Options Appraisal of Local Preventative Services

The Office for Public Management (OPM) has prepared an options appraisal of local preventative multi-agency services for children, young people and their families in Southwark. The options appraisal is designed to help Southwark and its NHS partners to develop services to meet local needs, as part of government requirements to develop robust children’s trust arrangements.

This work was commissioned by the community and geography task group of Young Southwark in conjunction with the child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS).

OPM were asked to

1. Map current preventative and early intervention services in Southwark
2. Develop a set of options for the development of high-quality preventative services for children and families in Southwark
3. Develop ideas, concepts and models for discussion and evaluation and make recommendations for the future

Reports prepared by OPM as part of the options appraisal

1. Options for the future of preventative multi-agency services for children, young people and their families in Southwark (September 2005) (146 kb) - Main report
2. Report of good practice in locality-based prevention and early intervention (September 2005) (166 kb)
3. Report of interviews with key managers of preventative services (September 2005) (96 kb)
4. Scoping Report – Scoping of current configuration and deployment of Level 2 services in Southwark (September 2005) (84 kb)
   · Appendix 1 Scoping Templates (195 kb)
   · Appendix 2 Agency Mapping Database [prepared by Southwark Council] (106 kb)

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Contact

The contact for this work at OPM is Judith Smyth jsmyth@opm.co.uk

Within Southwark Council, Stuart Edwards Stuart.Edwards@southwark.gov.uk or Crispin Day crispin.day@iop.kcl.ac.uk are the main contacts. 

These documents are final. The Young Southwark Executive has considered them and the next steps to develop better services for children, young people and their families in Southwark are being considered.