Southern Area Children & Young People's Committee

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DISABLED CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

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Statistical Information for:-

Working Groups:-

Family Support Strategy Group

Southern Area Child Protection Committee

Southern Child Care Partnership

Meeting the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic Children and Young People

Southern Area Action with Travellers

Disabled Children and Young People

Young Carers

Children & Young People with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Children, Young People and Offending

Children Looked After

Young People Leaving Care/ those requiring Aftercare Services and Homeless Young People

Domestic Violence Working Group

Welcome to the web site of the

Legacy Southern Area Children & Young People's Committee

Consultation on draft Children & Young People's Plan

A draft of the new Children and Young People's Plan has just been released for consultation. This document sets out the suggested shape and content of the first Northern Ireland Children and Young People's Plan of the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership (CYPSP). click below to download:-

1) A covering letter from the Chair, John Compton

2) The Consultation Document

3) The Equality Screening - Appendix 4

4) The consultation response form.

New partnership to plan services for children and young people

A new partnership has been formerly established to plan services for children and young people across Northern Ireland. The Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) has been set up to improve the wellbeing and the realisation of rights of children and young people across the province.

The new regional group is a cross sectoral, strategic partnership, consisting of the leadership of all key agencies who have responsibility for improving outcomes for all children and young people in Northern Ireland including health, social services, education, policing and housing as well as representatives from the voluntary and community sectors.

What is Children's Services Planning?

The overall aim of the Southern Area Children's Services Plan is to meet the needs of children and young people who are vulnerable, so that they can reach their full potential and be socially included members of the community, as children and adults.

CSP is managed by a partnership called the Southern Area Children and Young People's Committee, which is made up of statutory, voluntary, community and black and minority ethnic groups. The detailed work is carried out in a number of working groups, to gain a full picture of:-

What do vulnerable children and young people need?
What is being provided at present to meet these needs?
How well these services are meeting the needs, and;
What should change in the future so that these needs are met more successfully?

Which Children and Young People are we talking about?

Children can be vulnerable for many reasons. We call the reasons 'needs'. CSP has planning groups to address the following needs:-

Family support
Disability
Young Carers
Emotional and behavioural difficulties
Looked After Children (ie those in care)
Young people leaving care
Homeless young people
Children and young people suspended or excluded from school
Young people in trouble with the law
Black and Minority Ethnic children and young people
Domestic Violence

We also link into the work on:

child protection through the Area Child Protection Committee
the Childcare Partnership's work, which draws together information on childcare and early years services
the Southern Area Action on Travellers which draws together organisations that can support Travellers in meeting their needs.

IMPORTANT

It is very important that the right people feed into the planning process. The right people include:-

Children and young people
Parents and carers
Communities
People who work directly with children and young people
Managers
Organisations

If you want the opportunity to comment on Children's Services Planning and to influence how the planners think, click below:-

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The Children's Services Plan 2008-2011 sets out how the planning will be carried out, and how you can be involved. We also publish a review of the process each year. The Plans and Reviews are available from:

Ms Ann Godfrey

Principal Social Worker

Children's Services Planning

Social Care Department

Health and Social Care Board

Tower Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DR

Telephone: (028) 37414616

email: ann.godfrey@hscni.net

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