership with the Scottish Government; the model forimprovement; and examples of the PACE approach. It was intimatedthat Renfrewshire Council and Aberdeen City Council were leading onthe initial plan, owning it locally and were promoting sharing of whatworked across Scotland.

R Naylor thanked them for the presentation and it was agreed thatprogress on the project would be submitted to a future meeting of theBoard.

DECIDED:

(a) That progress on the PACE project be submitted to a future meeting; and

(b) That the presentation be noted.

S Glasgow

Noted

5. CORPORATE PARENTING

There was submitted a report by Social Work relative to Corporate Parenting and the comprehensive corporate parenting plan.

The report stated that the Children & Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 placed new duties on identified public bodies to act in support for looked after young people and this was attached as appendix one. Appendix two detailed the implementation plan. The public bodies were called “corporate parents” and the duties were “corporate parent responsibilities”. The Act ensured that public bodies worked together to plan and fulfil the corporate parent role A comprehensive corporate parenting plan had been developed by the strategy group; agreed bythe Renfrewshire Children’s Services Partnership, and was attached as appendix 3.

DECIDED:

(a) That the Corporate parenting plan attached at appendix 3 benoted; and

(b) That it be noted that the Renfrewshire’s Corporate Parenting Policy would be updated following publication of the National Guidance for Corporate parenting with the involvement of young people in this process and reflecting the duties in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Noted

Noted

6. CHILDREN’S SERVICES SELF EVALUATION

There was submitted a report by Education & Leisure Services relative to an update on the Children’s Services self evaluation.

The report stated that the self evaluation exercise was being carried out between August and December 2014 and the self evaluation group had agreed to focus on 12 of the 25 quality indicators contained within the evaluation framework. These included the 10 quality indicators to bereported on following the joint inspection of Children’s Services. In order to make the exercise more manageable, the 12 quality indicators had been split across 4 sub groups each with a group leader and representatives from the self evaluation group and other identified staff from across agencies allocated to work in subgroups to evaluate one or more quality indicators on a multi-agency basis. This involved gathering information, evidence and examples of good practice from across the wide range of work of the CPP which impacted on children, young people and families.

P MacLeod intimated that it was vital in the light of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Declan Hainey and the published determination by Sheriff Anderson that assurances be given by agencies, managers and practitioners in Renfrewshire that the learning, improvements and action was in place.

DECIDED: a) That progress of the self evaluation exercise be noted; and

b) That it be noted that the self evaluation report would provide the context for the professional discussion between inspectors and Community Planning Chief Officers at the commencement of Renfrewshire’s inspection.

Noted

Noted

SEDERUNT

E MacLean left the meeting during consideration of the next item.

7. ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

There was submitted a report by Social Work relative to advocacy for children and young people.

The report stated that advocacy supported an individual to share theirviews, perceptions or wishes and could be complex, particularly if an individual had communication difficulties. An advocate could be anyone who helped a child express their views and opinions about decisions that would affect their life and could be a parent; lawyer; family friend; social worker; or teacher however, in some cases an independent advocate would be necessary.

It was noted that the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 did not contain specific duties relating to advocacy however it was

anticipated that related guidance would contain information on advocacy particularly in relation to provisions for looked after young people and care leavers.

The report advised that Renfrewshire had two advocacy services for children and young people that were directly funded by Renfrewshire Council and Partners. These were delivered by Who Cares? Scotland for looked after children and young people and Hear 4U Advocacy Service delivered by Barnardos for young people who were involved in child protection processes, children's hearing system and multi agency integrated assessment meetings. There were also a number of voluntary sector agencies offering Advocacy support for young people such as The Carers Centre who support young carers.

The Board heard from representatives of Who Cares? Scotland on the Advocacy Service they provided and how they engaged with young people. This formed the discussion on Item 8(b) on the provision of advocacy support for children and young people at the right time.

P MacLeod advised that as a result of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Declan Hainey, Social Work Services would increase training and development of Council staff and existing advocacy arrangements.He intimated that he would examine training and development for child protection processes and advocacy.

