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Developing Locality Working in Nottinghamshire Children and Young People’s Services • • • • Integrated Services for Kirkby Pilot (ISK) Targeted Youth Support Pathfinder project 2006-2007 improve access to multi-agency services for children, young people and their families enable services and agencies to work together in order to make best use of resources and expertise, whilst avoiding duplication establish protocols for early intervention and effective co-ordination of services / agencies Children and Young People’s Services • • • • Integrated Services for Kirkby Pilot (ISK) establish ongoing consultation with children, young people, families and communities and improve working relationships improve service provision in response to consultation improve opportunities, providing better chances within the local area provide a ‘one stop’ access to services – through a first contact model which gives access to all others. Children and Young People’s Services • • • • ISK led to Joint Access Teams (JAT) JAT teams consist of workers from a wider range of services The membership of the JAT team is based on need in the local area and decided by local practitioners, managers and schools We’ve got 7 JAT teams currently and each family of schools will have one by 2010 Typically JAT teams consist of; Children and Young People’s Services • • • • • • • • • • • • health staff social workers police children’s centre & family centre workers voluntary sector workers school based staff drugs and alcohol workers behaviour support & inclusion services staff child & family therapy staff (MALT) education welfare officers connexions workers youth & youth offending workers Children and Young People’s Services • • • • • • What are JAT teams? JAT team members remain in their own teams JAT teams meet minimum once per month JAT teams have an identified chair JAT teams have identified admin support JAT teams are led by a steering group consisting of the managers of the workers in the JAT teams. steering groups have an identified chair Children and Young People’s Services • • • • What do JAT teams do? JAT teams will discuss children, young people & families identified as requiring targeted early intervention and support. Members of the JAT team and colleagues in services aligned to the JAT team will undertake direct work with children young people and families JAT teams will identify a lead professional if required JAT teams will use the Common Assessment framework if an assessment is required Children and Young People’s Services A strengths based approach •listen to and value what children, young people, parents and carers tell us •focus on strengths as well as needs •ensure that the child, young person or carer is fully involved in decision making and planning •respect children, young people and parents •training in strengths based approaches planned for workers in JAT’s Children and Young People’s Services What don’t JAT’s do? • JAT’s will not become involved in dealing with child protection referrals. If a worker has child protection concerns they should be referred to the health and social care teams in the normal way following NSCB procedures. Children and Young People’s Services Children and Young People’s Services