Children and Young People’s Integrated Services
Introduction
The process of interviewing and the appointment of staff to the new structure is now
complete. Whilst a few posts will be subject to external recruitment, most have now
been filled – see the structure charts below for details. Many thanks to all who have
been involved in this process for your cooperation without which we would not have
made the progress that we have so far.
Changes
Sadly, the restructuring process will mean that a number of people will be leaving the
council over the course of the next few months. Jane Spouse left in May and Mike
Connolly will be leaving on the 22nd July. Others will follow over the course of the next
two months. Confirmation of final dates in service and in work will be provided to them
over the course of the next few days.
The New Structure
The new structure will take effect as of the 5th September when the two new locality
hubs open for business. Council staff involved in this move should already have
received a briefing on when they will need to pack (by Friday 2 nd September) in
preparation for the move. Some staff may move to their new posts / locations slightly
before or after that date – please discuss with your line manager. Tracey Allison (the
newly appointed Head of Integrated Services) will have joined us by then and be well
into her induction process which will include getting around tomeet staff within the
Integrated Services Division.
There is still more work to be done in clarifying some of the operational details of the
new structure. Social Care Services have a work flow protocol which sets out the links
between the new team structures – this was considered at a recent half day event for
social workers, seniors and their managers to introduce the new structure. Teams
within the Preventative Services and Specialist Services will also be producing
information which will confirm / define their roles. This should have been completed by
the time of the implementation of the new structure in September.
There have also been two further half day conferences for staff moving into the new
locality hubs which have considered issues of confidentiality in a multi-disciplinary
office, the practicalities of car parking and moving as well as an introduction to the
buildings.
Peer Review
Following the restructuring, the council has commissioned a “Peer Review” of
Safeguarding Services. As well as providing preparation for the Ofsted Safeguarding
and Looked After Children Inspection, this should provide a helpful reflection on the
arrangements for safeguarding services during the course of the autumn – for further
details, please see below.
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There will be a further update in early September but for now …. have a good summer.
If you have any questions, please send them to Caroline Churchill
(caroline.churchill@southglos.gov.uk) and a member of the Integrated Services
Management Team will respond to you.
Steve Liddicott
Interim Head of Integrated Services
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Integrated Services – Structure Charts
Integrated Services
Head of
Integrated
Services
Tracy
Allison
CAF
Coordinator
Heather
Churchill
Social Care
Service
Manager
Nick Lowe
Preventative
Services
Service
Manager
Geri
Palfreeman /
Nick Aslett
Commissioning
Corporate
Parenting
Specialist
Provision
Service
Manager
Lesley Raison
Special
Educational
Needs
Team Manager
Christine
Jamrozy
Business
Support
Services
Manager
TBA
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Social Care
Social Care
Service
Manager
Nick Lowe
Social Care
Team
Manager
North
Anne Coyle
Contact,
Referral and
Assessment
Practice
Managers
Social Care
Team
Manager
South
Caryn
Desmond
Children in
Need, Child
Protection
Practice
Managers
Contact,
Referral and
Assessment
Practice
Managers
Through
Care Team
Manager
Simon
Turpin
Children in
Need, Child
Protection
Practice
Managers
Through
Care
Practice
Managers
Continuing
Support Service
Practice
Manager
Social Care - Localities
Social Care
North
Patchway
Team Manager
Anne Coyle
Duty & Assessment
Practice Managers
Debbie Whitcliffe
Vacancy
Cin / CP
Practice Managers
Doreen Luff
Catriona Law
Social Care
South
Kingswood
Team Manager
Caryn Desmond
Duty & Assessment
Practice Managers
Siobhan McGrath
Fran Hepden
Cin / CP
Practice Managers
Helen Moore
Becky Gregory
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Social Care – Through Care
Through Care
Team Manager
Simon Turpin
Practice Managers
Jo Dumbarton
Matt Sully
Vacancies (x2)
Continuing Support Service
Practice Manager
Jennie Miller
Preventative Services - 1
Preventative
Services
Service
Manager
Geri
Palfreeman /
Nick Aslett
Integrated
Service
Clusters
Team
Manager
North
Jim
Anderson
Youth
Offending
Team
Team
Manager
Education
Psychology
Exclusions
CME
EHE
Teenage
Pregnancy
Officer
Drug and
Alcohol
Service
Coordinator
Steve
Waters
Simon
Jones
Sue Bowers
Lottie
Lawson
Amanda
Davies
Integrated
Service
Clusters
Team
Manager
South
Claire Bell
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Preventative Services - North
Integrated Service
Clusters
Team Manager
North
Patchway
Jim Anderson
Parenting Coordinator
Fred Ehresmann
Integrated Children’s
Centre Support
Practice Managers
Gail Amphlett (North)
Wendy Rycroft (East)
Integrated Youth
Support
