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HeadStart Wolverhampton
Stakeholders Information and
Consultation Morning
Tuesday 13th September 2016

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Councillor Barry Findlay
The Mayor of Wolverhampton
Oﬃcial Welcome

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The basic principles of HeadStart Wolverhampton
Prevention is better than cure in mental health
Young people should be in the driving seat
Services should be integrated and responsive to young
people. They should include their families and
communities as part of the support solution.
Technology should work to support young people, and
improve access to support

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Welcome from The Mayor
HeadStart and young people (Wolverhampton HeadStarters)
A HeadStart Drama (Central Youth Theatre)
HeadStart Phase 3 - The Transformation Agenda (Viv Grifﬁn)
The Voluntary Sector Perspective (Steve Dodd)
The Schools Perspective (Rob Roalfe)
Refreshments
Keynote Presentation (Paul McGee, aka The SUMO Guy)
Panel discussion / group feedback
Next steps (Kevin Pace)
Closing remarks (Councillor Gibson)
Performance (Megan Williams)
Lunch / networking time

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HeadStart and Young People

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To empower the young people of
Wolverhampton to improve and
spread awareness of their own mental
well-being and that of their peers
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HeadStarters Mission Statement
Being a HeadStarter

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Young people Engagement Team (staff)
Young people Ambassadors (‘older’young people,
acting as mentors, and bridging the gap between
young people and professionals)
Young people HeadStarters (HeadStart advocates,
aged 10-16, in schools and the community)
B-Safe Team (a team of young people reporting to
Wolverhampton’s Safeguarding Board)
New phase, new opportunities

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Why HeadStart?
It’s like there was a
big wall there, but
now it has gone.
“
Young person following 
HeadStart schools programme

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Why HeadStart?
Parents have contacted us
through social networks to
say“You’ve had such a
positive eﬀect on my child”
“
Darren Taylor, Engage Youth
Empowerment Service

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Why HeadStart?
You can express your feelings
to people who have been
through similar things
“
Girl who attends ‘A Place to be Me’
community project

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Why HeadStart?
I’ve calmed down and
can have a sensible
adult conversation
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Young person following 
HeadStart schools programme

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Central Youth Theatre

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Viv Griﬃn
Service Director, 
Disabilities and Mental Health

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10% of young people
have a clinically
diagnosable mental
illness that needs
support or treatment
Public Health England
Why HeadStart?

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Investment in effective treatment for mental
health problems relieves the suffering of
individuals and transforms their lives and
the lives of families and friends.
 
Good and timely treatment reduces the risk
of suicide and self-harm. 
Prevention and early intervention to
support children and young people with
mental illness can dramatically improve the
quality of their lives and future. The moral
case for change is strong.
“
Norman Lamb, Minister of State for Care and Support, 2011

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Too often children and young
people’s emotional wellbeing and
mental health is not given the
attention it needs ….. what is
needed is a fundamental shift in
culture. A whole system approach
is needed, focusing on prevention
and mental ill health, early
intervention and recovery. We owe
this to young people.
“
Norman Lamb, Minister of State for Care and Support, 2011

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The HeadStart Timeline
Early 2014 - The Big Lottery Fund ask Wolverhampton to bid for phase 1
HeadStart funding, as one of 12 pilot areas
Late 2014 - Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce established
by the government
2014 -15: HeadStart Phase 2
March 2015 - Future in Mind Report
February 2016: Wolverhampton submits Phase 3 HeadStart bid
July 2016: HeadStart Wolverhampton Phase 3 bid approved, one of six
successful HeadStart bids nationwide

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Future In Mind Key Themes
Promoting resilience, prevention and early intervention
Improving access to eﬀective support - 
a system without tiers
Care for the most vulnerable
Accountability and transparency
Developing the workforce

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Wolverhampton’s Response
HeadStart Big Lottery bid success - £8.8 million
West Midlands Combined Authority – Mental
Health Commission. Taking a key role in the
commission and helping to 
lead health and work strand
Health and Social Care Combined Transformation
Plan and Implementation Plan. 
Focusing on Tierless System
Participating in West Midlands 
Strategic Clinical Network

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What would improved mental 
well-being in young people mean for our city?
Improved educational outcomes: happier, more confident
young people performing better at school
Improved aspirations for higher education and
employment
Financial savings for health services and the criminal
justice system, to redirect to 
other priorities within their services
Long term improvement to the life chances of this
generation of young people, and their future oﬀspring

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Steve Dodd
Co-ordinator of Youth Organisations
Wolverhampton Wolverhampton
Voluntary Sector Council

27 ready to join a VCS HeadStart consortium
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Voluntary and Community organisations -  
key partners in HeadStart
300+ working with children, young people and families
Varied in size and type
All have: Reach into communities; outcomes focus; flexibility to responding to
changing need and circumstances; ‘can do’approach
13 involved in delivery at Stage 2 – exciting results

Hosting a Headspace Hub and employing HeadSpace staﬀ
Supporting work in schools
Young people engagement
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VCOs and Stage 3 will contribute to:
A Place To Go
Support for parents and families
Delivering targeted work with specific groups
Counselling and therapeutic support / activities

Building Delivery capacity
Building organisational capacity
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Sharing expertise, building partnerships and capacity
Equal partners
Building more relationships with schools
Developing relationships with other voluntary  
and community organisations
Strengthening relationships with communities

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Steve Dodd
steve@yow.org.uk
01902 328 985 / 07981 931 849

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Robert Roalfe
Deputy Headteacher
Penn Fields School

