Transcript TRAINING - Change for Children

Family STEPS
Solutions Towards Everyday Problems
Debbie Mclean
Senior Practitioner
Family Support Workers Team
Pali Obhi
YISP Coordinator
Family STEPS
Solutions
Towards Everyday Problems
What is it?
How does it work?
The Aims
• To provide locally based support to children, families
& tier 1 staff to encourage emotional well being &
positive behaviour
• To provide timely, early & direct involvement to
achieve positive outcomes.
• To provide training, consultation & support to
professionals in statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To promote multi-agency collaborative working.
The network of agencies is
coordinated by
• The strategic group
• The operational group
The Family STEPs Network
Family STEPs
Transition
Mentors
(in specific areas)
Family
Support
Workers
Primary
Mental
Health
Workers
Specialist
Teachers and
Educational
Psychologists
YISP
Fun &
Families
Family Support Workers
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Aim to offer brief focused intervention
& build on existing strengths in the
family
Work with parents/carers within the
home
setting
on
home-based
behavioural issues (below the age of
13)
Primary Mental Health Workers
• Aim to offer early identification/intervention
relating to mental health issues, improve
access to specialist CAMHS & support tier
1 provision
• Provide consultation, support, direct work,
training & networking
Fun and Families
• Aims to support families experiencing
child/adolescent behaviour problems.
• Organise courses for parents and
young people and train tier 1
practitioners to run the courses
• Courses include Fun & Families,
Living with Teenagers, Avoiding
Conflict with Adults
Transition Mentors
• Aim to raise educational achievement, selfesteem & resilience & to reduce exclusions
& likelihood becoming involved in crime
• Provide a year long programme of
activities with identified vulnerable young
people who are moving from KS2 to KS3
and their families.
• Provide support in school, home &
community
Teachers & Educational
Psychologists
When there are concerns about a child’s behaviour & emotional well
being in educational settings, we aim to:
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improve children's emotional well-being
•
encourage positive behaviour in children
•
build parental confidence and skills
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support Tier 1 staff in their work with children
•
provide consultation and training for STEPs practitioners about educational
issues
•
enable a comprehensive home-school approach to be taken
YISP Preventative Workers
• Aim to prevent children becoming
involved
in
offending/anti-social
behaviour, to prevent re-offending, to
increase protective factors & reduce
risk factors
• Work with children & young people
from 8-16 years of age, who are at
risk of offending/anti-social behaviour
“Interagency working is not rocket
science, it’s more difficult.” (Kukic,
1997 in Cole et al, 1998)
Sharing a common goal
Team work
Communication
Organisation
Referral Process & Criteria
• If you have a family who may need support
from one or more of the teams within the
Family STEPs network they/you should
consult the referral criteria or contact any of
the managers
• Complete a request for direct work form with
the family
• Referrals received by operational group who
undergo a screening process