Planning, Commissioning and Performance Management

Key partnership-wide strategies are in place and the importance of improving outcomes for children and young people is widely recognised. This includes partnerships and services not specifically focused on children and young people.

Newcastle Plan for Children and Young People (NPCYP) 2009/10 incorporates our final review of the NPCYP 2006/09 and our priorities and plan for 2009/10.

NPCYP is recognised as a delivery plan for the Sustainable Communities (SCS) and Local Area Agreement (LAA) 2008/11. The priorities of the NPCYP are aligned with the SCS as well as kep plans of other partnerships and agencies, such as Safe Newcastle and NHS Organisations.

A Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) has been completed by Newcastle PCT and the Council and published as a shared online information resource for everyone who commissions, provides or uses health, social and children's services in the city.

Newcastle Safeguarding Children Board (NSCB) oversees the Stay Safe outcome as well as being the statutory partnership for agreeing how organisations will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and for ensuring the effectiveness of what they do. The work of the NSCB fits within the wider context of Children's Trust arrangements that aim to improve the overall well being of all children.

 

Joint Commissioning

Commissioning Framework

 

Inspections and reviews

Annual Performance Assessment (APA)
Joint Area Review (JAR)
Audit Commission School Survey (login required)
Ofsted inspection reports for Newcastle local authority
What children and young people are saying
Inspection of Newcastle Youth Offending Team - December 2009

Performance Reports

Reports to Newcastle Children's Trust Board
All national indicators - appendix 6 (added 17 August 2009)

 

Planning and performance management framework

Performance management context (Pdf, 149.7kb)
Planning, commissioning and performance monitoring cycle (Ppt, 66.8kb)
Planning framework presentation 2007/08 (Ppt, 366kb)
Outcome improvement planning 2008/09