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Surrey Children’s Service
•Values
•Principles
•Delivery
•Objectives
| Values |
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| •Listens & responds to its children,
families & schools. |
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| •Values diversity & promotes access to
mainstream services, where appropriate for all children. |
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| •Measures success by positive outcomes for
children, families & schools. |
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| •Promotes high quality services through
professional standards & Best Value scrutiny |
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| Principles |
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| •Preserves a local focus. |
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| •Ensures individual, specialist, professional
support and development. |
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| •Management enables service deliverers. |
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| •Pooled budgets and joint planning. |
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| •Service makes best use of new Government
spending on ‘Partnerships’. |
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| Delivery |
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| •Integrated and networked response to each
individual child |
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| •Simplified access routes. |
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| •Key worker ‘ownership’ and co-ordination. |
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| •Investment in early intervention &
preventative services |
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| •Modernised ICT |
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| •Establishment built upon workload measures. |
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| Objectives |
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| •De-mystification: Clear information and
processes for users. |
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| •Decision making and accountability at the
lowest appropriate level. |
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| •Greater autonomy through multi-disciplinary
teams. |
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| • A ‘can do’ culture where we are also clear
about what we are unable to do. |
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| •Clear roles and responsibilities for staff. |
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