Children and Young People's Plan - the latest version of the Portsmouth CYPP is now available from the Strategy & Governance page.

Open Forum on developing disability services in Portsmouth, Monday 14th July, 10am - 1pm, the Frank Sorrell Centre. Lunch provided. There will be a presentation on the Local Involvement Networks (LINKs), and feedback from the last meeting which considered Long Term Conditions. Service users, carers, voluntary organisations, and staff from all sectors or anyone with an involvement in disability services is welcome. Contact Andy Barker on 023 9268 4573 for further information. 

Child Protection Conferences - the Child Protection Register has been replaced by Child Protection Plans. For more information and the new report forms please click here.

eLearning offer - 3 self-paced eLearning modules are available at no charge to Portsmouth Children's Trust partners to introduce, or refresh knowledge and understanding of:  

·          Safeguarding Children

·          Common Assessment Framework (CAF)

·          Information Sharing 

Each module takes between an hour and an hour and a half to complete. For more information, and to request a user name and password for a specific module please click here.

 What’s your Viewpoint?


Are you a child or young person in care, or a care leaver?

The Government and councils like Portsmouth City Council want to make things as good as they can possibly be for young people who are in care.

There are some things that we have to do because the law tells us we must, but there are other things that we can change and this is what we want to ask you about.

We are about to start doing some things that the Government have suggested, but wanted to make sure we asked the experts what they though first to make sure we got it right, and guess what? You are the experts!

We would be really pleased if you could spend just 5 or 10 minutes answering a few questions to let us know what you think. We won’t know that it was you that wrote anything unless you want to tell us your name. 

Click here to answer the Viewpoint questions now.

Click on the logo below for the Children and Young People Service Directory.

We are keen to keep the CHYPS directory up-to-date. If you know of any changes that should be made or ommissions to address please email ChildrensTrust@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.

A Joint Area Review (JAR) is an external inspection, led by Ofsted, to evaluate the way all local services contribute to the outcomes achieved by children and young people. So Portsmouth City Council, the Police, the Health Service and Voluntary Organisations will all be included in the upcoming JAR.

The JAR will focus on the extent to which services contribute to children and young people being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being and pay particular attention to:

• any areas of work deemed to be weak
• safeguarding
• looked after children
• children and young people with learning difficulties or disabilities.  

For more information please click the links below (all resources open in a new window) 

JAR Inspectors Timetable

JAR Update 02/05/08

Ofsted Guide (20 page document)

Portsmouth Presentation for Practitioners (Click within a slide to advance, right click for other options)

Portsmouth JAR project plan (1 page PDF)

Briefing Note (21 page PDF)