Voluntary, Community and Social
Enterprise Organisations’
contributions to Early Help – SSCB
Practitioner Forum Nov 2014
Louise Murray – Salford CVS Deputy Chief Executive
Salford’s Early Help Strategy
• Support children, young people, families and
communities to help themselves whenever
possible.
• Make sure all services can quickly spot
children, young people or families who might
need extra help from them.
• Make sure all services act quickly as soon as
they know help is needed.
State of the Sector Report 2013
• 1,364 community and voluntary organisations,
co-operatives and social enterprises (VCSE’s)
in Salford
• Sector income in 2011/12 of £145 million
• 5, 300 people employed in sector
• 37,000 volunteers in VCSE’s
• Volunteers give 137,000 hours each week
Economic Impact
• Estimated £145 million total income in 2011-12
of which SCC £10.2m and £7 m NHS Salford
• Estimated 5,300 employees providing a GVA of
£117.7 million per annum
• Contribution of volunteers valued at £122.7
million each year
• Paid staff and volunteers contribute equivalent
£240.4 million ‘Gross Value Added’ to the economy
A Diverse Sector
• Majority of Salford organisations are micro and
small (84%) & receive just 8% of total income
• 92% of income received by medium and large
orgs
• 57 % of all income received by 42 organisations
• Large organisations employ 59% of paid
workforce & medium organisations employ 35%
• 38% organisations receive no public sector
funding
Children's Services and VCSE’s
Strengths:
• Sector Dial: sector communications and
leadership
• External Agency Dial: commissioning practices
and communication/consultation
Development Areas:
• Sector Dial: sector resources
• External Agency Dial: sharing resources and
maximising impact
Partnership Challenge
• How can we share resources between VCSE
and public sector organisations and maximise
impact on early help?
• What are the barriers and how can these be
overcome?
• What are the opportunities and benefits for
Salford families?
Opportunities and benefits…
• Reach to specific communities
• Trust of families, children, young people
• Different activities and strategies for
engagement e.g. peer challenge and support
• Complement statutory interventions
• Support children, young people, families and
communities to help themselves
• May offer advocacy and support families
through processes
Barriers…
• Lack of awareness of what VCSE’s there are in
Salford
• Need to develop trust and relationships
• Expectations of organisations given diversity
of sector – proportionality of expectations to
size and expertise/experience
• Confidentiality
• Safeguarding practices
Salford Safeguarding Standards
Salford Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB)
Safeguarding Standards for the Voluntary &
Community Sector
• Salford CVS developed in partnership with
other members of the SSCB and Children’s
Commissioners
• Support available from Salford CVS for VCSE’s
to implement
Salford Safeguarding Standards
The 20 standards cover the following:
• Accountability and Information Sharing
• Organisations’ policies and procedures
• Reporting concerns, suspicions and allegations
• Safe recruitment and selection
• Management and support of paid staff and
volunteers
• Providing safer activities and trips
Salford Safeguarding Standards
• Voluntary organisations commissioned by
Salford City Council to provide services for
children, young people and families are asked
to demonstrate how they meet the
safeguarding standards
• Groups not commissioned can still implement
the standards through self-assessment and
identify areas for improvement with the
support of Salford CVS
Salford Safeguarding Standards
All organisations whatever size can benefit from
implementing the standards
Published on SSCB website at:
http://www.partnersinsalford.org/sscb/safeguar
dingstandards.htm
• Standards, Guidance, Evidence Record, Action
Plan and contacts for support available at
https://www.salfordcvs.co.uk/salfordcvs/children-and-young-people
Child Protection and Safeguarding
Awareness training
• Salford CVS delivers Basic Safeguarding
Awareness training five times a year, including
on Saturdays.
• This is verified by the SSCB Training Sub Group
• Dates and booking at:
https://www.salfordcvs.co.uk/SCVStraining
Joint Working Protocol
• To help outline the mutual expectations of
public services working with VCSE
organisations in child and family context
• What do you want to see it include?
Workshop Exercise
Using one or more case studies of VCSE’s
offering early help and thinking about the
families you work with:
• What are the benefits of partnership working
with VCSE’s to services and families?
• How might we promote these benefits more
effectively to frontline practitioners?
• What are the barriers to working effectively
together? How might they be overcome?
Louise Murray – Salford CVS Deputy
Chief Executive
louise.murray@salfordcvs.co.uk
Tel: 0161 787 7795
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