The Childrens Partnership Strategic Partnership for Early Years - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Children’s Partnership Strategic Partnership for Early Years and Childcare Sue Robb National Head of Early Years, 4Children

Learn Explore Debate March 2016

Programme • 09.45 Networking with Refreshments • 10.00 Welcome, aims of the session and overview • 10.15 DfE policy update overview • 10.30 Social finance and discussion • 11.00 Work force strategy and discussion (with coffee) • 12.45 Lunch served (networking) • 13.30 30 hours update and discussion • 14.30 Coffee Break • 14.45 Hubs update

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Policy Update • Consulting on a parental ‘right to request’ wraparound and holiday childcare at the school where their child attends (up to KS3) from September 2016, and a right for providers to request use of school premises to provide such childcare. • We have committed to developing a workforce strategy in 2016 which will look at career progression and CPD. • We have consulted on new proposals for strengthening paediatric first aid training from September 2016. • Children Centre consultation expected summer 2016.

Policy update continued • Life chances • Best start in life • Obesity strategy • Oral Dental health

Oral Dental Health • 6 month project • 2 and 3 year olds • Correct teeth brushing procedures in early years provision • Partnerships with dental clinics • Information for parents • Resources for practitioners • Feasibility study of national roll out

Exploring Social Investment in the Early Years ££££££££££££££

• Introduce the governments commitment to growing the social investment market and provide a brief explanation of social investment. • Outline some current examples of social investment in the early years market and DfE’s interest in exploring the potential for social investment as an option for early years providers who are interested in expanding their provision.

• Introduce a social investment tax relief for investors • Introduced the first social investment bank • Established the Centre for Social Impact Bonds • Introduced the first social impact fund Now looking at: • Exploring social investment to transform public services • Growing the social economy • Strengthening social investment in the market place

What is social Investment? • Social investment is the provision of finance to generate both social and financial returns. • Social investment is not a grant – there is an expectation of repayment of the finance, plus a return. • Social investors are interested not only in ensuring a healthy return on their investment but also the impact of that social investment.

Who can access social Investment? • A variety of organisations can access social investment - for-profit institutions, charities and social enterprises. • Social enterprises – trade like any other business but their social mission means they re-invest or donate their profits to create a positive social impact. • Government estimates there are now 180,000 social enterprises in the UK – 15% of small and medium sized enterprises – contributing billions to the economy and employing more than 2 million people. Further info: • Government Social Investment Strategy – https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-investment • Big Society Capital, Cabinet Office and the Foundation for Social Investment are undertaking a project to improve access to information on investment and finance for charities and social enterprises – resources available via www.goodfinance.org.uk

Exploring social investment in the early years • The Department is keen to explore the use of social investment in the early years. • In the last few years, there have been a number of high profile examples of social investment in the early years. London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), a social enterprise with more than 30 nurseries, has accessed a total of £2.75 million of social investment to expand nursery places in deprived areas across London. Their mission is to enable all children to access high quality childcare, regardless of where they live. 4Children – a charity with commercial social enterprise arm running services nationally for children and families. Recently accessed over £700,000 to help it expand services for children and families – including ambition to take on an additional 45 Children’s Centres in the next 3 years.

Exploring social investment in the early years • We recognise that access to investment is often difficult for childcare providers, particularly those seeking to expand in deprived areas – social investment has the potential to help facilitate access. • Last year we launched the Childcare Investment Readiness Fund which has provided the opportunity to learn more about appetite and ability of providers to access investment and to explore the feasibility of early years models to attract social investors. • Improving skills, knowledge and capability of providers to take on investment. • Focus on increasing high quality provision in deprived areas • Ensuring sustainability of providers and helping them to realise long-term ambitions to expand. • 11 organisations are receiving support to enable them to realise their ambitions to take on social investment to expand childcare places – focused on areas of deprivation, where high quality childcare will make a real difference.

Childcare Investment Readiness Fund: examples of work in progress (1) YMCA Fairthorne Group currently have 13 settings based in Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset. As well as childcare, the charity offers a range of other services – housing, out of school activities, youth work, well-being support. The organisation has ambitions to almost double the number of childcare settings it operates over the next few years. They aim to expand using a ‘mixed model’ – whereby 50% of new childcare settings will be established in areas of high deprivation. Through the CIRF, YMCA Fairthorne Group have received support from Baxendale (Support Provider) around financial planning, growth options analysis and advice on preparing for investment.

Childcare Investment Readiness Fund: examples of work in progress (2) St George’s Lupset is a registered charity based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. They currently operate 4 childcare settings. The charity operates a busy community centre, on the same site as the original nursery, offering additional services including adult education, health and well-being programmes and youth services. St Georges have ambition to take on 2 more nurseries in deprived areas and are receiving support from Clearly So (Support Provider) to enable them to be in a position to take on investment. Support has focused around business planning, financial modelling and measuring social impact.

Exploring social investment in the early years – a dedicated fund • DfE is currently exploring the concept of a dedicated fund for the early years which will draw in commercial and social investors and help facilitate access to investment for private and voluntary providers seeking to operate in deprived areas. • Interested? Please email with your contact details: Explore.SOCIALINVESTMENT@education.gsi.gov.uk

Discussion Topics for discussion in groups • Does your organisation have any experience of social investment? • Under what circumstances would you be interested in accessing social investment? E.g. currently interested and have capability to take on finance, would need support before being ready, only if grant were not available? • What are the key barriers to accessing investment (social or otherwise)? • What kind of support would your organisation require to be in a position to access investment? Interested in the Fund? Please email with your contact details: Explore.SOCIALINVESTMENT@education.gsi.gov.uk

Early Years Workforce Strategy 2016

Aim of session • A brief overview of the workforce strategy; • Approximately 40 minute workshop to help inform the development of the workforce strategy by helping us understand; o how providers choose to staff their settings o what current career paths look like in early years o the role that qualifications and CPD play in supporting career progression o what changes you think would improve career progression in the sector

Context • Cathy Nutbrown’s independent review (published in 2013) set out proposals intended to raise the status and quality of the workforce by improving qualifications • The qualification levels of staff within the workforce have been rising: o Between 2008 and 2013, the proportion of full day care staff with at least a level 3 qualification grew from 75% to 87%. o The proportion of those with a degree or higher increased from 5% to 13%. • 86% of settings have been rated good or outstanding by Ofsted • The workforce strategy is therefore going to be about what more we can do to build on an already solid foundation