JFP: Start Well - Children & Young People

Consultation has concluded

How we plan to make a difference

  • Neurodevelopment Services – children, young people and families have access to a care pathway that facilitates a standardised and improved way of working across the system to achieve better outcomes.
  • Mental Health – children, young people and families will have access to excellent mental health, eating disorder and emotional wellbeing services, helping everyone to get the right support, at the right time, from the right people, in the right place and in the right way.
  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) (Therapies) – children, young people and families can access appropriate therapeutic support promptly, with identification of need at the earliest possible opportunity.
  • Asthma - children, young people & families will be more confident in managing their long term condition and get the correct interventions and support when needed, with the hope of their asthma not exacerbating.
  • Epilepsy – children, young people and families will have access to epilepsy specialist nurses. Those with a learning disability or autism will have access in the first year of care.
  • Diabetes – children, young people and families will have access to diabetes teams to help manage their long term condition through childhood and in the transition period to adulthood and related services.


How we can work together to know we have made a difference

The difference that we will measure ...

Neurodevelopment Services

  • Data will show us a consistent reduction in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessment waiting times over the next 6/12 months.
  • Data will show us there is an increased conversion rates from pathway to ASD assessment over the next 6/12 months.
  • Data will show us there is a consistent reduction in Children Young People & Families (CYPF) requiring ASD/ADHD assessment over the next 6/12 months.


Mental Health

  • Data will show us a reduction in access and treatment times across our Mental Health services over the next 6/12 months
  • Data will show us there is a reduction in crisis need and admissions over the next 6/12 months.
  • A workforce that can confidently support CYPF and families with mental health and emotional wellbeing needs, using signposting and resources effectively.
  • All staff will have access to the relevant and effective training offer for their specific roles in mental health and access to wider learning to support their ability to work with all CYPF across our system.
  • We will be able to demonstrate a reduction in crisis need and admissions to Tier 4 settings.


SEND (Therapies)

  • Data will show us there is a reduction in waiting times for community based paediatric therapies over the next 6/12 months.


Asthma

  • Data will show there are less emergency admissions to hospital due to asthma.
  • Data and feedback will show that young people will have regular reviews on their condition, prescriptions and education.


Diabetes

  • Build on already established partnership working across our ICS to join up CYPF Diabetes colleagues – we will see this through joint meetings and working groups that represented by key professionals.
  • Monitor engagement on developing technological support to those with diabetes. That we can present options on technological options to the ICS and potential options for funding/support for SNEE.


The difference that you will see ...


Neurodevelopment Services

  • Feedback from patients and families will show that there are improved outcomes and impact.
  • Families are informed of decisions through clear reasonably timed communication that is appropriate for them.
  • Families report that they can confidently navigate the Neuro Developmental Disorders (NDD) system irrelevant of where they access support.
  • CYPF and families report that they are happier and see effective change in the support they receive.
  • A broader range of interventions available to families to address the gaps in current NDD offer.


Mental Health

  • CYPF will report that they are able to access quality support and treatment close to home.
  • CYPF will report that they are at the centre of support – that they have services and provision wrapped around them with fewer referrals to other services.
  • CYPF with an Learning Disability and/or Autism and their families having cohesive support to navigate the system.
  • CYPF will report that they are able to make decisions about the support they feel will help them to feel better.
  • Schools and Colleges will report that they feel supported in order to support their CYPF well.
  • CYPF and Families will tell us they able to access excellent resources and support online.
  • Professionals will tell us they are confident and have good mental health knowledge and understanding across the system.
  • The VCSE system will tell us they are engaged and we will be able to demonstrate how they work alongside statutory services to support CYPF.


SEND (Therapies)

  • Families will tell us they are informed of decisions through clear and timely communication delivered in a way appropriate to them.
  • All parents and carers will tell us they are supported with information and resources to encourage their role as effective primary communicative partners.
  • Families and young people will tell us they are able to make proactive choices with respect to their child’s needs.
  • Children with therapeutic needs will tell us that they have their needs identified within appropriate timescales which leads to effective outcomes.
  • The wider children’s workforce will tell us they feel empowered to make effective decisions and reduce the reliance on clinical input where appropriate.


Asthma

  • Parents, families and schools will tell us that they have built knowledge and feel confident in supporting children and young people with Asthma.
  • Staff across the ICS will work together in a collaborative way around the needs of CYPF. Demonstrated through joint planning and treatment plans.


Epilepsy

  • CYPF and families will report there is a clear pathway for support and information/resources are readily available directly via primary care, community paediatricians or via specialist nurses.
  • CYPF will report that they have access to a specialist epilepsy nurse or a community paediatrician within first year of care.
  • Care plans and rescue medication will be in place for all CYPF as part of the package of support.
  • Training and support will be offered to all families who have a CYP with epilepsy.


Diabetes

  • Working with our young people to co-design future services and particularly focusing on engaging those who are frequent non-attenders to understand their needs and issues. Seeing a drop in DNAs will showcase the difference this work makes over the next 6/12 months.


