Key strategic meetings around the CME agenda have also included the strengthening of the AVC Meeting is also now chaired by the Service Director. This has harnessed key services from education, health, and CSC and has also included school representatives. The further development of the Vulnerable Children Education Commissioning group has also emerged during the year to allow key services to identify high concern cases to agree a multi-agency plan their existing resources thus ensuring ‘pooling’ the best value of limited resource. CME - Key Priorities going forward We are continuing to improve and develop the work that we are doing within Nottinghamshire. Key priorities for 2015-2016 include: intervention with primary aged Intelligence sharing with partners children at risk of CME Further refine the Vulnerable Children Education and Commissioning to ensure Work is underway to expand the Primary that available funding, resources, and Behaviour Partnerships to ensure that primary professionals are effectively deployed in a aged children at risk of becoming CME are coherent and strategic way to maximise the identified, referred to the appropriate professional benefit to individual vulnerable pupils and and supported to maintain full time provision. young people at risk of being CME. Engagement with schools Additional CME officer post (Children in Care) Further develop a shared responsibility for CME to ensure that senior school leaders understand CSC and the Support to Schools Service is their responsibility for any child or young person considering seeking funding from Schools at risk of CME. The further development of Forum to fund an additional Children Missing effective information sharing through the locality Education officer as a result of our increased partnerships should ensure that any child or understanding of the number of children who young person at risk of becoming CME is known are at risk of becoming within the system. ‘lost’ at all times by relevant professionals. CME on part time provision Fair Access Protocol Continue to monitor children and young people Consolidate the data gathering process to ensure without a school place or at risk of being that the analysis undertaken identifies children without a school place weekly to ensure that and young people who are at risk of not the Fair Access protocol is effectively used to accessing their full education entitlement. In ensure vulnerable children and young people addition to strengthen existing systems to can secure a school place or appropriate challenge schools and other providers who are provision. not meeting legal requirements.
Key strategic meetings around the CME agenda have also included the strengthening of the AVC Meeting is also now chaired by the Service Director. This has harnessed key services from education, health, and CSC and has also included school representatives. The further development of the Vulnerable Children Education Commissioning group has also emerged during the year to allow key services to identify high concern cases to agree a multi-agency plan ‘pooling’ their existing resources thus ensuring the best value of limited resource. CME - Key Priorities going forward We are continuing to improve and develop the work that we are doing within Nottinghamshire. Key priorities for 2015-2016 include: intervention with primary aged children at risk of CME Work is underway to expand the Primary Behaviour Partnerships to ensure that primary aged children at risk of becoming CME are identified, referred to the appropriate professional and supported to maintain full time provision. Intelligence sharing with partners Further refine the Vulnerable Children Education and Commissioning to ensure that available funding, resources, and professionals are effectively deployed in a coherent and strategic way to maximise the benefit to individual vulnerable pupils and young people at risk of being CME. Engagement with schools Further develop a shared responsibility for CME to ensure that senior school leaders understand their responsibility for any child or young person at risk of CME. The further development of effective information sharing through the locality partnerships should ensure that any child or young person at risk of becoming CME is known at all times by relevant professionals. Additional CME officer post (Children in Care) CSC and the Support to Schools Service is considering seeking funding from Schools Forum to fund an additional Children Missing Education officer as a result of our increased understanding of the number of children who are at risk of becoming ‘lost’ within the system. CME on part time provision Consolidate the data gathering process to ensure that the analysis undertaken identifies children and young people who are at risk of not accessing their full education entitlement. In addition to strengthen existing systems to challenge schools and other providers who are not meeting legal requirements. Fair Access Protocol Continue to monitor children and young people without a school place or at risk of being without a school place weekly to ensure that the Fair Access protocol is effectively used to ensure vulnerable children and young people can secure a school place or appropriate provision.
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