Agenda Items covered in this meeting include:
1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting / Matters Arising
2. Preventative Strategy
3. Workshop to consolidate local links/drive change on the ground
4. CAMHS Update
5. PCT Local Delivery Plan Update
6. AOB
7. Date of next meeting
Present: Debbie Jones, DCC SSD, David Shipman, DCC SSD, Paul Salter, Children North East, Frank Firth, DCC Education Department, Claire Hartley, Strategic Health Authority, Dave Smith, DCC LEA, Lynne Gregory, DCC LEA,David Miller, DCC E&TS, Liam Cairns, Investing in Children, Bernd Bangel, Sedgefield Borough Council, Christina Blythe, Co Durham Youth Offending Service, Harry Cronin, Co Durham & Darlington Priority ServicesTrust, Gill Eshelby, Co Durham Youth Offending Service, Janice Bray, Connexions County Durham, Clare Beighton (on behalf of Mark Cain), Co Durham & Darlington Priority Services Trust, David Landes, Durham Dales PCT, Tricia Cresswell, Durham & CLS PCT, Marian Dilley, Co Durham & Darlington Priority Services Trust.
Apologies: Sue Everton, Teenage Pregnancy Coordinator, Brian Key, Durham & CLS PCT, Helen Tucker, Derwentside PCT, Neil Bellerby, Centrepoint, Sharon Pickering, Co Durham & Darlington Priority Services Trust, Susan Forster, Easington PCT, Fiona Callaghan, Sure Start, Wear Valley (East), Mark Cain, CAMHS / Priority Services, Mark Gurney, DCC SSD, Neil Malkin, Police, Brian Brown, Sure Start Easington.
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting / Matters Arising
- Harry Cronin gave “apologies” at last meeting. Records to be amended.
- FF & DS have revised the Terms of Reference and the final version will be circulated with the minutes.
2. Preventative Strategy
- Papers from GONE meeting (5/2/03) and Interim Assessment Template circulated.
- Meeting discussed need for clarity re: targeted/universal; Children at Risk/In Need and fact that so far Durham has taken an inclusive, universal approach re: the Children in Need population, encompassing the more specific targeted groups and being of relevance to the situation in County Durham faced by all children and young people.
- Meeting acknowledged fact that work done for Preventative Strategy would feed into the process of developing the Preventative Strategy, that work with young people would help inform the list of Risk Factors and that elements of the universal, mainstream services contain aspects of preventative provision. The need for a pragmatic approach, with further debate as the work progressed, was agreed.
Interim Assessment
- The meeting agreed that the ‘Writing Group’ would complete the Interim Assessment Template on behalf of the Partnership. (Next meeting of the Writing Group, 3pm 5th March – Connexions, Aykley Heads).
Feedback re: the Interim Guidance
- DS/DJ will circulate a draft response for consideration.
3. Workshop to consolidate local links/drive change on the ground
- Meeting held with range of professionals and young people to scope the workshop.
- Programme developed for a day in April, explained by Claire Hartley. The meeting then discussed the strengths and weaknesses of such an approach and acknowledged the risks involved in attempting to balance the geographical/needs/age group/specialism issues. One option proposed was engagement of CDRP groups, which are established at local level, in order to broaden the representation and link with ongoing work.
- Date proposed is 14th April. Proposed objectives and outcomes for the event will be circulated. Feedback to be sent back to Claire Hartley as soon as possible, along with any suggested invitees.
4. CAMHS Update
- Harry Cronin provided a brief summary.
- Strategy review planned during March to review objectives, structure for delivery in light of emerging policy agenda.
5. PCT Local Delivery Plan Update
- Meeting on 3rd March with Children’s PCT Leads / St Health Authority / SSD.
- Work underway in all PCT areas.
6. AOB
- Tricia Cresswell raised the fact that Drugs / Substance Misuse and multi-agency links need to be debated and developed. To be on agenda for next meeting. Roger Bolas to be invited (as Chair of the DAT).
- Harry Cronin raised the issue of the audit process required by the Laming Report. Tricia Cresswell will be coordinating the response on behalf of PCT’s. Partnership members were alerted to the fact that this was a completely separate process to that of the DH / SSI Audit requirements.
7. Date of Next Meeting
4.30pm, 25th March 2003
