Safer Surrey A Whole Family Approach Safer Surrey is a whole system - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Safer Surrey A Whole Family Approach Safer Surrey is a whole system - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Safer Surrey A Whole Family Approach Safer Surrey is a whole system approach spanning Children, Schools and Families. Supported by the Surrey Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) it encompasses all of our partners. Whole System provision
Children’s Services Community support networks Family network
Safer Surrey is a whole system approach spanning Children, Schools and Families. Supported by the Surrey Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) it encompasses all of our partners.
Children, Schools & Families SSCB, SCC, all partners
Whole System provision
SAFER SURREY APPROACH TO PRACTICE
- Strength-Based Approach, moving away
from a deficit way of working
- Uses different language
- Voice of the Child
- Invest power in Children & Families to
help themselves
- Encourages participation
SAFER SURREY – A System and Cultural Shift
- Improve how we deliver services to children and
families
- Strengthen how we work together as one team
– improved integrated working
- Shared common values
- Common understanding of need and risk
- Consistent quality of experience for children and
families whatever their address
- A learning culture that promotes best practice,
encourages challenge, transparency and
- penness
- Improves outcomes for children’s safety and
wellbeing
OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN
- Parents will understand what is expected of
them
- Everyone will use the same shared language
- Support will be better targeted and more
relevant
- There will be more open and transparent
decision making
- Professionals will be more specific about their
concerns for children
- Evidence will be presented more clearly and
better understood
- Closer collaboration between all parties
Other Developments in Surrey
- Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
- Enhanced Early Help and development
- f partnership working delivered jointly
- Levels of Need (Threshold Document)
– Using levels of need to support referrals – Clear criteria and agreed pathways from universal to support services, with effective step-up and step-down arrangements in place.
Surrey CC Early Help Services
- Early Help coordination at 4 Assessment
Intervention & Support (AIS) offices
- 0-11yrs: Children’s Centres + Family Support
Programme
- 11-18 yrs: Services for Young People – YSS,
Community Youth Work, Local Prevention
- Enhanced links to Voluntary Sector and Adult
Services – Domestic Abuse, Mental Health, Substance Misuse + New CAMHS
- Role of lead professional and team around the
family meeting
MASH Early Help Coordination Hub
Children’s Centres Young People’s Services
Schools, Health Visitors, Voluntary Community Faith Sector, Drug and Alcohol, Substance Misuse, Housing etc.
Parenting Offer
Information and
Advice Single Agency Complex Families / Multi Agency Family Support Programme
Surrey Levels of Need
www.surreyscb.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2016/10/Levels-of-Need- Final-3-October16.pdf
Level 1 – Children requiring Universal Services in the Community and occasional additional support from a specialist
- Children are achieving expected outcomes and have
their needs met within universal service provision without the need for additional support.
- Agencies provide universal prevention and address the
entire population with the aim of reducing later incidences or problems and signpost to other services when required.
- Single agency specialist support provided as needed.
Level 2 – Vulnerable children requiring a co-ordinated multi agency Early Help approach. Children are likely to require additional support for a period of time from a range of agencies
- Children who are starting to divert from expected outcomes and
require time limited intervention.
- Agencies provide preventative services that aim to respond quickly
when problems arise in order to prevent them getting worse.
- The support is co-ordinated by the Lead Professional, who may
come from any agency and acts as a single point of contact for the families through a process of change both supporting and challenging until outcomes are met.
Level 3 – Vulnerable children requiring timely intervention, Child in Need of services (Section 17)
- Children who are not achieving the expected outcomes,
and require more intensive but time limited support from a range of services overseen by Children’s Services.
- Agencies provide prevention and therapy/help when the
problem becomes serious.
- The Assessment and Intervention teams based in the
four quadrants will undertake Child and Family Assessments
Level 4 – Children, young people and families requiring specialist support in order to meet their needs, led by Children’s Services, risk of significant harm (Section 47)
- Children who require intensive help and support from a
limited range of specialist services led by Children’s Services
- Agencies provide specialist services that are
underpinned by wrap-around support services to help children ‘step down’.
Case scenarios
- Read the case scenarios
- In groups, identify the issues and consider
the appropriate level of intervention
- Step Up and Step Down process (See
Levels of Need document for further details)
Quick Break 10 Mins
What are we worried about?
past harm, future danger, complicating factors
What’s working well?
existing strengths and safety
What do we need to know?
grey areas, unknown information, where do we need further information
What needs to happen?
for future wellbeing and safety
A Framework for assessment and planning in partnership with children, young people and their families.
Try it out exercise
Please read the short case study on the McArdle family In small groups of 4/5 can you experiment with mapping this family story using the framework and flip chart provided.
- Think about the language you use in answering the questions.
- Think about what the young person or family member might
say as well as your professional view.
- Keep your focus on the impact (so what?) for each child
- Make sure your actions link to what the worry is.
Strength-based practice must be embedded in all activities to promote the approach and shows children and families we are committed to working positively with them The shared language needs to be used so that there is consistency for everyone involved
Starting with Social Care
Used at every level of the organisation
- How we work with families; the language we use, how
we work in partnership.
- How we carry out assessments
- How we structure planning meetings and reviews (EH,
CIN, CP, Core Groups etc.)
- How we supervise and are supervised
- How we write reports and record our work
- How we train our staff
Safer Surrey – Whole System Approach
On a scale of 0 – 10 how well do you think a Safer Surrey approach will fit with what you do in your service? (with 10 being very well and 0 being the just not possible at all in any way) Describe why you gave it that mark and what would need to happen to move it up two points.
- How would/ could Safer Surrey be visible in your service, agency,
work?
- Can you identify a quick win?
- What will help you in embedding Safer Surrey into your service, team
and practice?
Any Questions?
On your way out please add a sticker to the scaling tool to identify where you now think you are in terms of your knowledge and understanding of the Safer Surrey model of practice.