Blackpool Children and Young People S Plan
Appendix 7(b)
BLACKPOOL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S PLAN
PRIORITY 3: Reduce <18 Teenage Conceptions.
Lead Officer: Sue Crouch Lead Member: Rae Howard
Steering Group: Teenage Pregnancy Partnership Steering Group.
Interface with children and young people: Health Sub group of BYPC.
Relationship to other Service/Business Plans: Plan is fed into by many other service/ business plans including Early Years Plan, Youth services plan, Sexual health Plan, Public Health Plan, Connexions Delivery Plan, Education Development Plan, Family Support Strategy, Corporate Parenting Plan and the emerging NSF Plan. This plan also feeds into the LAA Plan and the LSP Community Plan.
Strategic Direction/ Actions / Operational Actions / IdentifiedResponsibility / Resource
Identification / Key Performance
Indicators / Key Milestones/ delivery Dates / Progress Report
3.1. Mainstream Blackpool's teenage pregnancy strategy and ensure it is embedded into core business and core funding streams. / 3.1.1 Ensure the sustainability of the strategy once LIG funding ceases. / Lead Officer / LIG Funding =£129k per annum until 2008. / TP Team as part of integrated Youth Services / Included in core budget estimates for 08/09. / Trust agreed to underwrite LIG funded projects for the life of the plan.
LIG funding extended for 3 years.
3.1.2 Clarify arrangements for the performance management and development of the strategy. / Lead Officer / Part of posts, CYPD. / Annual reports to Children’s Trust. / Review Priority 3 Plan March 08.
Implementation plan developed and agreed. Sept 07
Quarterly reports to GONW and Trust. / Three year priority three action plan updated. Feeds into Children’s Trust Board.
Implementation plan developed in light of self assessment toolkit, feds into Priority three plan.
3.1.3 Define and develop core team needed to deliver the strategy. / Lead Officer/ TP Coordinator. / To be identified through departmental restructuring. / Team developed and in place. / Team identity developed. Oct 07
Business plan written. Nov 07
Targets Achieved March 09. / Team appointed end of August. Currently on induction, with team building/planning days organised for Oct.
3.1.4 Mainstream the work of the teenage pregnancy midwives. / Connexions/ Acute trust. / Connexions/ Acute trust. / Midwives continue to be included in service plans. / Review funding March 08 / Posts continued to be renewed annually, following review.
3.1.6 Ensure that young peoples sexual health services/ teenage pregnancy prevention work remain a priority within the LDP. / Director of Public Health. / LDP / Work included in PCT LDP. / 100% specialist Connect health services mainstreamed by PCT
VYWW is mainstreamed March 2008 / Ad Health, Director of Public Health and Public Health specialist all promoting work.
Shift the focus of Blackpool’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy toward Prevention / 3.2.1 Increase current level of provision against the 4- tiered model and identify existing current effective interventions and priority areas for development. / TP Coordinator / Core team.
To be identified where necessary / Prevention work mapped and delivered. / Stakeholders day Dec 07
Organisation commitments identified- April 08.
Commitments included in 08/09 plan. Feb 08 / Core and virtual team developed and delivering against model.
Stakeholder day to follow in Dec to capacity build against model.
3.2.2 Implement the communications strategy that supports the emphasis on prevention. / Media Lead. / Media lead contracted / Prevention messages conveyed. / 10 messages transmitted yearly
2 Targeted campaigns provided / Media articles include Buzz bus launch, sexual health week and the new TP team introduced.
3.2.3 Identify suitable partnership interventions to address low aspirations and self- esteem in Blackpool’s girls and young women. / Priority 9 Lead / IYS / Establish a monitoring system for no of young women targeted with interventions. / Projects Identified Dec 07
Agree actions arising from Liverpool research / Respect charter, and Choices course are currently being delivered.
Exploring feasibility of developing role models.
3.2.4 Explore the feasibility of establishing a Teenager to Tots programme. / Principal Youth Officer/ TPC / TBI / 30 young people trained / Funding to be agreed by April 08 / Negotiations are underway with the PYO , Springboard and BHLP.
3.3 Study, select, adapt and apply effective practice from other areas of the country and utilise data to inform strategy. / 3.3.1 Utilise the support available from the TPU, GONW and TPC Network in order to underpin development with research and good practice examples. / Teenage Pregnancy Coordinator / In house. / Good practice examples and visit reports feature in TP minutes. / NST visit Oct 07
Agree SRE actions arising from partnership with Stockport
TPC to attend regional meetings / Nst visit organised, with most interviews booked.
PSHE Lead is linking into North West pilot.
3.3.2 Investigate the social ‘Norming’ messages successful in America / TPC / To be identified / Establish appropriate normative messages / Social norming projects sought & evaluated. Oct 07
Project piloted & evaluated in 1 school. March 08 / High rate school identified.
