Mobility

The Mobility and Young London report (GOL 2006) identified that a key challenge in London under the ECM agenda is how we support children, young people and their families who present with additional needs to a service/professional outside of their home authority.

A Mobility and Young London Board chaired by Kingston's Director of Children's Services was established in June 2007. The Board aimed to address some of the key challenges identified in the report , to support performance improvement and therefore offer added value to local authorities. 3 project areas were approved.

Government Office for London have been working with Local Authorities across London and neighbouring shire counties, and with key national, regional and local stakeholders. The mobility programme focuses on a concept of the ‘passport’ to services (placing children, young people and their families or carers at the heart of the work) rather than a protocol between services. The three areas of work are:

Strand 1 - Passport for enabling children and young people to stay in education. To improve the attendance and prevent the exclusion and unlawful off rolling of pupils educated out of borough.

Strand 2 - A Passport to enable Easy access for children in care to out of borough child and adolescent mental health and emotional wellbeing services

Strand 3 - A London CAF Protocol

For more information see the Resource Centre of this site - Mobility and Young London