Transcript Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate

Birmingham Children, Young
People and Families Directorate
Family Support and Safeguarding
Family Support and Safeguarding
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Lord Laming 2003
‘it is not possible to separate the protection
of children from wider support to families.
Indeed, often the best protection for a child
is achieved by the timely intervention of
family support services’.
further highlighted by Professor Munro, 2011.
‘the provision of early help is vital to keeping
children safe’.
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Co Location of teams
• From April 2013 Family support Teams and
Social Work Teams have relocated into area
hubs.
• Co locating Family support workers and Social
Workers together has created a greater
cohesion between teams alongside extending
links to local services and identifying support for
families that qualify under the “Troubled Family “
agenda.
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Team locations – Hub Children’s Centres
East
• Fox Hollies
• Kitts Green
• Dyson Gardens
• Golden Hillock
• Park Road
West & Central
• The Willows
• Birchfield
• St Thomas
South
• Albert Bradbeer (Merrishaw)
• Reameadow
• Chinnbrook
• Doddington
North
• Circle
• Featherstone
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Social Work intervention
• Requests for Social work intervention from the
area safeguarding teams should be directed
through the single access no 0121 303 1888
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Accessing the Family Support
teams
• 1. Call CIASS ( Children's information
advice and support service )
new single point of access no
0121 303 1888
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Child & The
Family
Safeguarding &
Support Teams
Integrated
CIC teams
CIAS
Locality Area Safeguarding and
Support Service
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Accessing the Family Support
teams
2. Attend “Team around the family “meetings
to gain professional advice and support on
individual cases.
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Team around the family process
Identify needs for child / family
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Use family CAF to co ordinate your
response and that of others at
additional need level.
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Use Team around the Family meetings to
request services eg from integrated support
and safeguarding teams and others
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fCAF and referral process for safeguarding and family support
Child or Families identified as
having ‘Additional Needs’ &
multi-agency response required by
Universal or Partner Agency
Family Common
Assessment (fCAF)
Safeguarding Family
Support Services:
Discussion &
Allocation meeting
Integrated
Support
Plan *
Team Around Family
Meeting
Continuation
of
fCAF
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TAF Process – May 2013 v10 , JN
Integrated
Support Plan
Review *
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Birmingham Children, Young
People and Families Directorate
Any questions?
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