DECIDED:

(a) That training and development for child protection processesand advocacy be developed; and

(b) That the report and discussion be noted.

P Macleod

Noted

8. OUTCOME OF DEVELOPMENT SESSION FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE THEMATIC BOARD

(a) Development Session, 22nd August, 2014

There was submitted a joint report by Finance & Corporate Services and Chief Executive’s Service relative to the results of the development session held on 22nd August, 2014 in the Panel Room at Paisley Abbey.

The report intimated that discussion at the session had centered around the Board wanting to be more dynamic in its approach when looking at issues of children, families and communities. It was noted that other partners had a major role to play and members were challenged on how the Board could meaningfully engage to examine issues involving children and young people.

A Ketso exercise was carried out on partner input to the Thematic Board and the results were contained within the appendix to the report.

Councillor Henry intimated that the development session had highlighted that Board meetings should be more participative;

engagement with young people was key; that future meetingswould be taken out to the community; and more engagement with the local community was required.

Councillor Henry intimated that as discussed previously, the next meeting would be held within a Secondary School with the relevant youths, local community groups and 3rd sector organisations in attendance. It was noted that the SCRA premises was too small to hold a future meeting of the Board however L King intimated that all Members were welcome to visit the premises.

DECIDED:

(i) That the output from the Development Session be developed as part of the Board’s agenda going forward;and

(ii) That the report be noted.

(b) Discussion on Provision of Advocacy Support for Childrenand Young People

Refer to Item 7 above.

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1. Summary

1.1 The Children and Young People Thematic Board has responsibility for coordinating and drivingmulti-agency activity to ensure that we achieve our long term vision that:‘We will get it right for every child and young person by ensuring that they live in a positive andinclusive environment, have the best start in life, are confident, healthy and free fromdisadvantage’.

1.2 The Children and Young People element of the Single Outcome Agreement clearly sets out ouragreed outcomes together with the one, three and ten year targets for each impact measures.This report provides the progress against each individual impact measure is summarised inSection 4 below.

2. RecommendationsIt is recommended that the Board

a) Notes the performance of impact measures as highlighted in Section 4.

b) Agrees that the revisions to the impact measures detailed in Section 5 will be consideredat future meetings of the board

c) Notes that there areas for improvement and remedial action detailed in Section 7.

3. Background3.1 Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership is committed to ensuring that our resources are

deployed wisely to achieve best value. An open and rigorous performance culture has beenembedded with the partnership and promotes our collective responsibility for achieving ouroutcomes. Clear accountability and reporting is an important aspect of our approach.

3.2 The Renfrewshire Community Plan/Single Outcome Agreement 2013-2023 was approved by Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board on 12 June 2013 and was subsequently ‘signed off’ by the Minister for Local Government and Planning in August 2013.

3.3 Following this the Children and Young People Board was established and has responsibility for coordinating and driving multi-agency activity to ensure that we achieve our long term vision that:

To: Children and Young People Thematic Board

On: 15 December 2014

Report by:

Director of Education and Leisure Services

Children and Young People - Progress Against Year 1 Targets

‘We will get it right for every child and young person by ensuring that they live in a positive and inclusive environment, have the best start in life, are confident, healthy and free from disadvantage’.

3.4 The Children and Young People element of the Single Outcome Agreement clearly sets out our agreed outcomes together with the one, three and ten year targets for each impact measures. This report provides the progress we have made against our year one targets.

