Policy and Strategy
This page provides a quick link to strategies and policies recently agreed by the Kent Children’s Trust to support integrated working across the Every Child Matters Framework. As a new strategy is approved it will appear on these pages and link to any further supporting information. For further information on issues considered by the Trust please see previous meeting minutes:
Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
Kent Transition Protocols
‘Supporting disabled young people from adolescence to adulthood’
- Strategic Framework
- Handbook for professionals
- Handbook for families
- The move to adulthood - planning for the future
Easy-read guide
The Young Carers Strategy
Parenting Strategy
This document describes a Strategy for achieving a vision for parent support in Kent. It focuses on early intervention with positive impacts on family life. It sets out a common vision and key priniciples for all partner agencies and aims to ensure that all involved in supporting families understand the impact of positive parenting on family and community life.
Communications Strategy
Will follow in due course.
The Participation Framework
"The Framework for Participation with Children and Young People in Kent" has been agreed by the Kent Children's Trust in order to promote a coherent approach to participation with children and young people across the county. The Framework seeks to promote participation so that it becomes integral to the planning, commissioning and evaluation of children's services. Children and young people, especially those who are seldom heard or "hard to reach", need to have their views listened to.
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) identifies issues requiring future investment and change necessary in order to advance improvements in the health and welfare of children and young people. The latest JSNA was published in December 2008. There is also a summary of the document and recommendations.