Step 1 Toolkit Key Slides OFFICIAL SENSITIVE 1 What is NAAS? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Step 1 Toolkit – Key Slides OFFICIAL SENSITIVE 1

What is NAAS? NAAS is about improving the quality of practice and the outcomes for vulnerable children and families. It is a: • voluntary accreditation for child and family social workers and practices supervisors • national benchmark of good practice • tool to encourage employers to embed the KSS and improve their professional development offer • improvement tool to enhance the expertise and knowledge of social workers OFFICIAL SENSITIVE

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NAAS sites March 2019 – 56 in total Yorkshire and Humber: (9) North East: (3) • Barnsley • Durham • Bradford • Darlington • Calderdale • Middlesbrough North West: (11) • Doncaster CT • Bolton • Leeds • Bury • North East • Lancashire Lincolnshire • Manchester • Nth Lincs • Oldham • Nth Yorks • Rochdale • Rotherham • Salford • Stockport East Midlands: (3) • Trafford • Lincolnshire • Warrington • Nottinghamshire • Wigan East: (3) • Derby City • Central Beds West Midlands -Future • Essex Social (14) • Southend • Birmingham • Coventry • Dudley • Herefordshire • Shropshire London: ( 9) • Solihull • Bexley • Staffordshire • Hackney • Stoke • Hammersmith and • Telford and Wrekin Fulham • Walsall • Islington • Warwickshire • Kensington and • Wolverhampton Chelsea • Worcestershire • Lambeth • Sandwell • Lewisham • Waltham Forest • Westminster South West: (2) South East: (2) • Cornwall • Hampshire • Plymouth • West Berkshire 4 OFFICIAL SENSITIVE

New approach to phases/LAs: 20-30% expectation Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 19 20 Phase 1, spring 2018- spring 2019 Phase 2, summer 2019 – spring 2020 5 Authorities Bury, Leeds, Manchester, Oldham, Wigan 16 Authorities Bexley, Bolton, Bradford, Calderdale, Cornwall, Doncaster CT, Essex, Hackney, Islington, Lewisham, Nth Yorkshire, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Trafford, Waltham Forest Some start earlier 35 Authorities Barnsley, Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, Central Beds, Coventry, Darlington, Derby City, Dudley, Durham, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Middlesbrough, Nth East Lincolnshire, Nth Lincolnshire, Some start earlier Nottinghamshire, Plymouth, Rotherham, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Southend, Staffordshire, Stoke, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, Westminster, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire OFFICIAL SENSITIVE

Expectations for Phase 2 for Phase 2 Involvement On agreeing to participate in NAAS the expectations of new phase 2 sites are that they each: • support the wider aims of NAAS • assist the whole workforce to become more familiar with the KSS and give consideration to career progression of which NAAS would form a part • senior leaders support NAAS and attend a DCS forum twice a year; • participate in the independent research; • commits to assessing 20-30% of social workers in post within one year