Early Years Review Update
Aim of Today
 Provide an update on the Early Years Review
 Provide information on our proposals for a refreshed Early
Years Offer
 Secure feedback on our proposals for
the Health and Wellbeing
component of the integrated
Early Years Offer
Our Vision
To give every child in Birmingham an equal chance
to have the best start in life so they can achieve
their full potential
Focus on supporting every child to achieve a good
level of development by the time they
start school.
Working with 80,000 children and
100,000 parents across Birmingham
Drivers for Change
 Opportunity to improve number of children assessed as
reaching a good level of development when they start
school
 Opportunity to improve consistency in delivery of
outcomes for all children and families
 Opportunity to promote take up of targeted
Early Education Services.
Our Design Principles
 Promote the early identification of need through the
universal service offer
 Be targeted
 Be responsive
 Be inclusive
 Promote service integration
 Promote sustainability
 Promote resilience and independence
 Promote value for money,.
 Promote excellence
Our Proposed New Service Offer
Early Years Offer
Health and Wellbeing
Offer
Quality health
services from
conception to
age 5
Quality
parenting
support
services
Early Education and
Childcare Offer
Quality Early
Education for
2,3 and 4 year
olds
Quality Improvement and Safeguarding
Quality
Childcare
The Health and Wellbeing Offer
Health and Wellbeing Offer
Quality health
services from
conception to age 5
Quality parenting
support services
Proposal to create a new joined up Health and Wellbeing
Offer by changing the way we deliver the following services:
• Children’s centre services
• Health visiting and Family Nurse Partnership
• Parenting support services
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding support services
Health and Wellbeing Offer:
Proposed Project Milestones
Nov Dec 15
Jan - Mar
16
Apr - Jun 16
July - Sept 16
Oct - Dec16
Jan – Mar 17
Apr Jun 17
July - Sept 17
Consultation
Consultation
and Proposal
Approval
Cabinet Report
Cabinet Cycle
Service Spec Development
Procurement
PQQ Process
ITT Process
Consultation
Consultation
and Award
Approval
Cabinet Report
Cabinet Cycle
Equality Analysis
Mobilisation
Service Start Sept
17
Mobilisation
(TBC)
Engagement / Comms Plan
Engagement
and Comms
Ongoing Engagement and Communications (as outlined In Plan)
Early Education and Childcare Offer
Early Education and
Childcare Offer
Quality Early
Education for 2,3
and 4 year olds
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Quality Childcare
Early Education Rates review
Early Years DSG Sustainability Measures 16/17
Full Time Places Policy
Day care charging policy
Early Education and Childcare
Offer: Proposed Project Milestones
Nov Dec 15
Jan - Mar
16
Apr - Jun 16
Proposal Development
Rates
Review
Approval
Implementation
Consultation
Cabinet Cycle
Nursery
Draft proposals
Schools
Sustainability
Cabinet Cycle
Analysis
Jan – Mar 17
Approval
Review
BCC
Daycare
Review
Oct - Dec16
Proposal Development
16/17
Full-Time
Places
Policy
Review
July - Sept 16
Further activity
dependent on
findings of
analysis
17/18
Implementation
Apr Jun 17
July - Sept 17
Health and Wellbeing Offer
Consultation
We value your support
 Participate in the consultation, tell us what you think
 Contribute to ongoing dialogue to help shape the detail of
service specifications, share your experience
 Encourage parents and families to get involved in the
consultation or in becoming part of a parent group to
support co-design.
 [email protected]
 www.birmingham.gov.uk/earlyyearsreview
 https://www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/people-1/earlyyears-1
Proposal – Target services to provide each
family with the right amount of support
Children and Families
Lead Organisation co-ordinates access to services for families
Universal – available to everyone
Universal Plus – targeted support for those who
need it
Information and support that all families can easily
access.
For Example:
• Health Visiting Service (to include health and
development checks)
• Information, advice about other local services
and things to do
• Support to access early education services for 3
and 4 year olds.
For children and families who need some extra
support.