4. Progress Against Year 1 Targets

4.1 The progress being made against each impact measure is detailed in the table below.

Children and Young People Impact Measures Performance

Current Status

Improving

Declining Outcome 1. Our children and young people have the best start in life – are ready to learn, supported to achieve and are ambitious throughout and beyond their school lives

Increase in the average tariff score of the lowest attaining 20% of S4 pupils

Increase the average tariff score of looked after young people

Increase the percentage of pupils achieving 5+ awards at SCQF Level 5 or better by the end of S6

Increase the percentage of pupils achieving 3+ awards at SCQF Level 6 or better by S6

All pupils will achieve English and Mathematics qualifications at SCQF Level 3 or above by S6

Increase the percentage of school leavers in positive and sustained destinations

Increase the percentage of looked after young people in positive destinations

Reduce the percentage of babies with a low birth weight (<2500g)

Increase in the number of children exclusively breast fed at 6-8 weeks

Outcome 2. Our children and young people live in a safe and secure, stable and nurturing environment at home and in the community – where their rights are respected, they are free from poverty and neglect and supported to be resilient and to thrive

Increase the perception score of not being bullied amongst secondary school pupils

Baseline data only – Epidemiology Study

provisionally agreed for 2015 Increase the perception score of not being bullied amongst primary school pupils


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Children and Young People Impact Measures

Performance

Current Status

Improving

Declining

Reduce the percentage of children living in poverty

Latest figures released in Oct 2014 apply to 2013 and have been calculated using a new

method and show child poverty before and after housing costs, therefore direct comparisons to

previous figures cannot be made.

Reduce the number of children and young people placed on the Child Protection Register affected by parental substance misuse

Outcome 3. Our children and young people feel confident and responsible – able to participate fully in learning and in their wider community and take part in opportunities which meet their needs, interests and aspirations

Increase the reported school perception score amongst our secondary school pupils (0–100)


provisionally agreed for 2015

Increase the reported school perception score amongst our primary school pupils (0–100)


provisionally agreed for 2015 Reduce the percentage of secondary pupils with poor engagement with school


provisionally agreed for 2015 Reduce the percentage of primary school pupils with poor engagement with school


provisionally agreed for 2015 Reduce the number of days lost per 1,000 secondary pupils through exclusion

Reduce the number of days lost per 1,000 primary pupils through exclusion

Increase in the number of children and young people participating in sporting, cultural and citizenship activities

Baseline established during 2013/14

Outcome 4. Our children and young people have good physical, emotional and mental health and wellbeing

Increase the reported physical health score of our secondary school pupils (0–100)



Increase the reported physical health score of our primary school pupils (0–100)



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Children and Young People Impact Measures

Performance

Current Status

Improving

Declining

Increase the reported physical health score of our pre-school children



Increase the percentage of primary schools which deliver two hours quality Physical Education per week Increase the percentage of secondary schools which deliver two hours quality Physical Education per week

Reduce the percentage of secondary school pupils reporting poor pro-social behaviour



Reduce the percentage of primary school pupils whose parents report poor pro-social behaviour



Reduce the level of obesity in children in Primary 1

Increase the percentage of children in Primary 1 without decayed, extracted or filled teeth

Reduce the rate of pregnancies for those under 16 years of age (rate per 1,000 population)

5. Revisions 5.1 Since development and publication of the Community Plan the national measures for measuring

attainment were changed and coincided with the introduction of the new national qualifications in 2014. As a consequence, we will be revising performance measures relating to attainment accordingly during 2015.

5.2 The percentage of children living in poverty baseline of 19% reported in 2013 applied to 2012 and represented child poverty before housing costs. Latest figures released in Oct 2014 apply to 2013 and have been calculated using a new method and show child poverty before and after housing costs. Therefore, direct comparisons to previous figures cannot be made. The most recently released (Oct 2014) child poverty before housing costs percentage for Renfrewshire relating to 2013 is 13%. Renfrewshire's child poverty after housing costs figure relating to 2013 is 21%. Following the report from the Tackling Poverty Commission in early 2015 the Board will agree the new baseline and targets.

6. Key activities and achievements 6.1 The early years steering board provides strategic leadership for the implementation of the early

years collaborative stretch aims and associated key change areas. These aims are embedded within the Integrated Children’s Services Plan.

Current Progress Although the early years strategy is at an early stage of implementation current progress is already demonstrating indications of a positive impact on children and families in Renfrewshire.

