Time 2 Start
Two Year Offer Trials Launch
21 July 2011
Welcome
Jenny Mander & Kim Stokes
Walsall 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
WOW
Walsall
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Wolverhampton
Agenda
9.30
9.45
Arrival & Refreshments
Welcome
9.55
Activity - WoW
10.15
Overview of the 2 year offer
trials
Introduction to the Project
Sally Ellis & Rachel
Liaison Officers & their role
Cook
Activity – Barriers to
delivering the 2 year old offer
Local Authority group Q&A’s
Activity – Solutions to the
identified barriers
Andrew
Closing remarks
Wolverson
10.30
11.15
11.20
11.40
12.05
Jenny Mander &
Kim Stokes
Jenny Mander &
Kim Stokes
Lisa Hill
WoW
Jenny Mander & Kim Stokes
Overview of the Trial
Lisa Hill
Project Manager
Background
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At the beginning of 2011 DfE announced that they were
looking at trialling new approaches to the 2 yr old offer.
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They were looking at trialling the following areas:
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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 DfE
This included:
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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 Cook
Project 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 Wolverson
Wolverhampton City Council