Two Year Offer Trials Launch21 July 2011

Time 2 Start

Welcome

Jenny Mander & Kim StokesWalsall Children’s Services Serco

Welcome

• Introductions

• Housekeeping

• How did we get here?

Purpose of the workshop

• Information about the joint project

• Meet colleagues

• Time to talk about our services

Why are we working together?

• Neighbours

• Good track record

• £400,000

Why are we working together?• Feel reassured that kids

getting good care

• Can go to the loo in peace

• My child feels happy

• Seeing the children improve - talking more, learning things, becoming more confident

W O W

Walsall or

Wolverhampton

Agenda

9.30 Arrival & Refreshments 9.45 Welcome Jenny Mander &

Kim Stokes9.55 Activity - WoW Jenny Mander &

Kim Stokes10.15 Overview of the 2 year offer

trialsLisa Hill

10.30 Introduction to the Project Liaison Officers & their role

Sally Ellis & Rachel Cook

11.15 Activity – Barriers to delivering the 2 year old offer

11.20 Local Authority group Q&A’s 11.40 Activity – Solutions to the

identified barriers

12.05 Closing remarks Andrew Wolverson

WoW

Jenny Mander & Kim Stokes

Overview of the Trial

Lisa HillProject Manager

Background

• At the beginning of 2011 DfE announced that they were looking at trialling new approaches to the 2 yr old offer.

• They were looking at trialling the following areas:

• building sustainable capacity • improving overall quality • increasing skills of early years workers • enhancing local systems • offering parents greater flexibility

Making the bid

• DfE outlined that they were in favour of consortia bids.

• Walsall and Wolverhampton put in a joint bid in and were successful

• Out of 150 LA bids only 15 were successful• Awarded £400k

What was in the bid

• We looked at all of the strands outlined by DfEThis included:

• Stretching the offer over 50 weeks • Increasing places• Raising quality through robust training packages• Gathering and sharing of good practice• Employing Project Liaison Officers• Enhancing local systems such as e - start (Walsall) and Synergy (Wolverhampton)• Looking at mentoring and coaching schemes

Why?

• The 2 yr offer will be expanded to all disadvantaged 2 yr olds by 2013

• This has huge capacity implications• We need to share our trials with other authorities so they can

be prepared for the large increase in numbers• To ensure the children and families get the best possible

experience and outcomes from the offer

Introduction to the project team

Sally Ellis & Rachel CookProject Liaison Officers

Project Liaison Officers for 2 year Offer

• Sally Ellis – 01902 551480 (Thurs & Fri) email: sally.ellis@wolverhampton.gov.uk

• Rachel Cook – 01902 554213 (Mon & Tues) email: rachel.cook@wolverhampton.gov.uk

How do we fit into the overall offer?

• To support the strategic and operational development of the new approach to the 2 year offer as requested by the Project Board

• To monitor and trial new approaches to the 2 year offer

Our Role

• To identify good practice across the two authorities of Walsall and Wolverhampton

• To trial new methods and identify a consistent approach across all children’s centres and private settings offering the 2 yr places

• To develop relevant training packages to support practitioners• To share good practice regionally through information sharing

events

First Steps• Introduction – meet with you all today and making

appointments to visit you in your settings• Parental engagement self evaluation toolkit:– Purpose of the toolkit is to gather evidence of good

practice regarding parental engagement– To develop a support package formulated from the

evidence gathered– To form case studies and share information

Next Steps

• The information gathered from the toolkit will inform future planning

• A robust training package will be developed in order to support practitioners in all settings

• To support and encourage effective partnership working• Arrange events to share good practice with other authorities,

first one in September and will cover West and East Midlands• To identify elements of good practice that will be used in

developing a mentoring and coaching programme• To assist in the identification and development of effective

communication strategies across service providers; which supports achieving positive outcomes for families

Activity

We would like your views regarding the parental engagement toolkit:

• Please discuss in your groups and feedback to the facilitator

• Your views will be taken into account and the amended toolkit will be sent out to all settings

Parental Engagement Toolkit

Barriers to delivering the 2 year old offer

Local Authority Q&A Groups

Solutions to identified barriers

Closing Remarks

Andrew WolversonWolverhampton City Council