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Troubled Families

www.sefton.gov.uk

Olive Carey Head of Early Intervention & Prevention Jacqui Kerr Service Manager EIP (Family Support)

Troubled Families ‘The Troubled Families Programme aims to change the way services are run, save taxpayers money and turn around the lives of some of the hardest to help in the country.’

– Children back in school – Youth crime and anti-social behavior reduced – Adults better able to work

What are we trying to achieve?

• Transforming local services
• Whole Family Working
• Single Lead Practitioner delivering an family outcome based plan

supported by a Team Around The Family (TAF)

• Using a mix of methods that support families and challenge poor

behaviour

• Up- skilling the workforce
• Right intervention at the right time with the least change of worker

Payment by Results

The main aim of the programme is to transform services so that we are better able to support families to become independent self reliant and resilient. Funding is split into 2 elements:

• Attachment fee
• Payment by results:

– Reduction in Offending or ASB for 6 months following an order – Average 85% attendance in school over 3 terms – Adult family member moves into work and sustains employment for 6 months or makes progress to work

Governance

• Troubled Families is part of the Family Support Team of Early

Intervention & Prevention.

• A steering group chaired by Peter Morgan includes leads from

– LA teams – EIP, BIP, Sefton@Work and Public Health – External Teams – Job Centre plus, One Vision, Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire & Rescue, Merseyside Probation, Merseycare and Sefton CVS

• Supporting 650 families
• Turned around 72% of families we expect this to be nearer 85%
• nce October claim is submitted

– ‘Turned Around’ indicates that the payment by results measures have been achieved

• Early Help Pathway with strong linkages to Social Care
• Agreed improvement plan with key investment strands
• Practitioners from across LA teams, Police and Housing have

completed their level 4 qualification in supporting families

• Developed an integrated family intervention model with secondary

schools

• Multi agency delivery plan to support more adults into work or

programmes to build up their employability skills

Results to date

Phase 2

• Due to our performance we will be rolling out the Extended TF Programme

from January 2015 which will support approx 2000 families over the next 5 years

• To be eligible for the expanded programme, each family must have at

least two of the following six problems:

• 1. Parents and children involved in crime or anti-social behaviour.
• 2. Children who have not been attending school regularly.
• 3. Children who need help.
• 4. Adults out of work or at risk of financial exclusion and young people at risk of

worklessness.

• 5. Families affected by domestic violence and abuse.
• 6. Parents and children with a range of health problems.

Current Identification & Shared Intelligence

Troubled Family Criteria – database search Further details re current plans MA groups with info on above families

• YOT
• AWS
• ASB
• JC+
• Riverside/One Vision
• CAF
• Social Care
• Orders
• Housing case work
• MARGG – organised crime
• MARGG – young people
• MACSE
• Other RSLs case work
• Linacre Derby Panel

Pathway

Business as usual

• Coordinated CAF plan
• Lead Practitioner
• Team around the Family
• Early Help Interventions
• Specialist assessments

Allocated via Early Help Gateway

• EIP staff
• EIP Commissioned
• TF Partnership

Tracking Impact and Outcomes Case studies Payment by Results

Issues for SSCP to discuss

• Gaps in delivery model for families involved in organised

crime or asb

• Effectiveness of integrated pathways
• Sharing information
• Do we have the skills to deliver the right intervention at the

right time with the least change of worker?

• What are our challenges now and how can TF support us to

do things differently?