Improved outcomes lead to better life chances and reduce impact on high-cost services later in life – this has been evidenced through numerous scientific analyses on longitudinal studies of children across the world.

Birmingham’s Brighter Futures Transformation programme for services to children, young people and families aims to measurably improve the physical health, behaviour, emotional health, literacy and numeracy, social literacy and job skills of children. As a result, the wider system in which children’s services operate will be transformed - moving from service-led thinking to planning and delivery based on outcomes, children’s needs and evidence-based programmes.

The strategic benefits of transformation will enable the move from reactive to preventative working, and the corresponding shift of resources from high cost specialist services to early intervention that meets the needs of children and young people. Resources will be distributed more efficiently; with preventative and targeted support meeting additional need earlier and significantly reducing the numbers of children with complex needs requiring intensive and expensive specialist services.

Developing the model

The Brighter Futures transformation programme spans over ten years in terms of implementation timescales and fifteen years in terms of full benefit realisation (accumulating as the child grows up). The programme is expected to deliver cashable benefits of approximately £101.2m against an investment of £41.7m. Read More...

Author: Kostas Androulakis