Transcript Prevention & Early Intervention - Local Safeguarding Children Board

Prevention & Early Intervention
Phase 2 Implementation Date
2nd November 2015
What is Prevention and Early
Intervention?
• Prevention (upstream): preventing, or minimising
the risk, of problems arising – usually through
universal policies like health promotion.
• Early intervention (midstream): targeting individuals
or groups at high risk or showing early signs of a
particular problem to try to stop it occurring.
• Early treatment (downstream): intervening once
there is a problem, to stop it getting worse and
redress the situation
Why Families First?
• Children and Young People thrive best in their
own family networks and should stay together
except where there is a detrimental impact on
their welfare
• North East Lincolnshire should be a child friendly
place in which Children and Young People are safe
from harm in their families, communities and
neighbourhoods
Governance
Partners
Police
CCG
Probation
Health
Education
Who does this impact upon?
• Early help is everyone’s business! It is
something we do, not somewhere we go!
• All practitioners that work directly with
children, young people and families
– Recognises that all practitioners have a
collective responsibility
• Children, young people and families in
need of support
What has already changed?
• Children’s Centres have become Family Hubs within 5
geographical cluster areas remaining at the heart of
every community, offering information, advice and
guidance and bringing together services from pre-birth
to adulthood (0-19yrs)
• Staff training in Signs of Safety approach, Restorative
Practice and Outcome Based Accountability ongoing
• Implementation of multi-agency cluster area allocation
meetings to offer support and advice for all families
• Youth Offending Service merged Young and Safe with an
emphasis on prevention and early intervention
The Clusters
1. East Marsh and Central
2. Immingham and the Wolds
3. West Marsh, Queensway and
Riverside
4. Nunsthorpe, Scartho, Park and
Broadway
5. Reynolds and Highgate
What’s not changing?
• Family hubs will continue to deliver the Sure
Start children’s centre 0-5 offer as part of their
0-19 offer
• Troubled families offer will continue
• Continue to deliver a family information
service (to be re-named families first
information service)
Creating Strong Communities
Family Group Conferencing
Signs of Safety
A facilitation tool where families are
supported to address their issues via dialogue
and manage their own situations
A tool to communicate effectively with
children and families in relation to identifying
and managing risk
Creating Strong
Communities
Restorative Practice
Outcome Based Accountability
An approach focusing on resolving conflicts
via challenge and support at the earliest
stage
A thinking process which focuses the whole
organisation on outcomes, as opposed to
process
Family Group Conferencing
• What is it and how does it work?
– The family group conference process aims to empower families
and to acknowledge and respect their strengths
• When should it be used?
– In those cases where the CIN plan is not having the desired
impact and a step up to CP is being considered
– Potential 2nd time entrants into CP, where a decision has been
made at strategy meeting to give the family the opportunity to
work with the FGC team rather than go to CP.
– CAFCASS referral for Section 7 reports which family breakdown
is having a detrimental impact on the children’s well-being.
What is changing from 2nd Nov?
• The process for assessing and responding to the
needs of children will change from Mon 2nd Nov 15
• Including:
– The introduction of an additional threshold of
need (called Universal Plus) to support families
earlier
– A new Family Support Pathway / Threshold of
need document
– The introduction of a single assessment and plan
Universal
Cluster 1
East
Marsh and
Central
Cluster 2
Immingham
and the
Wolds
Universal Plus
Cluster 3
West Marsh,
Queensway
and
Riverside
Cluster 4
Nunsthorpe,
Scartho,
Park and
Broadway
Vulnerable
Complex / Severe
Cluster 5
Reynolds
and
Highgate
 Integrated services with multi agency, multidisciplinary teams in each cluster, who know their
community and who to support
 Targeted services are based on local need with the
key aim of building resilient families
 Multi-agency joint decision making at weekly
allocations in each cluster, deciding who and how to
best support families

Early Help,
Troubled Families
& Targeted
Support
Statutory Services
Family Support Pathway, Single Assessment and Plan
Universal Offer and Universal Pathway 0-19
Level 0
Universal
Universal
services to all
for example
family hubs,
GPs, hospitals,
schools
Includes
universal
contacts 0-19 to
which all
children and
young people
are entitled e.g.
