This free event is being held online via Teams and is open to professionals, volunteers and practitioners across Wales who work with or for children, young people and families. The aim is to share practice and knowledge of existing work to reduce, prevent or mitigate the impact of child poverty across Wales.
The morning will consist of three practice sessions.
Speakers & Projects:
Sarah Quibell, Service Manager for Education Support Services, Powys County Council
Project: Developing a Child Poverty Action Plan
Powys County Council have established a Child Poverty Task Force ‘to work across all the public services to alleviate the growing crisis of child poverty in our communities.’ The cross organisational Task Force has worked together, within existing resources, to develop a Child Poverty Task Force Action Plan to support children, young people and their families across Powys.
The Practice Session will explore how the Task Force was established, how the Action Plan was formulated, and the key areas that it covers.
Adele Evans, Community Focused Schools Manager, Powys County Council & Judith Hickey, Headteacher, Ysgol Golwg y Cwm
Project: Community Focused School – Working with co-located Services and Partners
Community Focused Schools are a key feature of the Powys Child Poverty Task Force Action Plan. Ysgol Golwg y Cwm featured in the Estyn Report Community Schools: Families and Communities at the Heart of School Life (Estyn 2020).
The Practice Session will explore how Ysgol Golwg y Cwm work with ‘co-located partners to tackle the challenges faced by their pupils and parents’ (Estyn 2020, p34).
Yasmin Bell, Chief Officer, Powys Citizens Advice & Anwen Peters, Powys County Council
Project: Money and Advice Services – ‘No Wrong Door’
Cross organisational working is a core element of the Powys Child Poverty Task Force. The Practice Session will explore how the Powys County Council Income and Awards Team and Powys Citizens Advice are developing a combined approach to service delivery that will benefit families in Powys.
Mae'r digwyddiad rhad ac am ddim hwn yn cael ei gynnal arlein trwy Teams, ac mae'n agored i weithwyr proffesiynol, gwirfoddolwyr ac ymarferwyr ledled Cymru sy'n gweithio gyda phlant, phobl ifanc a theuluoedd. Y nod yw rhannu arferion a gwybodaeth am waith presennol er mwyn lleihau, atal neu liniaru effaith tlodi plant ar draws Cymru.
Bydd tair sesiwn ymarfer yn y bore.
Siaradwyr a Phrosiectau:
Sarah Quibell, Rheolwr Gwasanaethau ar gyfer Gwasanaethau Cymorth Addysg, Cyngor Sir Powys
Prosiect: Datblygu Cynllun Gweithredu Tlodi Plant
Mae Cyngor Sir Powys wedi sefydlu Tasglu Tlodi Plant 'i weithio ar draws yr holl wasanaethau cyhoeddus i liniaru'r argyfwng cynyddol o dlodi plant yn ein cymunedau.' Mae'r Tasglu traws-drefniadol wedi gweithio gyda'i gilydd, o fewn yr adnoddau presennol, i ddatblygu Cynllun Gweithredu Tasglu Tlodi Plant i gefnogi plant, pobl ifanc a'u teuluoedd ar draws Powys.
Bydd y Sesiwn Ymarfer yn archwilio sut y sefydlwyd y Tasglu, sut y lluniwyd y Cynllun Gweithredu, a'r meysydd allweddol y mae'n eu cwmpasu.
Adele Evans, Rheolwr Ysgolion Ffocws Cymunedol, Cyngor Sir Powys a Judith Hickey, Pennaeth, Ysgol Golwg y Cwm
Prosiect: Ysgol Ffocws Cymunedol – Gweithio gyda Gwasanaethau a Phartneriaid wedi'u cydleoli
Mae Ysgolion â Ffocws Cymunedol yn un o nodweddion allweddol Cynllun Gweithredu Tasglu Tlodi Plant Powys. Ymddangosodd Ysgol Golwg y Cwm yn yr adroddiad "Estyn Community Schools: Families and Communities at the Heart of School Life" (Estyn 2020).
Bydd y Sesiwn Ymarfer yn ymchwilio i sut mae Ysgol Golwg y Cwm yn cydweithio â 'phartneriaid ar y cyd i fynd i'r afael â'r heriau sydd yn wynebu eu disgyblion a'u rhieni' (Estyn 2020, t34).
Yasmin Bell, Prif Swyddog Cyngor ar Bopeth Powys a Anwen Peters, Cyngor Sir Powys
Prosiect: Gwasanaethau Arian a Chyngor – 'Dim drws anghywir'
Mae gweithio traws sefydliadol yn elfen graidd o Dasglu Tlodi Plant Powys. Bydd y Sesiwn Ymarfer yn archwilio sut mae Tîm Incwm a Gwobrau Cyngor Sir Powys a Chyngor ar Bopeth Powys yn datblygu ffordd gyfunol o ddarparu gwasanaethau a fydd o fudd i deuluoedd ym Mhowys.