Cornwall's Children's Services Authority has been awarded £2.6m of funding from the Government for an exciting project based in the Launceston, Bude and Callington community networks which is designed to provide more accessible and integrated services for children, young people and families closer to where people live.
The aim of the Launceston-Bude-Callington co-location project is to develop a "hub and spoke" model in the three community networks to provide dedicated space for the delivery of face to face support to children, young people and families. This will provide a base for the council's new locality teams to deliver more local integrated services, helping to increase the time staff can spend working face to face with clients, address the problems of poor transport links and improve information sharing and communication between agencies.
The Launceston-Bude-Callington area was identified as a priority for the project because of its remoteness.
It is hoped that the 'hub' will be located at the site of Launceston College which already houses a new Children's Centre and has good access and transport links. It will provide accommodation for up to 30 members of staff, with staff from Cornwall Council's Children's Services Authority located alongside staff from a wide range of health services, including health visitors, school nurses, midwives, speech and language services and primary mental health practitioners.
BUDE HUB?
The hub will also provide space for other council services, such as housing, welfare benefits, community safety and adult care and support, as well as space for partner organisations such as health, police, connexions, youth offending services and the voluntary and community sector.
There will be two community spokes — it is hoped that one will be sited at the Bude Infant School site and one at Callington Primary School. Both spokes will offer flexible accommodation for between 10 and 12 members of Children's Services and staff from partner agencies.
The hub and two spokes will also act as a home for the new children's community network partnerships.
"Cornwall Council is committed to providing more integrated and customer focused services through working more closely with partners and delivering services closer to where families live," said Denbigh Cowley, Head of Transformation for Cornwall's Children's Services Authority.
"This can be a real challenge in a large rural peninsula like Cornwall.
"I am delighted that we have been successful in winning funding to invest in providing good quality accommodation in the Bude, Callington and Launceston community network areas to support the delivery of integrated services for children, young people and families."
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