3.3.3 Ensure the strategy is underpinned by effective use of local data through the development of a Data Task group. / TPC / Data is available and strategy informed. / Data issue Prioritized by Partners April 07
Data task group formed June 07
Terms of reference in place. Aug 07
Data Strategy including Data Sharing protocols developed Nov 07
Data provided at PSG & SIG- Quarterly / Data group established. MIT, Connexions. Health attendance currently unclear. Taken to partnership to address.
3.4. Increase access to sexual health and contraceptive advice, targeting those young people who are most vulnerable to known risk factors. / 3.4.1Increase the percentage of schools where a Sexual Health Service is readily available. / AD Health. / £45k LDP per annum until 2008. / % of schools offering Sexual Health Service.
(LAA) / SHS definition agreed Sept 07
Increase by
20% 07/08,
33% 08/09) / 3 tiered sexual health definition produced, agreed and included within SRE Policy.
37.5% achieved at 2nd quarter.
3.4.2 Increase the uptake of long-term contraception prescribed by specialist young peoples services / Connect Coordinator. / Part of posts +
£36K LDP additional. / No of long -term contraception prescribed. (LAA) / Numbers audited- yearly.
Increase achieved
06/07- 77
07/08- 117 / 72 insertions at 1st quarter.
3.4.3 Ensure other health settings, specifically GP Surgeries, provide young people friendly services. / Clinical Governance Lead/ TP Coordinator. / £2k resource materials / No of health settings achieving Quality mark. / Blackpool included in Your Welcome Pilot Aug 07
Implement March 08 / Selection criteria has been developed and Blackpool have opted for School nurses/ health mentors, Buzz bus, TOP services and 2 GPs to be included in Pilot.
3.4.4 Increase the availability of EHC. / Children’s Lead, Public Health. / Training and EHC costs to be determined- PCT / No of partners issuing increased.
No of EHC issued increased. / Partners identified June 07
Protocol established (inc competencies) Sep 07
Audit system devised March 08
Baseline established. / Health visitors and health mentors identified as partners, Proposal out for consultation.
3.4.5 Ensure equity of service across town through the development of the mobile provision. / Principal Youth Officer/ TP Coordinator. / £70k Capital LDP.
£15K pa HIF running costs (until 2008) / No of contacts achieved through provision. / Sessional staff identified Sep 07
4 areas covered Sep 07
Numbers audited- Yearly.
Ambient materials produced August 07 / Bus officially and successfully launched in Sept. Prior to launch the bus did a schools tour in July, covering 5 schools, 2 PRU’s and 2 special schools.
Timetable now complete covering 5 high rate wards.
3.4.6 Roll out C Card scheme across Blackpool and encourage a multi- agency approach. / Connect Coordinator / Condom and cards costs / No of young people signed up.
No of agencies/ venues part of scheme. / Data base established Sept 07
5 Venues by Dec 07
10 venues by 08
15 venues by 09.
Numbers audited / Data base and supporting documentation designed.
Implementation training for youth workers organised.
3.4.7 Ensure young people have access to a local TOP service, which provides pre and post counselling and contraception. / Public Health Specialist. / Cost per case- LDP. / % accessing before 9 week gestation / TOP commissioning explored. Oct 07
TOP services included in You’re Welcome Aug 07
Counsellor appointed June 07
Access Audited March 08 / Marie Stopes >16 provided has signed up to you’re welcome pilot.
AD Health and children’s commissioner, PCT are exploring block contract with hospital for <16 TOP.
3.4.8 Develop clear signposting messages for young people and communicate effectively. / Media Lead. / Costs to be identified. / Young people aware of service. / Branding system established march 08
Services advertised in at least 6 ways. March 07 / Connect promoted through notice boards in schools & pru’s, website, within youth centres, children’s centres.
3.4.9 Investigate the potential of linking in sexual health into private providers such as Barista. / PYO / Cost to be identified / Improved access to sexual health services / Barista approached June 07
Staff identified Aug 08
Numbers audited April 08 / Initial contact made between access and participation unit and Barista manager.
Sexual health outreach workers identified.
3.4.10 Target sexual health services to identified vulnerable groups. / Connect Coordinator / Improved access to sexual health services / At risk groups identified through national evidence. April 07
Drop ins delivered Weekly.
No’s audited March 08
Systems created to measure destinations prior to pregnancy March 08 / Groups identified currently are YOT, Beneast, LAC, Foyer.
Sexual health outreach nurses have begun drop ins
3.5. Increase the capacity of schools and other settings and services, e.g. the youth service, to deliver relevant, high quality personal, social and health education. / 3.5.2 Increase the number of schools with “ Healthy Schools” status / Healthy Schools Coordinators. / Part of posts- PCT, CYPD. / % of schools with HS Status. (LAA). / 50% achieved 06/07
62% target 07/08
74% target Dec 08. / Healthy schools strategy steering group established to be chaired by AD Health to raise profile.
48% schools achieving at 1st quarter.
