Children, Young People & Families Stakeholder Partnership Events provide a very important forum for Oldham's Children's Trust
The events take place three times each year and bring together a wide range of individuals that work with and deliver services to children, young people and families individuals in Oldham. This ranges from individuals working in large organisations such as Oldham Council and Primary Care Trust to individuals who work within smaller voluntary, community, faith and independent settings.
The aim of these Stakeholder Partnership Events is to shape and improve the delivery of integrated services for Oldham’s children, young people and families. It allows all those services and agencies who contribute to the five Every Child Matters outcomes for children, young people and families to come together to review the policies and priorities for Oldham.
The five Every Child Matters outcomes are:
The events aim to ‘move the vision forward’ by bringing everyone together to:
The most recent event took place on the 24th April 2008 and focused on the theme of Changing for Children.’ It looked at a number if important issues affecting children and young people including the new Children and Young People Plan 2008-11 and the progress being made in services for children with complex needs and disabilities. Attendees also had the opportunity to find out more about the JAR and contribute to preparations for September’s inspection. Delegates took part in a JAR ‘Think Tank’ exercise where they discussed in groups what life is like in Oldham for children and young people with additional and complex needs. They were asked to comment on what they thought works well, what doesn’t and why, and what we can do to improve. View the feedback from this exercise. You can find out more about the event by viewing the Powerpoint presentation.
The fourth event took place on the 21st November 2007 and focused on the theme of 'integrated working'.
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The third event took place on the 6th of June 2007 it focused on the review and refresh of the Children and Young People Strategic Plan and devlopments towards a Childrens Trust for Oldham.
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The second event on the 28th February launched Phase 2 of the Borough’s needs analysis of children and young people and an inspiring and interactive ‘talking book’ CD ROM.
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The first Stakeholder Partnership Event took place on 18 October 2006. It aimed to build upon 2005’s pioneering Visioning Conference and discussed how, as a Partnership, service providers could develop and improve outcomes for the Borough’s children, young people and families.
Delegates were asked how specific issues identified in a self-assessment of services could be addressed. The self-assessment was undertaken as part of the Borough’s Annual Performance Assessment process. Find out more about Oldham’s Annual Performance Assessment in the Inspector’s report.
If you would like to find out more about previous or future event please contact the Oldham Children’s Trust Development Officer on 0161 770 1295 or email partnershipevent@oldham.gov.uk.