The partnership's current key priorities are:

• Make sure babies get the best start in life by helping their mothers to have good physical and emotional/mental health in pregnancy and the early months of the child’s life
• Reduce the harm and pressure caused to families when they live in temporary or poor accommodation
• Help very young children to be ready to start school and ready to learn: for example, they should be able to communicate well and be able to manage their own basic needs
• Help the most vulnerable families to improve the parenting they give their children aged from birth to five
• Effective information, signposting and access to services
• Parents and carers support positive behaviour

Commissioning priorities include

• Map services and develop an updated needs assessment
• Increase parental involvement in the planning, commissioning, design and delivery and review of services
• Support services to evidence impact

Our workforce priorities:

• Children’s workforce are confident and skilled in working with parents
• Universal services are supported to make personalised response to families with additional needs and to work with targeted and specialist services including VCS
• Childminder support