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The operational plan is closely monitored through the early years implementation group. This group draws its membership from across the CPP. Very good progress is being made in implementing the broad range of key actions across the broad range of actions being undertaken with 80% of milestones being achieved and high levels of participation from all agencies across the partnership.

In order to determine the impact and effectiveness in achieving agreed outcomes an evaluation plan is in place. This comprises two strands:

i) an outcome focussed self evaluation framework involving ongoing monitoring of the implementation of the plan by the evaluation team and

ii) an external evaluation of the family centred approach in Linwood and Ferguslie by Glasgow University.

The Families First core teams in Linwood and Ferguslie have been in place since November 2013. Roles and responsibilities for staff within the core teams were developed by managers who understood the needs of local children and families. Extensive consultation has been carried out with communities and community planning partners in order to ensure the approaches being developed meet the needs of families in the identified areas.

This includes the following:

20 formal focus groups were carried out with families in Linwood and Ferguslie to establish needs of families in these areas; 236 referrals have now been made to the core teams from pre-5 centres, schools, social work and health visitors; a significant number of self referral demonstrates the growing trust of the approach in the areas; The admissions policy for early years establishments has been reviewed and revised in order to include and support parents seeking to get into or sustain employment; Personalised support for families is evidenced through a well produced video and interviews with family members; £382,510 income has been maximised for families in Linwood and Ferguslie as a result of financial advice being provided; Funding to address fuel poverty has been used to recruit two energy advocates to support families across Renfrewshire with one working as part of the Families First team; and The model adopted in Linwood and Ferguslie actively promotes a culture in which staff from a broad range of agencies value each other’s contribution

Families First clubs were established in August 2013 across Renfrewshire. These clubs provides activities and a healthy meal for children in P1-P3 who are eligible for free meals during school holiday periods. As a result:

families have easier access to appropriate services who are able to provide appropriate and flexible support at the point of need; vulnerable children are supported and identified early by staff; existing activity programmes for children with additional support needs are included in the Families First clubs programme with the children attending offered a free meal; and ongoing consultation and evaluation of the approach will result in further consideration of how many more families may be reached during holiday periods.

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The early years teacher team has been enhanced in order to improve and maintain the quality of early years learning and transition to primary schools across Renfrewshire. Staff are deployed to ensure support for early learning in local authority and private partner establishments. This is allowing teachers to develop confidence in working in early years establishments. Targeted professional learning opportunities have ensured that teachers develop the skills required for early years provision. The transfer of information from home to nursery and nursery into school is becoming more effective and curricular transition has a clearer focus on a child’s progress and achievements.

Enhancements to out of school care provision are allowing referrals to be made by partners and thus supporting families seeking to get into employment.

A range of partners are now working within each of the localities in order to ensure the focus and keeping children and families at the heart of service provision. For example, HomeStart provides volunteer support to families across Renfrewshire with a more focused approach now being implemented within the core team areas of Linwood and Ferguslie.

Strategies for sharing information with parents, communities, professionals and services have been put in place. These include developing the existing childcare information service into a family information service and refurbishing an existing mobile library bus as a dedicated children’s mobile service.

As noted above the early years steering board provides strong leadership for the implementation of the early years collaborative stretch aims. Each of the four work stream leads reports progress on actions to the implementation group and feeds in to the monitoring of the integrated children’s services plan. Specific activity utilising the PDSA improvement methodology is reported in the operational plan.

For example:

ensuring that women experience positive pregnancies through an increase in uptake and quit rate of pregnant smokers (work stream 1); the development of the early years care plan in relation to children reaching their developmental milestones (work streams 2, 3 & 4); and the story boards provided for the early years learning sessions documenting a range of small tests of change.

