Agenda and minutes

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Day 2

 

10.00 – 12.00          Support to victims and their families

 

                                Session to outline plans for support services to victims.

Representatives from voluntary sector services and from the National Working Group on CSE to comment on how support to victims can be best co-ordinated.

 

13.00 – 15.00          What next?

 

A panel of academic witnesses, commenting on the wider implications of the Jay Report for current and future services and what else is to be done.

 

15.00 – 16.00          Summing up – conclusions and recommendations.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

·         Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board Child Sexual Exploitation Action Plan 2014/15 2nd Quarter report

 

PLEASE NOTE: this report is submitted to this Board for information, to assist its scrutiny of current plans to address CSE. It will be considered by Cabinet at its meeting to be held on December 17^th 2014 (http://moderngov.rotherham.gov.uk/documents/s97315/RLSCB%20Annual%20Report%202013-14%20Cover%20Report.pdf).

 

·         Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board: Child Sexual Exploitation Strategy 2013-16

http://www.rscb.org.uk/safeguarding/downloads/file/16/rotherham_cse_strategy_2013-16

 

·         Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997 – 2013) – Alexis Jay http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/downloads/file/1407/independent_inquiry_cse_in_rotherham

 

·         National Child Protection Inspections:  South Yorkshire Police 12 – 22 May 2014 http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/wp-content/uploads/south-yorkshire-national-child-protection-inspection.pdf

 

·         OFSTED Inspection of services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers (November 2014) http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/local_authority_reports/rotherham/053_Single%20inspection%20of%20LA%20children%27s%20services%20and%20review%20of%20the%20LSCB%20as%20pdf.pdf

 

·         OFSTED’s thematic inspection to evaluate the effectiveness of local authorities’ current response to child sexual exploitation: The sexual exploitation of children: it couldn't happen here, could it? (November 2014) http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/surveys-and-good-practice/t/The%20sexual%20exploitation%20of%20children%20it%20couldn%E2%80%99t%20happen%20here%2C%20could%20it.pdf

 

·         House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee - Child sexual exploitation in Rotherham: some issues for local government http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmcomloc/648/648.pdf

 

·         House of Commons Home Affairs Committee - Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming: follow-up http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmhaff/203/203.pdf

 

·         Agenda and minutes from the IMPROVING LIVES SELECT COMMISSION meeting of 22 January 2014. http://modgovapp/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=895&MId=12680&Ver=4

The objectives of this session were:-

 

Session 1:  Support to Victims and their Families

 

Objectives:-

 

·           To understand the long term plans for support to victims and their families and to ensure they are fit for purpose

·           To test out evidence from the previous session with advocate organisations and to understand how it is working in practice

·           To determine whether universal services are working to support victims and their families

 

Representatives from the following agencies were in attendance: -

 

·           Zlakha Ahmed, Apna Haq

·           Hayley Fisher, Victim Support

·           Karen Goddard, Barnados

·           Steve Oversby, Barnados

·           Bina Parmar, Safeguarding Lead, National Working Group

·           Sue Greig, Public Health Consultant, RMBC

·           Chrissy Wright, Strategic Commissioner, RMBC

 

Chrissy Wright, Strategic Commissioner, and Sue Greig, Public Health Consultant, gave the following powerpoint presentation on the commissioning of immediate and longer term post-abuse child sexual exploitation support:-

 

Background

 

-          Post-Jay report the Leader of the Council announced funding of £120,000 for immediate commissioning of post-abuse Child Sexual Exploitation support.  This was to fund services up to the end of March, 2015

-          A Needs Analysis is in development to inform longer term commissioning

 

Immediate Support to June, 2015

 

RMBC

-          GROW £20,000

-          Women’s Counselling/Pitstop for Men £42,000

-          South Yorkshire Community Foundation £20,000

-          Contingency £11,000

-          Rotherham Women’s Refuge £27.000

-          Total £120,000 funding

 

Plus

-          Child Sexual Exploitation Co-ordinator £53,000 in Youth Start revenue funded

 

Immediate Support to March 2015

Partners

-          Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group - Increased capacity in Child and Adult Mental Health Services - £200,000

 

Police and Crime Commissioner

-          Funding of 2 additional IDVAs £80,000

 

Helpline

-          Helpline commissioned from NSPCC

-          Single number 24/7

-          Confidential e-mail

-          For victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation abuse

-          For all ages

-          Listening, supported and referral

-          To June, 2015 £20,000

 

Child Sexual Exploitation Needs Analysis

-          To understand the scale and nature of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham

-          To understand the needs of victims (child and adult, current and historic)

-          To understand the triggers, motivations and needs of perpetrators

-          To make evidence based recommendations to inform he development, provision and commissioning of services and programmes to prevent and protect victims and to pursue perpetrators

-          Phase 1 November-December, 2014: focus on post-abuse support

 

Gap analysis on modelled need vs current capacity

 

Evidence base on effective interventions

-          Phase 2 December 2014-March, 2015: incorporate learning into complete Needs Analysis to support holistic ‘prevent, protect and pursue’ child sexual exploitation agenda

-          From June, 2015 for 3 years

 

A co-ordinated commissioning approach jointly with partners Rotherham Council/Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group/Police and Crime Commissioner

 

Needs-led, outcomes focussed commissioning

 

Rotherham Council £180,000 per annum for 3 years

 

Includes helpline, post-abuse child sexual exploitation support, specialist counselling and advocacy

 

Voice of the Victim/Survivor for Longer Term Commissioning

-          Existing commissioned services to capture the voice of Service users

-          Co-ordinated plan in relation to wider consultation in development

-          Acknowledged not easy to capture voices

 

Questions were asked by members of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 81.

Resolved:-  That the next meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board take place on Friday, 23^rd January, 2015 at 9.00 a.m. at the Town Hall.