Children and Young People

Change Theory: Enabling children and young people to lead healthy, active lives and be highly skilled, educated and socially responsible.

The Children and Young People Partnership is a statutory body established to secure the five Every Child Matters outcomes through the indicators shown in the Children & Young People block of Oldham's LAA and the Children and Young People Plan. The Children & Young People Executive Board leads on the strategic direction of the Children & Young People Partnership and Oldham's Childrens Trust arrangements, and it's membership is made up of the following individuals and organisations:

• Ruth M Baldwin (Chair and Executive Director, Children Young People & Families, Oldham Council)
• Chf. Supt. Caroline Ball (Chief Superintendent, Oldham Division, Greater Manchester Police
• Shauna Dixon (Director of Clinical Services, Oldham Primary Care Trust)
• Jane Hughes (Chief Executive, Oldham Book - representing the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector)
• Cllr Kay Knox (Opposition Spokesperson, Children, Young People & Families, Oldham Council)
• Jim Leivers (Chair of the Local Safeguarding Children Board)
• Cllr Hugh McDonald (Cabinet Member for Children Young People & Families, Oldham Council)
• Lee Gosling (Chair of Oldham Council for Voluntary Youth Services - representing the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector)
• Tim Mitchell (Chief Executive, Positive Steps Oldham)

The Executive Board is supported by a Joint Leadership Team - a multi-agency group which represents the lead operational managers from all the partners who are responsible for delivering the Local Area Agreement and Children and Young People Plan. The Joint Leadership Team will plan, develop and implement effective services for children and young people in the Borough. The Children and Young People Partnership has also recently established an Integrated Commissioning Group. This multi-agency group is charged with the task of setting an agreed strategic direction for comissioning services for children and young people against the priorities identified in the Children and Young People Block of the Local Area Agreement and the Children and Young People Plan.

For more information on the work of the Children and Young People Partnership, please click here.

Contact Details:

Lead: Ruth M. Baldwin (Oldham Council)
(0161) 770 4200 ruth.m.baldwin@oldham.gov.uk

Supported by: Tim Mitchell (Positive Steps Oldham)
(0161 621 9400 timmitchell@positivestepsoldham.org.uk

Coordinator: Laura Breslin (Oldham Council)
(0161) 770 1295 laura.breslin@oldham.gov.uk