UPDATE NO 317 31 August 2018

Newsletters A brief summary of the main headlines and highlights for this week are shown below. Any tools, templates or documents needed for the actions required are provided here also. If you would like to know more about these workstreams or the others in the Programme, click on the main section icons shown above. At […]

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Newsletters

A brief summary of the main headlines and highlights for this week are shown below. Any tools, templates or documents needed for the actions required are provided here also. If you would like to know more about these workstreams or the others in the Programme, click on the main section icons shown above. At SESLIP we are always on the look-out for good ideas that might be better implemented regionally rather than locally. If you have any suggestions, please contact Richard Tyndall, SESLI Programme Manager.

UPDATE NO 317 31 August 2018

Programme:

Call for Speakers at Ofsted Social Care Conference

Update:

Janet Fraser of Ofsted writes:

Ofsted’s south east region is holding a social care conference for its HMI and regulatory inspectors on 14 December at a venue in London. We are very interested in innovative social work practice taking place in the South East and in looking at the new and emerging challenges children’s services face. We would welcome speakers from the sector to make a presentation, run a workshop or discussion.

Action Required:

If you would like to contribute please contact Janet Fraser to discuss on 03000131553 or at janet.fraser@ofsted.gov.uk.

Programme:

2018-19 DCS Peer Challenge Arrangements

Update:

Congratulations to Hampshire and IoW, Milton Keynes and Slough (Triad 3) who have agreed Friday 15 February 2019 for their challenge day. Isabelle Gregory (contact details below) will be in touch to chase progress with other Traids.

The recent DCS meeting agreed to carry on with the development of the “Trial Run” Regional Improvement Plan (The restricted v1.7 now available to DCSs only (login to restrcited area required, contact Isabelle Gregory if you need help).  

The SESLIP team is preparing missing sections on continuing and new SESLIP improvement activities as well as ensuring co-ordination with the PiP and LGA support programmes.

Thanks to Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, HampshireKentMilton Keynes, Slough, West Berkshire and Wokingham for returning signed copies of the memorandum of undertanding which sets out the rationale for particpation in the SESLI Programme and the Peer Challenges in particular. For details please contact Isabelle Gregory.

For more information please contact Anna Wright or Richard Tyndall (details below).

Action Required:

We are also starting to make the detailed arrangements for the peer challenge of self-assessment arrangements that will culminate in the Regional Improvement Summit on 22 March 2019 – please save this date for DCSs and Lead Members.

Also please save the date 30 November 2018 for DCSs and management team members for the regional training and preparation day. Please contact Anna Wright for more details, and Isabelle Gregory to book your places. Thanks to the 22 deleagtes from 8 authorities who have already booked places.

Thanks to Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, KentMilton KeynesPortsmouth, Slough CSTWest BerkshireWest SussexWindsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham (10/19) for sharing Annual Conversation letters and to Brighton and Hove, Bracknell Forest, BuckinghamshireEast SussexHampshireIsle of WightKentMilton Keynes, PortsmouthSlough CSTSouthamptonWest BerkshireWest Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham (15/19) for sharing their self-assessments. These documents are all available from the restricted DCS-only section of the website.

For access to this page, and to supply further reports, please contact Isabelle Gregory (details below).

Reminders from previous weeks

Tools & Templates

There have been three reports published recently on the state of financing in Children’s Services; they are:

SESLIP Leadership Development Prospectus

SEND Inspection Preparation: Self Evaluation Framework Peer Review Guidance

The MoC area of the Seslip website now includes the latest versions of key documents, including the:

The revised guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 was released on the 20 May 2018 and can be found here. The statutory guidance will come into force on 3 September 2018 and will replace KCSiE 2016. One key addition is a new part (part 5) on advice for schools on responding to and supporting young victims of sexual violence and harassment.

NSPCC has produced a briefing document highlighting the main changes in the new version compared to the current one. It can be found here.

Contact Details

SESLIP Consultant: Isabelle Gregory (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

isabelle@firstcareconsultancy.co.uk

07931 586784

South East Grid for Learning – Consortium Manager: Krista Pickering (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

krista.pickering@segfl.org.uk

07872 014083

SESLI Programme Manager: Richard Tyndall (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

richard.tyndall@richardtyndall.co.uk

07880 787007

CSC Workforce, PSW and AD Safeguarding Network Lead: Mark Evans (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

Mark@markevansconsulting.co.uk

07803 147072

S.E. Region SEND Network Programme Co-ordinator: Sheelagh Sullivan (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

sheelagh.sullivan@outlook.com

Data Benchmarking: Luke Ede (South East Sector-Led Improvement Programme)

Luke.ede@eastsussex.gov.uk

07925 148597