1. Supporting Families Children, Young People and Families Scrutiny Wednesday, 13 June 2012

2. Defining the cohort: Youth Crime and ASB

3. Defining the cohort: Education

4. Defining the cohort: Youth Crime, ASB and Education

5. Defining the cohort: where WardYouth CrimeASBEducation Broughton293578 Claremont8318 Irwell Riverside172885 Kersal13735 Langworthy2463 Ordsall152056 Weaste & Seedley201346 Pendlebury211250 Swinton North191745 Swinton South16930 Barton251132 Cadishead5628 Eccles16121 Irlam17539 Winton191660 Boothstown & Ellenbrook5013 Little Hulton472857 Walkden North251528 Walkden South4122 Worsley622 Locality Youth Crime ASBEducation CENTRAL126169381 NORTH5638125 SOUTH8239180 WEST8746122 SALFORD351292808 Outside Salford 49 Address Unknown 58 Source: Salford City Council, Salix, City West, DWP, 2012

6. Delivery Planning

7. Team around the Family 1.Tackle youth crime 2.Tackle family ASB 3.Improve school attendance 4.Support adults into work And 5.Deal with other issues that are a local priority In order to deliver CLG outcomes we need a process that can support families to:

8. Team around the Family Working with Business Process Re-engineering to deliver a design workshop that will consider practice from current models, including: CSRT, EIP, YOS. Appraising a range of options for a family assessment tool, including: Range of existing specialist assessments (e.g. CAF; ASSET; CAMHS; NAF etc.) New comprehensive family assessment (e.g. FIP Family Assessment; CAF+) New family screening tool as a gateway to specialist assessments (e.g. BLCs Assessment) In order to design the process for managing Team around the Family, the Design & Delivery group is:

9. Workless Drug user Not registered with a GP Regularly stops over and shares rooms with younger children A conviction for shoplifting, identified by YOS. Allows her boyfriend to stop over and use drugs in the home Unemployed No qualifications Wanted to be a hairdresser but discouraged from working in case family loses benefits entitlement Previous request for alternative accommodation turned down as low priority Smoking large quantities of cannabis and becoming paranoid Some evidence of early psychosis Being referred to Adult Mental Health by GP Regular truant from school – meets the DFE absence criteria & identified via sweep of EMS Permanent case for his exclusion is due soon. Frequently late for school Often arrives at school inadequately clothed, hungry and dirty Is working with an EWO. Constantly placed in front of television with little interaction from the rest of the family Does not attend local Children’s Centre Seen wandering around estate without appropriate shoes and clothing Has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Frequently late for school Often arrives at school inadequately clothed, hungry and dirty Bullied at school about his appearance Workless and on Out of Work Benefits – Income Support, Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit, full Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. Is on ABC for anti-social behaviour. Identified by RSL as meeting the ASB criteria. Identified via Housing Provider data. Identified as workless via DWP who have provided a list of benefits. Alcohol dependant Suffers from anxiety and depression Mistrusts public services and worries she might lose her children Unaware of support available Ignores the advice from her GP Poor literacy Often sleeps-in and unable to help the children get ready for school Suspected victim of domestic violence by Jason and previous partner. Large rent arrears County Court Judgement Benefits dependant Family has poor diet The children have a better relationship with their grandparents Live in poorly maintained 3 bed Council house Multiple calls to Council for repairs to property Neighbour complaints about the condition of the house, noise, rubbish and vermin sightings at the property. £12 per week reduction in Housing and Council Tax Benefits to recoup overpaid benefits after receiving a caution for not declaring previous partners living at the property Workless Drug dealer In and out of prison Regularly stops over and shares rooms with younger children Regularly violates terms of his probation order and visits the property members of the family identified as meeting the TF selection criteria. = The Button family following a data trawl and assessment

10. Process Review CSRTYOSEducationWorkless (EIP) Crime / ASB  Workless  Education  Partial  Ind / FamilyIndividual Audit Trail  Flexibility Potential OtherMeets monthly. No consent required. Access limited to families with young children

11. Headlines None of the existing processes currently meet the TF requirements – work with individuals not families. Education / Worklessness share the same platform (EMS) but it doesn’t operate at family level. Potential within EIP to deliver against all 3 TF criteria – Education / Crime & ASB / Worklessness

12. Outline Options Option 1: Do Nothing Option 2: Flex 1 or more current processes. Option 3: Co-opt into one process Option 4: Develop bespoke process

13. Performance Management Certify the eligibility of families Baseline families against a range of CLG and locally determined criteria Track families and measure progress Monitor and verify outcomes Report to CLG with agreed format and frequency Analyse impact and return on investment Inform and support strategic commissioning decisions In order to drive service improvement and secure payment by results from CLG, we need a process that will:

14. Assessing Interventions: BIT Overall Fiscal CBA Financial Year Net Present Value (NPV) 20112012201320142015 Actual costs Costs114,7210000 Benefits593,460423,900254,340 Discounted costs Costs114,7210000 Benefits593,460409,063236,848228,558220,5581,688,487 Overall Fiscal benefit - cost ratio14.71817433 Payback peri od 1 years BIT works with families to support children who are at risk of permanent exclusion from school or family breakdown leading to the child going into care. Success rates are close to 90% of those who engage. BIT is an internationally evidenced programme of therapy based upon solution focused methodologies.

15. Assessing Interventions: FGC Family Group Conferences :- Support extended families to work through issues and define their own solutions. Workers set out the parameters of the meeting, but the family creates an improvement plan. This is quality assured by the worker. There is international evidence of the positive impact of FGC. The service currently deals with about 70 cases per year. Low cost intervention putting the family at the heart of the process

16. Discussion