6.2 The average tariff score of the lowest attaining 20% of S4 pupils decreased from 723 in 2011/12

to 78 in 2012/13 (pre-appeal). The tariff score of 78 means that the annual target of 72 has been exceed for 2012/13. The gap between the lowest 20% pupils and the highest 80% of pupils has decreased from 142 in 2011/12 to 136 in 2012/13, a decrease of 6. The average tariff score of leavers from the most deprived communities (SIMD decile 1) in Renfrewshire in 2012/2013 was 547. This was an increase of 39 from the 2011/12 tariff score of 508. Leavers from the least deprived communities (decile 10) had an average tariff score of 1301 in 2012/13 up from 1263 in 2011/12. The gap between the most deprived leavers (decile 1) and the least deprived leavers (decile 10) remains relatively unchanged between 2011/12 and 2012/13. The gap in 2012/13 was 754 down one on the 2011/12 performance of 755. Although performance has increased between the two years for both decile 1 leavers and decile 10 leavers the gap between the two communities remain relatively unchanged.

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6.3 The family learning and literacies project work with vulnerable families whose children do not

readily engage in learning within a school environment. Families are encouraged to participate in activities which help to raise confidence, self belief and language skills of both children and adults. Parents are encouraged to help their children with homework and join in ongoing learning activities. Parents learn new methods of encouraging their children to read and learn. The project was delivered in Our Lady of Peace and Woodlands primary schools between April and June 2014 working intensively with 8 parents and 15 children. East Fulton primary school, Linwood hope to participate in the project in the coming months.

6.4 The Permanence and Care Excellence (PACE) programme aims to reduce drift and delay for

looked after children in achieving permanence by supporting local authorities in Children’s Hearings and the Courts to develop improvement projects that look across the whole of a child’s journey to permanence. As such, the programme is aimed at identifying specific delays, blockages and difficulties and also to test changes to address these issues. The ethos of the programme is that permanence means providing children with stable, secure and nurturing relationships that are normally within a family setting and that continue to adulthood. Presently, there are a range of different routes to permanence depending on the needs and the circumstances of the child. As such, permanence can include:

• Return/remain at home with or after support (this includes settled informal kinship arrangements);

• Permanence through a permanence order, where long term corporate parenting is needed. This can be in formal kinship care, foster care or residential care;

• A relevant Section 11 Order – this is intended to be a Kinship Care Order from 2015; or Adoption

Early indications are showing a positive impact on timescales for each milestone within the adoption and permanency process. The adoption figures for the first half of 2014/2015 are showing almost a 100% rise from previous year. This improvement is expected to continue with over 100 children currently undergoing permanency planning processes.

Reporting Year Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Total

2014/15 9 6 15 2013/14 1 2 5 9 17 2012/13 3 1 5 2 11

6.5 The skills for success (S4S) group continues to offer a strategic lead and coordinating role to

ensure that partners work together to develop and deliver programmes and projects to improve young peoples’ skills for learning life and work. Current programmes and initiatives that are being developed and delivered include:

working with the Chamber of Commerce on a pilot to provide ‘skills ambassadors’ working with the Chamber of Commerce on Primary Engineer with 24 of our primary schools to promote science and technology from a young age working with International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) and partners on year two of Mission Discovery working with the University of West of Scotland on a new three year engagement programme that includes an affiliated student programme for all S6 students across the 11 secondary schools; delivery of a bespoke computer programming module for S6

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students; UWS student ambassadors working in science and MFL classrooms; an ambitious senior phase careers convention; shared CPD and collegiate working for UWS and Renfrewshire staff, alongside inputs from ELS into their initial teacher training programme on skills for learning life and work; Aspire to Success pilot programme in four secondary schools, one alternative provision and five primary schools to promote a positive mindset and aspiration amongst groups of learners at various transition stages; Working with West College Scotland to refresh the provision offered to S5/6 learners through the school links programme, to include more vocational courses such as NCs/HNCs, industry recognised management qualifications, preparation for medicine etc.; Support initiatives lead by key partners, such as the council’s apprenticeship programme; Skills Development Scotland school inserts, events for young people, data hub strategic sessions and awareness raising / promotion amongst school staff Support Invest in Renfrewshire in a range of initiatives such as graduate interns to support Scottish Leavers Destinations Results , TOPS - training opportunities in the public sector - a programme to support unemployed young people gain a training salary whilst getting work experience. Winter and summer leaver programmes being put in place during session 2013/14. Evaluations show that these were a success and are now being embedded into the senior phase curriculum.

