About CYPS
Bringing together the council and health services to improve
outcomes for children, young people, their families and schools
Trafford Borough have created a multi-agency service for children and young people, Trafford Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS) with the aim to improve quality of life outcomes through bringing different agencies and services together to provide a more “joined up” service for children, young people and their families through:
- joint commissioning arrangements
- the operation of a single integrated service delivery process (IIRAT: Integrated Information, Referral, Assessment and Tracking)
- the setting up a number of multi-agency services and teams and
- joint governance and management, including the joint appointments of senior managers and managers
CYPS is jointly governed and managed by the Council, PCT and Healthcare NHS Trust and has responsibility for:
- all the main education (including schools), health and social care services for the 53,000 children and young people in the borough
- a gross revenue budget of over £220m
- a capital programme of £36m
- 1,700 directly managed staff and 3,700 school-based staff
Why the change?
Effective services are needed, which will support children, young people and their families and prevent vulnerable children from becoming vulnerable adults and perpetuating the cycle of vulnerability.
To deliver these services a different approach was sought to the fragmented and disjointed service that had been provided historically:
- Strategic and Systemic – looking at all children’s needs and the whole system that seeks to meet these needs;
- Preventative - how we prevent children developing serious problems;
- Child/Young Person Focused - looking at the child/young person as a whole; not in professional compartments or as a label. Identifying and meeting their full needs in a holistic way;
- Family Focused – seeking to positively influence children’s experience within their family environment; and
- Integrated Multi-Agency – services organised around the child/young person/family; and breaking down silos, whether based around professional groupings, age, need, labels or geography
For further detailed information on CYPS, details of which services from the Council, PCT and Healthcare Trust are part of CYPS and some of the services successes please view the links below:
