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Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Working Together to deliver for
Children and Families
Lambeth Children‟s Centre
Conference
23 November 2007
Stella Clarke
AD Community Children‟s Service
Raising standards - improving
outcomes
• Childcare Act 2006: duty for local authorities
working together with their NHS and
Jobcentre Plus partners to;
‘Improve the Every Child Matters outcomes
for all young children in their area and
reduce inequalities between them’
Where do Children‟s Centres fit in?
„Children‟s Centres are at the heart of the Every
Child Matters Programme and will play a
central role particularly in reducing inequalities
in outcomes for those in areas of high
disadvantage‟
The future for Children‟s Centres -
funding and guidance 2008-2011
• Confirmation of Children‟s Centres as a universal
and mainstream provision alongside schools
• Sustained emphasis on concentrating resources on
deprived areas
• Emphasis on outreach - response to ongoing Sure
Start evaluation
• Focus on Children‟s Centre Manager as key figure in
co-ordinating services and directing resources
Children‟s Centres in Lambeth
• 13 open and 26 in total by 2008
– largest Children‟s Centre programme in London
– Universal coverage of under 5s
– Mix of maintained and voluntary sector settings
– Phase 1 : working towards delivery of full core offer
– Phase 2: capital builds and designation plans
– Phase 3: funding allocation received
– One O Clock Clubs
What services can children and families
expect at a Children‟s Centre?
• Integrated early learning and childcare
• Family support and parenting
• Health: midwifery, health visitors, speech and
language therapy
• Jobcentre Plus services
• Information and advice
Commissioning family support services
• Joint Commissioning Group
– Local authority, PCT, voluntary sector, parents
• Research on local needs and level of services
already provided
• Consultation in localities with parents
• Types of services to be commissioned
• Voluntary sector lead on bids
• Timetable for process – January annoucement of
successful bids
Progress towards the core offer in phase
1
• 4 on site childcare under 3s
• 5 on site childcare 3 and 4
• 2 extended day
• All have childminder associate carer scheme and
childminder drop in
• Good practice emerging on family support linked to
local need
• Links to wide range of organisations across the
statutory, voluntary and community sector
• Some gaps – e.g. outreach, working with fathers
How will Children‟s Centre services be
delivered?
• Seamless, integrated
• Outreach to excluded families
• Involving parents
• Involving PVI providers
• Taking account of views of young children
How will we know if Children‟s Centres
are successful?
• Children‟s Centre self evaluation
• National indicators for Children‟s Centres cover
– Foundation Stage Profile
– Obesity
– Breastfeeding
– No. of under 5s dependent on workless benefits
– 16-19 mothers in education, employment and training
– Access for excluded groups
• Local indicators eg: smoking, post natal depression
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
JCP & Children’s Centre
Achieving Together &
Reducing Child Poverty
Bal Virdee
Childcare Partnership Manager
bal.virdee@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk
Child Poverty in Lambeth
Reduction of Child Poverty is DWP‟s number one
priority. Target to halve child poverty by 2010 and
eradicate it by 2020.
Raise employment rate to 80%
Contribute to increasing the number of children in
lower income families using formal childcare
Child Poverty in Lambeth (children aged 0-16
dependent on workless benefits- IS, IB, JSA) :
20,010 (35%)
Lone parents in receipt of benefits: 7,970. Target to
get 70% of lone parents back to work
Highest concentration of lone parents in Coldharbour,
Vassall, Tulse Hill & Stockwell
Events in the Children’s Centres
Access to Work and Success
Two week intensive programme in Children‟s Centres
delivered by specialist tutors covering modules which
include motivation, CV preparation, job search
techniques, presentational skills etc
Four-week structured job search activities at the
Tomorrows People Trust‟s Centre in Kennington which
include 1-1 jobsearch support, interview preparation
and counselling support.
13 weeks initial “in work” support to maximise
sustained employment.
Childcare throughout the programme
Where?