For Example:
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Support for pregnant women and families
Parenting skills
Developing better speech and communication
skills
Ongoing support for children and families with
additional needs
Breastfeeding support
Support to access early education for eligible
two year olds.
Question 1
 Our vision is to provide every child with
the same chance to have a really good
start in life.
 To what extent do you agree, or
disagree, with this proposal?
Question 2
 To what extent do you agree or disagree
with our proposals for the ‘Universal
Offer’
Question 3
 To what extent do you agree, or
disagree, with the proposal to have
‘universal plus’ services, targets at
children who need more support?
Proposal – Create a single system of services
working under a lead organisation
 Commission lead organisation(s)
 Lead organisation becomes responsible for developing
and delivering services in the area for which they have
responsibility by drawing current provision into a single
system
 Lead organisation acts as a gateway to services for
children and parents, making access to and between
services simpler and less confusing
 Lead organisation facilitates information exchange
between children, families and services to ensure stories
not have to be repeated unnecessarily
Overview of services
 Advertising of local Early Years Services
 High quality advice and information to children and
families
 A range of services to meet the needs of local children
 Support for the development of local self help services run
by families for families
 Local services working together to deliver services to
children and families
 The chance for local children and families to express their
views on how services should be run
 Referrals for children and families to other services
Question 4
 To what extent do you agree, or
disagree, with the Council’s proposals
to have a single system with a lead
agency?
Question 5
 Please rate the importance of the
services proposed
Question 6
 To what extent do you agree, or
disagree, with the Council’s proposals
to support local self-help services run
by families for families?
Delivery Proposals – Rethinking the Service Model
 Focus on children and families
 Focus on service offer not buildings and centres
 Deliver services into the places children and
families use most often
 More flexible working arrangements enabled by IT
 Potential implications for existing building based
services
Question 7
 To what extent do you agree, or
disagree, with the Council’s proposals
to deliver services in the places that
children and families use most
regularly?
Quality Proposals
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Healthy weight for children
Reduction in tooth decay amongst 5 year olds
Reduction in number of hospital visits due to injury
Increase in breastfeeding amongst mums at birth and 6
weeks
Increase in self reported wellbeing amongst parents
Reduction in smoking during pregnancy and in parenthood
Improvements in communication, speech and language
skills for children
Increased percentage of parents in work or training
Question 8
 Please rate the extent to which you
agree, or disagree, with our proposed
quality measures.
Open Discussion
Proposed Early Years
Integrated Operating Model
Local Early Years Offer
Outcomes
Lead Organisation co-ordinates the Early Years Offer
School
Readiness
Lead organisation offers services to meet local needs
Children
and
Parents
Provision ofUniversal
a core early years offer
available to everyone, wherever they live in
Birmingham:
• Promotion of health, child development and
parenting skills
• Early identification of needs
• Promoting school readiness
• Promoting uptake of 15 hours of free early
education for 3 & 4 year olds
• Promotion of Early Years Offer outcomes
• Signposting to advice, information and
services in the local community
• Promotion of family resilience
Universal
Provision
of earlyPlus
help and extra support to
children and their families who need it, to be
healthy, safe and achieve their full potential:
• Targeted programmes of support to improve
specific early years offer outcomes
• Targeted support to involve marginalised
families
• Signposting and referrals of families, to local
providers in order to offer a package of care
and support
• Group and individual programmes to improve
skills and promote resilience
• Encouraging eligible 2 year olds to take up 15
hours of free early education
Ongoing support and
care planning for
children and their
families who need
intensive and specialist
interventions, provided
by other agencies.
Wellbeing
Health /
Development
Supporting services
Ensuring sufficient
early years provision;
childcare (0-16) and
Early Education
Parenting
Safeguarding
In work
Services delivered by working in partnership
• Early education for 3 & 4 year olds
• Early education for targeted 2 year olds
• Childcare and 0-5 activities from a range of
private voluntary and independent
organisations.
• Funded childcare
assessed to criteria
Services commissioned across the city
Quality Improvement childcare and Early Education
Working with Partners and Stakeholders
Performance
and
Measures