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LIF Awareness Briefing – Integrated Working
Richard Spedding Programme Manager
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How Early Support will Interact with the Family
MASH or Request for Support Lead Professional to manage and review progress and TAF Coordinator Commission services as appropriate More Resilient Family able to Thrive with Universal Services Early Support Panel Set a Baseline for family and agree review dates Early Support Services Relevant CAF’s completed / reviewed and TAF set up. Lead Professional identified Action Plan created Against Needs and Outcomes agreed
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Rod Norton Strategic Lead for Early Support
Introducing Early Support
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Vision We intend to change and improve our whole approach to working with children, young people and families. Working with families as opposed to doing to, helping them to improve their situation and take greater control over changing their circumstances and improving outcomes for their children.
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Aims To have all partners working together more efficiently and effectively, thereby reducing and managing risk and demand for services from children, young people and families, to the benefit of key stakeholders and the wider community, while at the same time improving key outcomes, to reduce dependency, and Increase resilience, while being more cost effective and providing value for money
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Drivers CYPT transformational principles –
shared locations shared information shared ownership shared pathways shared commissioning and delivery Principles of Prevention and Early Support Two Allen Reports, Munro, Marmot, OFSTED Meeting efficiency targets through reducing demand on specialist services JSNA – Intelligence for Healthy Lancashire
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Integrated Working District Co-ordinators
Making integrated working real Multi-agency Early Support Teams Core and aligned membership Partnership Agreements Early Support Hubs Children Centre Plus and Youth Zone
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District Early Support Panels
Integrated Working District Early Support Panels Core and aligned membership Step up Step down pathways to and from MASH Requests for Support New process for referring into Social Care
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Roll out June – December, First five Districts June - July
Integrated Working Guidance document for Early Support Teams DCYPT to analyse need, oversee, inform and hold to account Early Support Commissions Roll out June – December, First five Districts June - July
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How Early Support will Interact with the Family
MASH or Request for Support Lead Professional to manage and review progress and TAF Coordinator Commission services as appropriate More Resilient Family able to Thrive with Universal Services Early Support Panel Set a Baseline for family and agree review dates Early Support Services Relevant CAF’s completed / reviewed and TAF set up. Lead Professional identified Action Plan created Against Needs and Outcomes agreed
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What we need from you…….. Commitment to making this work
Buy into the family approach Active participation in Early Support Teams, Early Support Panels and WTWF Willingness to identify and commit resources to Early Support Willingness to act as Lead Professionals across the Continuum of Need Willingness to explore closer working including co-location
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Next Steps Co-ordinator in place Development of relationships
Work Towards Partnership Agreements Develop Early Support Panel Workforce Development New Early Support Commissions start in October
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Paul Hussey WTWF Coordinator
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WTWF Process Service identified to contact family, explain approach and gain consent (preferably via CAF) Worker calls TAF, LP agreed, TAF action plan completed, family assessment completed Analyst informed Aim is to focus on coordinating work with the family more effectively (reducing number of people going in and out) Regular review of Family action plan to keep plan on track Get to know the family inside out rather than outside in – ‘Grip’ the family
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What Does This Mean for Lancashire?
Lancaster = 162 (342) Wyre = 109 (226) Fylde = 57 (178) Cluster A = 328 (746) over 3 years Preston = 294 (483) West Lancs = 189 (151) Chorley = 162 (227) South Ribble = 109 (230) Cluster B = 754 (1,091)over 3 years Burnley = 425 (371) Pendle = 373 (278) Rossendale = 294 (195) Hyndburn = 399 (269) Ribble Valley = 57 (49) Cluster C = 1548 (1,162) over 3 years 2nd largest LA 3 co-ordinators & 3 clusters 2,630 families (2,999) 876 in year 1 1300 in year 2 454 in year 3 Upfront attachment fee and results-based payment.
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WTWF Current Situation
Personnel WTWF Programme Co-ordinator WTWF Area Leads WTWF analysts 4 DWP advisors Performance 1st DCLG claim in January 2013 for 128 families (50 predicted) 551 Families, and counting, part of the process. DCLG negotiation Progress Edge of Care Short Stay Schools Family Group Conferencing Lead professional budget arrangements Lead Professional workshops and Lead Professional induction training WTWF Programme Co-ordinator appointed – to take up post June 2013 Successful Delivery workshop on with positive feedback from participants. Next workshop diarised for 4 WTE DWP advisors identified for Lancashire – to take up post on All 3 WTWF Area Leads now in post and engaging positively with LMG’s in their assigned districts 1st DCLG claim in January 2013 for 128 families (50 predicted) Commencement of Edge of Care, Short Stay Schools and Family Group Conferencing commissions Lead professional budget arrangements finalised and funding allocated to districts Lead Professional workshops on-going and Lead Professional induction training programme agreed, to commence roll out July 2013
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Role of the Lead Professional
Identify needs of all family members and refer appropriately Assist the family in their self assessment – eg Family STAR Request commission of a specific intervention/service (LP budget) Provide data to analysts Assertive, challenging – to ‘grip’ the family, to ensure agreed services are delivered (?Advocate) Intervention – what? Additional Support – what? ‘Responding to crises’ – How? Degree of flexibility to meet family needs V
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LP Training - A Stepped Approach
STEP 1: AWARENESS Either LP workshop OR Lancashire Improving Futures (LIF) Awareness Session and LSCB Level 2 Safeguarding Training (E Learning). + STEP 2: LP Overview Training – 2 days ↓ Lancashire Certificate of LP training. STEP 3: Extended LP Training Common Core 2 (e learning module) Completion of 1 other full course (for example SOLIHULL, 3 day Multi-agency Safeguarding, SMaSH, etc) Submission of case study for assessment. “Accredited” Certificate of LP Training Further Specialist Training A range of further - specialist training via LCC and within your organisation
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LP Training Programme Training for Lead Professionals
Continuum of Need: Workforce Development Requirements Workforce Development Programme Thriving Coping Struggling to Cope Not Coping Universal Services Targeted Specialist Support – Complex Family Work Training for Lead Professionals 2 day Training - A Stepped Approach Day 1 includes the following issues The process - including running a TAF, chairing meetings, note taking, CAF - CON update pending roll out of revised processes Access to LP budgets Information sharing Assertiveness Training Day 2 includes a holistic overview of the following issues Assessment Skills Assessing risk including risk taking behaviours Safeguarding umbrella including DV, SMaSH, Mental Health and Neglect Asset/strength based approaches Parenting Approaches
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Support already in place
Local Management Group (LMG) in every district WTWF coordinator for each area and an area lead DWP officer for each area Supervision from within own service LP Forum in each district Administrative support – 10k per year for 3 years Analytical support – dedicated support to co-ordinate data and ‘track’ families progress Access to Lead professional budget - £10K per year for 3 years (pro rata) Circa £600K set aside to meet workforce training needs
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Reflect on how WTWF is working in your district
What are the issues for you? Is there anything else we can do to support you?
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Bringing Early Support and WTWF Together
What is common now: CAF processes Continuum of Need The role of the Lead Professional A common approach to information sharing What needs to be developed: Issue of Consent Lead Professional Budgets
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Questions How ready do you think this district is to go forward?
How can we help you? What we need from you.
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