6.6 The Family Nurse Partnership is a voluntary home visiting programme for first time young mums, aged 19 or under (and dads). A specially trained family nurse visits the young mum regularly, from early in pregnancy until the child is two. The Family Nurse Partnership programme aims to enable young mums to:

Have a healthy pregnancy

Improve their child’s health and development

Plan their own futures and achieve their aspirations The Family Nurse Partnership programme is underpinned by an internationally recognised robust evidence base, which shows it can improve health, social and educational outcomes in the short, medium and long term, while also providing cost benefits. The team in Renfrewshire was established in Spring/Summer 2014, with the first referrals being received in August. To date, 24 young mums are being supported by the team with high uptake and retention levels. A young mum explains in the case study below how she has benefited from being involved in the partnership. Seventeen-year-old, expectant mum Rachel claims to have a new found confidence thanks to The Family Nurse Partnership and stated that working on a one to one basis with the family nurse who visits her at her home has put her mind at rest. The programme has enabled her to focus on staying positive and healthy as well as planning for her future by hopefully retuning to college to study childcare or accountancy, after the baby is born.

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Rachel’s mum Claire has also benefited from the scheme saying that the programme “has really put my mind at ease. Laura (Family Nurse) comes to the house so it’s quite a relaxed atmosphere, it’s not clinical in any way.”

7. Areas for Development Three impact measures have failed to meet the year one target as follows:

i. Reduction the percentage of babies with a low birth weight (<2500g) was 6.8% between July 2013 and June 2014 against a target of 6%.

Remedial Action: As mothers that smoke during pregnancy are twice as likely to give birth to low weight infants, supporting women to stop smoking during pregnancy is a high priority. Smoking in pregnancy rates are far higher in more deprived areas. A small test of change offering one to one support to pregnant women who are smoking is currently taking place in Ferguslie. Early results are not encouraging and the process is currently under review.

At March 2014, 78.9% of pregnant women in each SIMD quintile had booked for antenatal care by the 12th week of gestation. To increase this rate, a central maternity booking line was launched in June 2014 and we are currently promoting this service in Renfrewshire.

Family Nurse Partnership provides support to pregnant teenagers through pregnancy and until the child is two years of age

ii. Reduce the level of obesity in children in Primary 1

Remedial Action: We are currently developing sustainable models of service for children who are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. From April to September 2014, ACES (Active Children Eating Smartly) Groups ran twice weekly with 9 families/13 children completing the sessions. We are testing additional models of childhood obesity interventions in 2015 to increase attendance rates.

iii. Reduce the number of children and young people placed on the Child Protection Register affected by parental substance misuse

Remedial Action: The number of children newly registered on the Child Protection Register between the 1st August 2012 and the 31st July 2013 has increased by 4% on the 2012-13 figure, more than half were affected by parental substance misuse. Addictions Services and Children & Families Services within Social Work continue to work closely with other agencies to ensure that vulnerable children are identified and protected. Addiction services have exceeded targets for people accessing services and are working to support service users into recovery.

8. Resources The Integrated Children’s Service Improvement Plan identifies the resources requirements for each individual action.

9. Prevention The partnership continues to develop our early intervention and prevention approach with an emphasis on shifting resources from high cost reactive services.

10. Community Involvement/Engagement

The Integrated Children Services Plan was developed through the Children and Young People Thematic Board and sub groups whereby the third sector is widely represented.

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For more information about the report, please contact Yvonne Farquhar, Senior Policy Officer, Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Team on 0141 618 7409 or Gayle Fitzpatrick, Management Information Officer, Education and Leisure Services on 0141 618 7184

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