Transcript NTA presentation template 2011

National Treatment Agency for Substance
Misuse: Whole family support - families and
recovery
Whole family support - families and recovery
Emma Pawson
Families and Young People Manager
Slide 1
National Policy Context
 Families
already key element of new Drugs Strategy and
recovery agenda
 The Munro Review calls upon adult services to respond to
the needs of the whole family
Slide 2
Parental Substance Misuse
 Drugs: 34% clients in drug treatment are living with a child; a
further 18% have children not currently living with them
 Alcohol: Up to 3 million children live with a dependent drinker
 Safeguarding: Alcohol is a factor in 50% child protection cases;
drugs and alcohol a factor in three out of four serious case
reviews. The adult is often not in treatment.
 Offending: 162,000 children have a parent in prison
 Poor outcomes: Parental drug misuse doesn’t automatically
mean poor parenting, but their children often have poor outcomes
 Looked After Children: A sixth of under 18s in treatment are
Looked After Children (unpublished data from 1st Quarter of 201112)
Slide 3
Bottling it Up: The Next Generation
 2.6 million children in the UK are living with a parent who drinks
at hazardous levels.
 Around 33,000 adults who are in treatment for alcohol problems
also have parental responsibilities.
 Between 2010 and 2011, 12,248 people used Turning Point's
alcohol treatment services and nearly half (5,326) were parents, of
whom more than a third (1,925) were mothers.
 The average alcohol consumption of parents was 30 units per
day - 24 for mothers and 33 for fathers.
Turning Point, December 2011
Slide 4
Treatment Completions
Parent:
303 day episode on average for planned, 221 day planned.
Not parent: 268 day episode on average for planned, 237 day unplanned
Slide 5
Treatment strengthens local safeguarding and
family support work
 Families
with multiple needs require multi agency support to
keep children safe and to maximise their life chances
 But, multi agency response can only be realised with support
of Health and Well-being Boards, DCS, DPH and LCSB
 Recovery-focused drug treatment delivered in collaboration
with children’s and adult social care reduces safeguarding risks
and helps addicted parents stabilise, recover and look after their
children
Slide 6
Recovery is the goal
Whole family approach
Build families strengths and resilience to help them thrive in
independence and a healthy and safe environment
Have parental status in mind at all times- from early assessment –
family assessment tools and care plans , risk assessments
 Multi agency response – reduce duplication
• Joint work with FIPs
• Joint work and pathways with social care
• Work with family centres, health visitors, sure start etc
 Flexible treatment responses to family needs e.g. parental care
plans
Slide 7
Workforce
Recovery parental treatment options – recovery groups ,
parenting groups, whole family recovery panels
Recovery advocates – peer mentors
Change stigma and culture
Enhance skills and confidence of workers
Family recovery champions
Slide 8