What's New
Please see below for a list of recently updated information:
Involving Children & Young People in Recruitment and Selection :
This guide aims to provide practitioners, managers and strategic bodies with information regarding the reasons and legislation as to why organisations and institutions working with children & young people should involve them in recruitment and selection process.
Links to research covering participatory practice as well as research on recruitment and selection have been incorporated within this document, allowing managers and practitioners to make an informed decision that is both relevant and adaptable to their organisational policies and strategic direction.
Involving Children & Young People Recruitment and Selection:
This toolkit aims to provide practitioners with the practical tools, resources and information to involve children & young people in the recruitment and selection process.
It aims to bring together a set of ideas and methods to allow practitioners to begin building or expanding their own processes. These resources include training materials for children & young people and materials to support children & young people in assessing and making their selection.
This poster is a visual reminder to organisations working with or for children & young people. Place it on your wall or under your keyboard on your desk to remind you and others that children & young people can and should be involved in the full decision making process from start to finish. This poster will give you ideas that you can expand on for the types of decisions/practical activities that children & young people can be involved in.
KCT strategic review 2011 - key findings and recommendations on future arrangements
Following a thorough review including interviews with some County Board members and a survey of other local authority trust arrangements we have developed a proposal for a revised KCT County Board. The following papers set out the review findings and the proposal for moving forward:
NEW:
Please see the 'Integrated Processes e-Learning Package' flyer. This includes information about the new on-line Common Assessment Framework course which has just been added to the package. This and other courses listed below aim to supplement existing and future face to face training courses as well as provide an over-view and introduction on these subjects. We hope you take advantage of and enjoy this free and flexible training opportunity
Courses within the package are:
Information Sharing
Data Protection and Human Rights
Common Assessment Framework
The Lead Professional Role
Managing Difficult Relationships and Conflict
Please see the attached flyer for further information. Applications should be made via CPD on-line: (event code: MA 10/085)
Any questions relating to this training should be directed to: me-learningcfe@kent.gov.uk
NST Action Plan for CAMHS
The latest version (June 2011) of the NST action plan is available here
We know that becoming a parent when you are very young can have a poor impact on the parent and on their child.
This clear pathway document has been developed to guide you to help both the young parent and their child receive the support and help they need to try and improve their outcomes and get what they need. Please read and use it!
Briefing Note to Support Young Parents Pathway
Teenage Pregnancy Pathway
Young Parents Pathway
District Eligibility and Threshold Criteria Safeguarding Criteria Available now- Kent & Medway Inter Agency Threshold Criteria for Children in Need - Printable Version
Previous KCT News
Message from Malcolm Newsom - Interim Kent Director of Children's Services (Jan 2011)
Summary of Outcomes from December KCT Board Meeting
Kent Partnership Big Society Report - A summary of the big society seminar hosted by the Kent Partnership on the 12th of October
Change to keep suceeeding - A Message from KCC Group Managing Director Katherine Kerswell
Summary of outcomes from October KCT Board Meeting
Kent Children's Trust Special Edition Newsletter 12 (Oct 2010)
Local Children's Trust Boards Terms of Reference
ADCS Statement regarding Children's Trusts
CYPP 2010 Review - Executive Summary
CSP Learning Together report on Children's Trust working in two tier Authourities.New Statutory Children's Trust Guidance and Children and Young People's Plan Regulations