Welcome to a special Children and Families issue of 'Heads Up', our newsletter for schools. You will find lots of information in the dedicated 'Children and Families' section (click the link in the left hand navigation bar.
Welcome from Beate Wagner, Head of Service for the Children and Families Business Unit
The Children and Families Business Unit was created in April 2016 with the express intention of providing a seamless service for children and families in Warwickshire. Since April we have been developing our services under the following ‘journey of the child’ principles:
Values and Principles
- Our focus is the child and the family and the outcomes we can help them achieve - with their voice at the centre of our engagement
- We value and make the most of partnerships and our colleagues and the skills they bring to the table (including our foster carers)
- We avoid duplication and bureaucracy wherever we can and
- We share a single system for assessment and a single plan - wherever children and young people receive help.
- We work together to safely deliver within the context of financial constraint and seek the opportunities as well as facing the challenges this provides
These principles have now been encapsulated in our Transformation Programme which is our vision for the future that will seek to enhance outcomes for children and families through the provision of the ‘right support for the right issue at the right time’ in a manner that builds independence and resilience.
Partnership working is integral to the delivery of enhanced services and we will be keen to work with schools as key partners in driving the agenda forward that genuinely put children at the heart of all we do.
Beate Wagner
Head of Service-Children and Families Business Unit
Warwickshire County Council