How we plan to make a difference

  • Neurodevelopment Services – children, young people and families have access to a care pathway that facilitates a standardised and improved way of working across the system to achieve better outcomes.
  • Mental Health – children, young people and families will have access to excellent mental health, eating disorder and emotional wellbeing services, helping everyone to get the right support, at the right time, from the right people, in the right place and in the right way.
  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) (Therapies) – children, young people and families can access appropriate therapeutic support promptly, with identification of need at the earliest possible opportunity.
  • Asthma - children, young people & families will be more confident in managing their long term condition and get the correct interventions and support when needed, with the hope of their asthma not exacerbating.
  • Epilepsy – children, young people and families will have access to epilepsy specialist nurses. Those with a learning disability or autism will have access in the first year of care.
  • Diabetes – children, young people and families will have access to diabetes teams to help manage their long term condition through childhood and in the transition period to adulthood and related services.


How we can work together to know we have made a difference

The difference that we will measure ...

Neurodevelopment Services

  • Data will show us a consistent reduction in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessment waiting times over the next 6/12 months.
  • Data will show us there is an increased conversion rates from pathway to ASD assessment over the next 6/12 months.
  • Data will show us there is a consistent reduction in Children Young People & Families (CYPF) requiring ASD/ADHD assessment over the next 6/12 months.


Mental Health

  • Data will show us a reduction in access and treatment times across our Mental Health services over the next 6/12 months
  • Data will show us there is a reduction in crisis need and admissions over the next 6/12 months.
  • A workforce that can confidently support CYPF and families with mental health and emotional wellbeing needs, using signposting and resources effectively.
  • All staff will have access to the relevant and effective training offer for their specific roles in mental health and access to wider learning to support their ability to work with all CYPF across our system.
  • We will be able to demonstrate a reduction in crisis need and admissions to Tier 4 settings.


SEND (Therapies)

  • Data will show us there is a reduction in waiting times for community based paediatric therapies over the next 6/12 months.


Asthma

  • Data will show there are less emergency admissions to hospital due to asthma.
  • Data and feedback will show that young people will have regular reviews on their condition, prescriptions and education.


Diabetes

  • Build on already established partnership working across our ICS to join up CYPF Diabetes colleagues – we will see this through joint meetings and working groups that represented by key professionals.
  • Monitor engagement on developing technological support to those with diabetes. That we can present options on technological options to the ICS and potential options for funding/support for SNEE.


The difference that you will see ...


Neurodevelopment Services

  • Feedback from patients and families will show that there are improved outcomes and impact.
  • Families are informed of decisions through clear reasonably timed communication that is appropriate for them.
  • Families report that they can confidently navigate the Neuro Developmental Disorders (NDD) system irrelevant of where they access support.
  • CYPF and families report that they are happier and see effective change in the support they receive.
  • A broader range of interventions available to families to address the gaps in current NDD offer.


Mental Health

  • CYPF will report that they are able to access quality support and treatment close to home.
  • CYPF will report that they are at the centre of support – that they have services and provision wrapped around them with fewer referrals to other services.
  • CYPF with an Learning Disability and/or Autism and their families having cohesive support to navigate the system.
  • CYPF will report that they are able to make decisions about the support they feel will help them to feel better.
  • Schools and Colleges will report that they feel supported in order to support their CYPF well.
  • CYPF and Families will tell us they able to access excellent resources and support online.
  • Professionals will tell us they are confident and have good mental health knowledge and understanding across the system.
  • The VCSE system will tell us they are engaged and we will be able to demonstrate how they work alongside statutory services to support CYPF.


SEND (Therapies)

  • Families will tell us they are informed of decisions through clear and timely communication delivered in a way appropriate to them.
  • All parents and carers will tell us they are supported with information and resources to encourage their role as effective primary communicative partners.
  • Families and young people will tell us they are able to make proactive choices with respect to their child’s needs.
  • Children with therapeutic needs will tell us that they have their needs identified within appropriate timescales which leads to effective outcomes.
  • The wider children’s workforce will tell us they feel empowered to make effective decisions and reduce the reliance on clinical input where appropriate.


Asthma

  • Parents, families and schools will tell us that they have built knowledge and feel confident in supporting children and young people with Asthma.
  • Staff across the ICS will work together in a collaborative way around the needs of CYPF. Demonstrated through joint planning and treatment plans.


Epilepsy

  • CYPF and families will report there is a clear pathway for support and information/resources are readily available directly via primary care, community paediatricians or via specialist nurses.
  • CYPF will report that they have access to a specialist epilepsy nurse or a community paediatrician within first year of care.
  • Care plans and rescue medication will be in place for all CYPF as part of the package of support.
  • Training and support will be offered to all families who have a CYP with epilepsy.


Diabetes

  • Working with our young people to co-design future services and particularly focusing on engaging those who are frequent non-attenders to understand their needs and issues. Seeing a drop in DNAs will showcase the difference this work makes over the next 6/12 months.