3.5.3 Increase number of staff, from Council and partner agencies, trained in basic sexual health awareness. (appropriate initial advice, signposting and referral). / TP Trainer / To be identified through departmental restructuring. £20k LAA Pump Priming. / 75% of professionals trained. (LAA) / Delivery Mechanism designed Nov 07
100% of partner staff identified
Identify Monitoring system
25% -07
50%-08
75% -09 / Draft DVD produced.
Supporting Pack currently in production to include Fraser guidelines, confidentiality, delay messages service information and referral pathways.
100% identified through Selima.
3.5.4 Develop and deliver a Tier 2 programme of training for identified partner agencies / TP Trainer / IYS. / 75% of partner staff trained / Training developed and implemented Sept 07
Current training needs audited Sept 07
75% IYS staff trained by April 08
75% of identified Trust staff Prioritised 08/09 / Multi agency virtual training team created.
Programme designed.
153 staff identified.
35 workers trained including PWO & College staff.
3.5.5 Increase number of vulnerable/ at risk young people aged 12-16 engaged in single-gendered group work, and 1 to 1 work. / TP Coordinator / TP Core Team / No’s of vulnerable young people engaged in group- work (LAA) and 1to1 interventions. / No’s engaged in group work targets:
07/08 100
08/09 150
Protocol established and referral system agreed 1/1 work Oct 07
Nos audited March / 148 young women engaged in group work in first quarter.
I to 1 worker appointed in August.
Referral forms designed and service promoted in ed diversity, Streetlife, foyer.
3.5.6 Develop strategy for consistent high quality SRE across all schools and PRU’s. / AD Learning & Achievement/SRE Coordinator. / Part of post CYPD.
+ Core team. / SRE consistent across schools. / Current SRE provision to be mapped and reported on at quarterly SIG and PSG meetings.
SRE Strategy developed. March 08
SRE policy Agreed Sept 07 / Strategy development task group formed and chaired by PSHE Consultant.
Representatives from education settings, training providers &faith organisations in attendance.
3.5.7 Further develop a peer education programme within secondary schools and FE settings. / TPC
. / £5k LIG
£20K Alcohol Strategy. / No of peer education programmes running. / Peer education programme review and report Nov 07.
Peers trained 160 Sept 08
Secondary recipients 800
8 organisations engaged
No of peer educators trained / 118 yp have been trained as peer educators, with 761 young people delivered to.
Project has covered 6/8 schools and meetings are in place to target remaining 2 schools.
3.5.8 Ensure SRE is responsive to the needs of young people in Blackpool via various consultations. / SRE Coordinator/ Healthy Schools Coordinators. / £16k identified from PCT, DRG and CYPD for SHEU. / Young people consulted. / SHEU findings inform delivery June 07
SRE questionnaire produced for BYPC Website. Oct 07
Electronic Sexual health behaviour & SRE survey implemented in 4 schools. March 08 / SHEU findings presented to the Children’s Trust and Partnership steering group. Findings will inform SRE Strategy.
Young persons group formed to develop website questionnaire.
3.5.9 Develop and implement a comprehensive SRE Policy for the Children’s Trust. / SRE Consultant. / Print costs TBI / Policy in place. / Policy produced and disseminated Sep 07.
Launch and disseminated Nov 07 / Policy produced and agreed by Trust.
Print options being explored.
3.6. Work with parents and carers through children’s centres and other settings to support them in talking to their dren about sex and relationships.
. / 3.6.1 Educate and encourage parents to raise the aspirations of their children and encourage them to make healthy life choices. / TPC
. / SRE added onto Parenting Programmes.
March 08
Raising Aspirations included in Speakeasy. March 08 / The parenting Coordinator has been invited to attend SIG meetings. Awaiting response.
3.6.2 Ensure mechanisms are in place to continue the delivery and accreditation of Speakeasy coursesacross the town. / TP Coordinator.
. / £1000 for accreditation costs. / No of parents trained and accredited. / 60 Parents trained March 08
60 Parents March 09
Additional staff training Sept 08.
Quarterly staff trainers network meetings / Current numbers are not available owing to monitoring systems failing.
New systems to be put in place and the importance of running courses promoted.
3.6.3 Explore ways of incorporating SRE into schools parent evenings. / TP Team Leader / No of schools offering SRE as part of parent’s evenings. / Agreed scheme of work with schools for academic year 07/08 under IYS Youth Offer / No progress to date.
3.6.4 Implement the National Care Standards within all LA Children’s homes and 2 private homes. / DM Targeted Services / No of homes achieving Standard. / Homes undertake self assessment Sept 07
4 Homes achieve standard March 08
3 Homes achieve standard 09. / 2 homes have completed assessment.
Sexual health Champions have been identified in both homes.
3.6.5 As part of the Corporate parenting plan, ensure foster carers have sufficient knowledge around SRE and SH services. / DM Targeted Services / No foster carers trained. / SRE included in health section of plan Sept 07
Delivery mechanisms identified. Sept 07
No’s audited March 08 / Health section of plan is being developed.