1. LIF Awareness Briefing – Integrated Working
Richard Spedding
Programme Manager

3. 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

4. Rod Norton Strategic Lead for Early Support
Introducing Early Support

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Paul Hussey WTWF Coordinator

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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?

23. 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

24. Questions How ready do you think this district is to go forward?
How can we help you?
What we need from you.