Practice Manager
Margaret Lamb
Integrated Family
Solutions Service
Practice Manager
Mick Kew
Integrated Learning
Support
Practice Manager
Paula Young
Preventative Services – South
Integrated Service
Clusters
Team Manager
South
Kingswood
Claire Bell
Parenting Coordinator
Jennifer Hill
Integrated Children’s
Centre Support
Practice Managers
Kerry Pugsley (South)
Integrated Youth
Support
Practice Manager
Paul Godwin
Integrated Family
Solutions Service
Practice Manager
Kim Orchard
Integrated Learning
Support
Practice Manager
Guy Halley
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Specialist Services
Commissioning,
Corporate Parenting,
Specialist Provision
Service Manager
Lesley Raison
Child Health and
Disabilities
Team Manager
Family Placement
Team Managers
Senior Contracts and
Procurement Officer
Ross Chick
Tamsin Cowls
Nicky Godfrey
Partnership Officer
Nigel Shipley
Christine Brown
Children’s Support &
Participation Officer
Simon Machin
Specialist Services - 1
Child Health
and Disabilities
Family Placement
Team
Managers
Team Manager
Tamsin Cowls
Christine Brown
Nicky Godfrey
Practice Managers
Damien Phillips
Deborah Brown
Senior
Occupational
Therapist
Clare Beavins
(Tamsin Cowls)
Practice Managers
Lyn Moger
Cynthia Simon
(Nicky Godfrey)
Practice Manager
Carrie Quinn
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Special Educational Needs
Team Manager
Special Educational Needs
Christine Jamrozy
Education Officers
Nathan Roe
Mo Williams
Section Leader
Frances Blackmore
Business Support Services
Business Support
Services Manager
TBA
Deputy Business
Support Services Manager
(North)
Jackie Charlick
Assistant Locality
Business
Support Manager
Claire Green
(Patchway)
Assistant Locality
Business
Support Manager
Amanda Lowe
(Yate & Badminton)
Deputy Business
Support Services Manager
(South)
Tracey Merrett
Assistant Locality
Business
Support Manager
Kayleigh Dyer
(Kingswood & Youth Hub)
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Safeguarding Children Peer Challenge
Briefing Note Issue One
July 2011
1. What
The Safeguarding Children Peer Challenge is a supportive but challenging approach to help
councils and their partners acknowledge what they do well and identify their own areas for
improvement. The main purpose is to stimulate local discussion about how the council and its
partners can become more effective in delivering improved outcomes for children and young
people. This is not an inspection but will help us to examine our practice and consider any
implications for inspection.
2. Who
A team of five or six local government officers from other authorities together with a lead member
and a health service representative will be onsite for a week.
3. When
This onsite work will be from October 17th to the 21st 2011. There will be preparatory work before
that time including the completion of a survey and a case mapping exercise (see below).
4. Themes that will be explored
The broad areas for investigation will be:
The quality of frontline practice
The effectiveness and impact of early intervention services
Care planning for children looked after
The service response to diversity and equality issues in frontline practice
How the council and its partners are monitoring and improving performance including the quality of
practice
The impact of the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) and its role in the future
5. Preparation
A number of colleagues from the council, health, the voluntary sector, police and other partners will
be invited to complete an online questionnaire. We will consult partners and inform participants
well in advance of the survey period. This survey will be very important in helping the team to get
an accurate picture of practice in South Gloucestershire. A set of documents and a Data
Summary will be produced and sent to the challenge team. The case mapping activity will involve
several colleagues from the authority and its partners in examining four or more randomly chosen
cases that meet specific criteria. The aim is to get a snapshot of the partnership working regarding
safeguarding in the area. The group involved in this activity will need to meet three of four times to
complete this work. Participants will be invited well before the first meeting.
6. What will happen during the Challenge Week?
The peer challenge team will present the provisional findings of their offsite analysis at the
beginning of the week. There will be interviews, focus groups and visits from Monday afternoon on
the 17th Oct until Thursday afternoon. We will organise the schedule for this during September and
inform participants as soon after this as we can. On Friday 21 st Oct there will be a Feedback and
Prioritisation Conference for key partners. At this important event there will be a presentation of
the initial findings as well as an opportunity to explore the reality of safeguarding in South
Gloucestershire and to help form the priorities for action that will result from the Peer Challenge.
7. Further information
Local Government Improvement and Development Safeguarding Peer Challenge webpage:
http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=15939514
Contacts:
Steve Liddicott – steve.liddicott@southglos.gov.uk Tel: 01454 865904
Tom Morrison - tom.morrison@southglos.gov.uk Tel: 01454 868925
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