Access to Work and Success
Events have been held in Partnership with the following
Children‟s Centres :
Kennington Park Children‟s Centre (June, July, Sept, Oct)
Jubilee School (August)
Stockwell Children‟s Centre (Sept, Nov, Jan ‟08, March
‟08)
St Stephens Primary School (Nov, Feb‟08, Mar ‟08)
Clapham Manor (Jan ‟07)
Sure Start Tulse Hill (Feb ‟07)
Success stories
70 lone parents have gone into work through this
programme and we are expecting more results
shortly! All 70 of these lone parents were long term
unemployed and have found employment in Sales,
School Learning Support Assistants, Prison Service,
Accounts Assistant, Transport for London, Social
Work and Call Centres.
43 of the lone parents were from the Lambeth
Children‟s Centres
Jobcentre Plus Group Presentations in
Children‟s Centres
30.10.2007 Kennington Park Children‟s Centre
in Parents House. Crèche facilities were made
available to parents.
Event held in partnership with Children‟s
Centre, REED, Work Directions, Skills UK and
JCP
All attendees agreed to participate with at least
one of the programmes being offered by
providers
More events to be planned 2008
Key Lambeth Jobcentre Plus Contacts
Brixton Brixton Hill Clapham Common
Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus
Karen Ruby Ade Fajemisin Jo Patel
Karen.ruby@jobcentreplus.g ADE.FAJEMISIN@jobcentre JYOTIKA.PATEL@jobcentre
si.gov.uk plus.gsi.gov.uk plus.gsi
.gov.uk
Kennington Stockwell Streatham Jobcentre
Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus Plus
Jennifer Stephenson Terry Paul Lateef Ademokoya
Jennifer.a.stephenson1@job Terry.paul@jobcentreplus.gsi
LATEEF.ADEMOKOYA@job
centreplus.gsi.gov.uk .gov.uk
centreplus.gsi.gov.uk
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Working Together To Improve Health
Outcomes & Reduce Inequalities
Ying Butt
Children Integration Partnership Manager
Lambeth PCT
Policy Context
Health inequalities are unacceptable. They
start early in life and persist not only into old
age but subsequent generations.
Tackling health inequalities is a top priority.
Policy Context
Health inequalities are the result of a complex and
wide-ranging network of factors. People who
experience material disadvantage, poor housing,
lower educational attainment, insecure
employment or homelessness are among those
more likely to suffer poorer health outcomes and
an earlier death compared with the rest of the
population.
Lambeth PCT’s Response
to Children’s Centre
Programmes
Reshape services
Build partnerships to deliver services
User involvement
Service Development to Meet
Need
Redesign of Health Visiting service
Renaming- “Healthy Start Service” (2005)
Creating teams to deliver services
Intensive support to the most vulnerable
Evaluating the redesign ( 2007)
Service Development to Meet
Need Cont.
Developmental assessments –
Loughborough
Baby clinic & developmental reviews – Effra
Baby clinic & developmental reviews-
Loughborough
Service Development to Meet
Need Cont.
2 year checks – Jubilee & Holmewood
Breast feeding café - Effra
Speech & Language Therapy
Input
Focus
Health Promotion
Preventative programmes
Examples of Service
„Baby Babble Bag‟
Advice clinics and „drop ins‟
Parent and toddler groups
Training
Evaluation
Dietetic Services
Weaning parties
Cook & eat sessions
Training
1 to 1 sessions
Parenting group
Home visits
Key PCT Contacts:
Children Service Managers
Kate Morgan -SE Locality Kate.Morgan@lambethpct.nhs.uk
Eleanora Bennie- N Locality Eleanora.Bennie@lambethpct.nhs.uk
Daphne Horton – SW Locality Daphne.Horton@lambethpct.nhs.uk
Speech & Language Therapy
Jane Conway-Mary Sheridan Centre
Jane.Conway@lambethpct.nhs.uk
Dietetics
Carys Marke- Carys.Marke@lambethpct.nhs.uk
More to Come
"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried
not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I
have discovered the secret that after climbing a great
hill, one only finds that there are more hills to climb. I
have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of
the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on
the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a
moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I
dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended."
Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom 1994
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
Community Children’s Service
2nd Annual Lambeth Children‟s
Centre Conference
„the journey so far…‟
Friday 23 November 2007
