Stewart Evers (Social Worker) Shona Robertson (Social Worker) The Halt Service Stewart Evers (Social Worker) Shona Robertson (Social Worker)

The Halt Service We work with children and Young People aged 5-18 years old who have displayed Harmful Sexual Behaviour. Part of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Monthly Information Sessions for professionals for those of you that would like further information. 0141 276 1440 We would usually speak for a while about the service however time today does not allow for this. You are very welcome to contact us regarding attending an Information Session .

What Can Help? A Social Work Perspective Knowing what the additional needs a child has are: Level of understanding Communication style Preferred support regarding affect regulation Joint Work with Health, Education, Parents/Carers & Voluntary sector to gain info The impact of this joining up is that we are able to offer a bespoke assessment to that child/young person: Communication Resources tailored to that child Support We have been asked to speak with you from a Social Work Perspective about What helps in providing support to children and young people who display HSB and also have additional needs. We will look both at what helps us to help young people and also the ways in which we can help the child and his/her helping team . We are going to discuss what helps but in doing so will also touch on some of the challenges. We will discuss some examples of practise - some information however will be kept fairly vague to protect the privacy of the children we work alongside. Communication: SR provide example Resources: SE example – Pictures / adapting MARR to need Support: SR (time out)

What works well? The Halt Service has a Forensic Psychologist based with the service We don’t need to go out with the service for initial screenings or advice (we get information quicker) He can link us with other people/other resources both regarding individual young people and more generally Training from others e.g. S.A.L.T Consultations with others e.g. CAMHS Forensic Psychologist- Not going out with means often that we don’t create more drift or excess waiting if possible Forensic Psychologist can access previous Health information/assessments and also provide screenings re ASD, ADHD and other issues So for example Stephen was able to link us up with the Speech and Language Therapist at FCAMHS who completed an input with the team that we could then use with some of our young people Consultations outwith the Service: where we attend other agencies forums/meetings and share information means that we have thinking space, opportunity to consider/share and make links to share necessary and sufficient information. This informs our overall view not just about the behaviour itself but how we approach work with the young person. Before we actually work with the young person but also after we begin the work and beyond.

Working Together Consultations that we provide: Formulations formed by information from others but also from the children/young people themselves These will differ depending on the stage of the assessment/intervention with the child/young person.

Working Together Consultations allow for Thinking Space: A space to reflect Potential pathways Intent v’s impact Risk Management considerations A space to try to see the world through the child’s lens: about him/her self, the world, adults and sex. Helping Team Approach to our work with children and young people. Halt offering an Initial View of both potential future risk and needs in relation to H.S.B Within own agency - Halt will complete a group consultation with the helping team so that we can have a shared view going forward. It also allows opportunity to think about the young persons background and their experiences and what this might mean for their behaviour and for our own view about this. Shona- will provide example- brief Stewart- will provide example- brief Helping team – parents on board SR Potential Pathways- how do children learn about sex, Sometimes children with disabilities not seen as sexual people with sexual needs. On other occasions the education input they had in this area is lacking therefore they look elsewhere perhaps for this information/knowledge i.e. internet or other children and young people. Intent vs Impact- Sometimes in some cases there is no intent to harm perhaps their skills are such that they have just got it wrong but this is not to say that at other times this may be more intentful. Do peoples values/beliefs about disabilities get in the way e.g.. myths of thinking – forever children. Unable to integrate/understand/change

Working Together: a Helping Team Approach Child Parents /Carers Social Work Health Education Halt Voluntary Sector Halt works systemically and I hope that we have shown that the child is at the centre of all we do. To have the best outcomes we need to work together as a helping team for the full benefit of young person and their family.