Are we there yet? Improving governance and resource management in children’s trusts (29th October 2008)
This report examined the progress local councils and their partners are making in developing children's trusts. The report concludes that the 'children's trusts' created by the government after the death of Victoria Climbie have been confused and confusing. Five years after the green paper Every Child Matters and eight years after the child's death, 'there is little evidence of better outcomes for children and young people' resulting from the requirement that local areas in England set up arrangements to coordinate children's services. A third of directors of children's services say that their partner organisations are 'unclear' of the purpose of children's trusts, and the uncertainty is hampering their efforts to deliver better services. However the study did find that progress has been made in bringing professionals together, but sometimes by navigating around the 'centrally-directed approach'. Local agreements worked better than external direction.
Report
Summary
Self-assessment tool
Information sharing: Guidance for practitioners and managers (October 2008)
This guidance is for practitioners who provide services to children, young people and adults, who have to make decisions about sharing personal information on a case-by-case basis. It is also for managers and advisors who support these practitioners in their decision making and for others with responsibility for information governance.
Guidance
This report examined the progress local councils and their partners are making in developing children's trusts. The report concludes that the 'children's trusts' created by the government after the death of Victoria Climbie have been confused and confusing. Five years after the green paper Every Child Matters and eight years after the child's death, 'there is little evidence of better outcomes for children and young people' resulting from the requirement that local areas in England set up arrangements to coordinate children's services. A third of directors of children's services say that their partner organisations are 'unclear' of the purpose of children's trusts, and the uncertainty is hampering their efforts to deliver better services. However the study did find that progress has been made in bringing professionals together, but sometimes by navigating around the 'centrally-directed approach'. Local agreements worked better than external direction.
Report
Summary
Self-assessment tool
Information sharing: Guidance for practitioners and managers (October 2008)
This guidance is for practitioners who provide services to children, young people and adults, who have to make decisions about sharing personal information on a case-by-case basis. It is also for managers and advisors who support these practitioners in their decision making and for others with responsibility for information governance.
Guidance
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