year 1 phonics
screening check
or year 8 and 9
immunisations
Level 1
Universal
Plus
Level 2
Vulnerable
Universal Plus
focuses on
children and
families that
need targeted
help and
support to get
back on track
before problems
escalate
This refers to
children, young
people and
families who
have been
assessed as
having
additional needs
which cannot be
provided for by
universal or
universal plus
provision
Level 3
Complex
The threshold
for statutory
involvement
Level 4
Severe
Children
protection
Looked after
This group is
children
often referred to
as “children in
Children with
need”.
severe and
Children’s
complex SEN /
Assessment and disabilities /
Safeguarding
health / mental
Service
health needs
(CASS)/Children’
s Disability
Young offenders
When a multi
Service (CDS)
involved with
agency response
will allocate a
the Youth
is required the
social worker
Justice Services
Early Help
process will be
initiated
How it will work
The Family Support Pathway
• Revised thresholds
• Introduction of a co-ordinated step-up, stepdown through allocation meetings in Clusters
• Introduction of the single assessment (covering
universal plus and early help/vulnerable levels)
• Introduction of a practitioners toolbox and
useful contacts
Single Assessment and Plan
• Replaces CAF and spans the entire journey of the
child
• Based on simple “signs of safety” questioning
• Accompanied by practitioners guidance
• Single document builds as the family progresses on
their journey
• Evidences all interventions and outcomes
• Acts as a referral to MASH (or Children’s Disability
Service) if needed
Allocation
Universal
Universal Plus
Vulnerable
Complex
Severe
• Weekly multi-agency meeting per
cluster for allocation and review
Single
• Allows appropriate allocation to either
Assessment
Universal Plus or Early Help
Universal Plus Allocation
Build on
• All key allocation meetings are multiassessment for
agency ideally with referrer in
each intervention
Early Help Allocation
attendance
Build on
assessment for
• All case history checked prior to meeting
each pathway
• Step-up, step-down process through
MASH Referral
challenge meetings
• Siblings flagged in all other allocation
meetings can be referred to Cluster
allocation for support
• [email protected]
The Roll Out
• From 2nd Nov CAFs will no longer be accepted and the Single
Assessment should be used instead
• Training will roll out as per table
• In the interim family hubs and integrated family services are
operating a duty rota to support practitioners on the single
assessment
Cluster Area
Dates
Training
Presentations
Workshops –
Delivered by
Practice Leads
Cluster 1
2nd Nov –
13th Nov
3rd Nov
10th Nov
Cluster 2
16th Nov –
27th Nov
17th Nov
24th Nov
Danger/Worry Statements
Mapping
Safety Planning
Family Network Meeting
Cluster 3
30th Nov –
11th Dec
8th Dec
10th Dec
Cluster 4
14th Dec –
21st Dec
15th Dec
22nd Dec
Cluster 5
4th Jan – 11th
Jan
5th Jan 16
13th Jan 16
• In 3 months:
The Future
– Further develop information, advice and guidance for children, young
people and families (including the local offer) – promoting self-help
and improving resilience
– Development of a Families First Access Point (FFAP)
• In 6 months:
– The development of 0-19 Cluster Self Evaluation Forms and Scorecards
for key issues
– The introduction of PEI Champions to act at key liaison points with
schools and academies
– Development and roll out of NEL Children’s Workforce Development
Strategy
– In 12 months:
– Integration with Statutory Single Assessment
Families First Access Point (FFAP)
• Provide information, advice and guidance to vulnerable
children, young people and families, with difficulties they're
experiencing at an early stage
• Co-ordinate requests for support received and ensures
families are supported by the right agency at the right time
• Signpost requests for support based on professional
assessment of level of need
• Provide advice and support to school, community based
practitioners and other professionals working with children
and families