Day 2 - Children's Services
9:30
Registration and refreshments
10:00
Opening remarks from the Chair
Kim Bromley-Derry
Director of Children's Services
London Borough of Newham
President
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS)
10:10
KEYNOTE: Children’s services performance assessment under the CAA
- What are we looking for?
- How detailed should you be in the amount of evidence you provide?
- Key lessons to learn from the first assessment
Juliet Winstanley
Divisional Manager – Local Services Inspection
Ofsted
10:35
Working together
- What we have learnt about cross inspectorate working
- Outcomes for residents in an area: Scoring and flags
Gale Waller
Regional Lead for Children and Young People
Audit Commission
11:00
Question and answer session
11:10
Morning refreshments
11:40
Undertaking voluntary self assessments: Lessons learnt from year 1
- How should you undertake the self assessment? Key principles from a best practice approach
- How much information should you provide in the self assessment?
- Pulling information together from different departments
- Common self assessment challenges and ways to overcome them
- The art of writing the self assessment: Improving the way you communicate and present your organisation
Kim Bromley-Derry
Director of Children's Services
London Borough of Newham
President
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS)
Case Studies - Green Flags
Experiences to improve your own approach: Learning from areas with green flags
In this case study series we hear from local strategic partnerships with green flags for children’s services outcomes. What did they do that others can learn from?
Issues explored during the next four sessions include:
- What did we identify as the key challenges for our service?
- How did we evidence outcomes to meet performance monitoring requirements?
- How did we measure outcomes and use this analysis to inform service design?
12:20
Top-performing - Green Flag
How have Oldham achieved their Green Flags?
Michael Jameson
Director of Children's Services
Oldham Council
12:55
Question and answer session
13:05
Lunch
14:05
Top-performing - Green Flag
How did North East Lincolnshire achieve their Green Flag?
Steve Kay
Head
integrated Youth and Connextions
Lorraine Charters
Operational Manager
14:30
Top-performing - Green Flag
What made Ealing so special?
Marcella Phelan
Assistant Director
London Borough of Ealing
14:55
Question and answer session
15:10
Afternoon refreshments
15:40
Top-performing - Green Flag
Details of the organisation and what they were awarded a Green Flag for
Paula Neil
Service Manager Asylum Services
London Borough of Hillingdon
Debbie Haith
Head of Safeguarding
London Borough of Hillingdon
16:05
Panel Discussion: Joint working under the new performance framework
Speakers from the case-study sessions will join this panel discussion. Discover what they did to develop successful partnerships under the new performance framework.
16:40
