Executive summary

This Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) is the key strategic plan for Hampshire’s Children’s Trust, establishing priorities for the delivery of services to children, young people and families. The focus of the Plan is on improving the lives of the county’s children and young people across the five Every Child Matters outcomes by tackling barriers to learning, improving health and breaking cycles of disadvantage.

Section 1 – Vision and priorities

This CYPP identifies six priorities for all those working with children and young people in Hampshire. These have been developed through an analysis of need and consultation with children, young people, their parents/carers and all Children’s Trust partners. Furthermore, all priorities align to the Every Child Matters outcomes and national Children’s Plan 2020 goals.

Hampshire priorities:

1. Reducing the incidence and impact of poverty on the achievement and life chances of children and young people.

2. Securing children and young people’s physical, spiritual, social, emotional and mental health, promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing inequalities.

3. Providing opportunities to learn that raise children and young people’s aspirations, encourage excellence and enable them to enjoy and achieve beyond their expectations.

4. Ensuring that children and young people are safe and feel safe, enabling them to build resilience and personal confidence.

5. Providing vocational, leisure and recreational activities that provide opportunities for children and young people to experience success and make a positive contribution.

6. Removing barriers to access, participation and achievement and not tolerating discrimination and abuse.

Section 2 – Making it happen

To deliver this CYPP, Hampshire’s Children’s Trust will strive to realise further improvements in the way services for children and young people are planned and delivered. These improvements will emerge from a range of processes, including:

• engaging children, young people and their families in the planning, delivery and evaluation of services;

• building strong and inclusive Children’s Trust arrangements;

• strengthening early intervention and prevention strategies, including closer working between all partners;

• rigorous and robust local safeguarding arrangements;

• professional development opportunities to build the skills, expertise and capacity of the children’s workforce in Hampshire.

Improvement Plan

The Improvement Plan establishes a series of key actions for delivery of the six CYPP priorities. This section of the Plan is divided into clear sub-sections for each priority, identifying the lead partners responsible for supporting targets under each area.(see Appendix 1  175kb).

Resources, commissioning and workforce

Improved outcomes depend on effective co-ordination and use of resources. As Hampshire’s Children’s Trust develops, it will move to align budgets and streamline the way resources are commissioned, as well as making it easier to identify partners' contribution to the delivery of the CYPP.

Unlocking the potential an securing the well-being of every child and young person can only be delivered by skilled and motivated staff. Hampshire’s Children’s Trust will develop an integrated  workforce strategy, establishing the long term vision for joint working and professional development across a range of partners (see Appendix 3).

Performance management

Progress against the CYPP will be monitored twice yearly by Hampshire’s Children’s Trust, including the responsibility for management of any risks to delivery. As part of the monitoring cycle, there will be an annual refresh of the needs assessment and evaluation of associated outcomes and actions. This will ensure that the Plan remains relevant and appropriate and informs internal and external scrutiny and inspection processes.(see Appendix 4).