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In a class of thirty 15 year-olds:
3 young people have a
clinically diagnosable
mental illness
Public Health England

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Among 10 - 15 year old girls:
14% are unhappy with their lives
34% are unhappy with their
appearance
Children’s Society Annual Report 2016

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ChildLine receive a call every 30
minutes from a child in the UK who
is having suicidal thoughts
NSPCC, 2015

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In the UK there are 57,000 children
currently identified as needing 
protection from abuse
The NSPCC estimate that for every child
identified, there are 
another 8 suﬀering abuse
Disabled children are over 3 times more
likely to be abused 
than non-disabled children

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In a class of thirty 15 year-olds:
6 young people have self-harmed
2 young people are doing so now
Public Health England / Young Minds

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Schools as a key element of HeadStart
Where children are likely to ask for help
Where children display behaviours which identify that
they are in need of help
Happy children behaving better, 
interacting better with peers and teachers, achieving
better academic results
Where education programmes and mentoring can
reach the majority of young people

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HeadStart at Penn Fields

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Children – resilience
Parents – capacity
Families – future
What we hope to achieve:

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Introduced SUMO to the staff;
SUMO sessions each week in KS3;
HeadsUp programme for peer mentors;
‘Share’- weekly parents’group;
After school youth club;
Introduced ELSA – resources for emotional literacy;
Anti-Bullying day;
Friendship stop;
Theatre group on Resilience;
eSafeguarding sessions;
Digital animation work;
Digital sessions - Headstart FM day; Song-writing day

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We used Ofsted’s Happiness Scale & the SDQ
in January and July;
They showed us a lot of our pupils had
worries;
Scores improved in all areas;
We conclude that what we are doing is
worthwhile;
Mental health agenda in school.
Did we make a diﬀerence?

Young people from all family backgrounds, and economic circumstances
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HeadStart supporting all children and young people
All races and religions. Some groups are under-represented in accessing
mental health support. HeadStart needs to reach out to them.
Children and young people with physical and learning disabilities
LGBT youngsters and young people questioning their sexuality
Young people in special schools, PRUs, and alternative provision
Looked after children, and children‘at risk’

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Phase 3 for HeadStart in Wolverhampton Schools
Workforce Development
Developing whole school strategies
A new PSHE curriculum, to be made available free of charge to all
schools, based on SUMO strategies
An expansion of Wolverhampton’s highly 
successful peer mentoring programme
Digital programmes and interventions

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Key judgements:
• Overall effectiveness
• Effectiveness of leadership and management
• Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
• Personal development, behaviour and welfare
• Outcomes for children and learners
• Safeguarding
‘The new area of Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare is much broader than the old
Behaviour and Safety. While behaviour continues to be important, this area now brings in
attendance, managing feelings, keeping healthy and safe, self-confidence, preparation for the next
stage in education, and employability.’
Ofsted Inspections from September 2015

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Staﬀ-to-pupil and pupil-to-pupil
relationships have seen a marked
improvement
“
Findings from the University of Wolverhampton independent Evaluation of 
SUMO and Pennsylvania State Resilience Programmes in phase 2 Wolverhampton schools
Pupils were better able to deal with
challenges they face and there was a tangible
improvement in terms of pupil behaviour
“
Staﬀ and pupils responded positively to the
programmes and they were seen as a useful
addition to the work and life of the schools
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Schools and the
digital perspective

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www.headstartbid.com

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The HeadStart website as a portal for
citywide information, support and
student-created HeadStart content
Internet safety programmes and
accreditations for young people, school
professionals and whole schools
Targeted digital programmes,
including The Getting Ahead
Programme, a‘digital Duke of
Edinburgh’scheme to develop 
resilience and aspirations

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By October Half-Term 2016: Lorraine McCarthy will be
leading consultations with Headteachers, ex-Headteachers
and other senior colleagues
November 2016: Establish a HeadStart Headteacher
Ambassador Group
December – February 2017: Consideration of key questions
and way forward to produce a framework for schools

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What is it that is going to make the greatest impact for
the young people in your school?
What is the best way to introduce HeadStart into your
school?
How do we identify staff to drive through the
programmes?
How do we ensure that HeadStart becomes embedded
in school culture and ethos and is therefore sustainable?
What does success look like?

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What would improved mental 
well-being in young people mean for our city?
Improved educational outcomes: happier, more confident
young people performing better at school
Improved aspirations for higher education and
employment
Long term improvement to the life chances of this
generation of young people, and their future oﬀspring

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Paul McGee aka
The SUMO Guy

Keep in touch via Twitter:
@thesumoguy

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Table Discussions
What are the obstacles and challenges to
supporting our young people?
What types of projects should 
HeadStart be supporting in schools and in the
community? How do we 
best facilitate these?
How do we support professionals who work with
young people in understanding the mental
health agenda and working with their young
people?
How do we bring together the community,
families, schools, health services, local
government and the voluntary sector to improve
the mental well-being of young people?

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Kevin Pace - Programme Manager, HeadStart Wolverhampton
Paul McGee, aka The SUMO Guy
Viv Griffin - Service Director, Mental Health and Disabilities
Steve Dodd, Co-ordinator of Youth Organisations
Wolverhampton
Gavin Hawkins, Strategic Lead, Wolverhampton Learning
Technologies Teams
The panel

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Next steps

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Councillor Val Gibson
Cabinet Member 
Children and Young People

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Thank you for joining us
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Kevin.Pace@wolverhampton.gov.uk

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