1. Family Keywork Programme July 2012 Celia Wilson East Sussex County Council celia.wilson@eastsussex.gov.uk

2. Making the best of our services for families Eileen Munro Foreword for ‘Leading for learning: how the intelligent leader builds capacity’ Nottingham. National College for School Leadership. “we need to move from a culture preoccupied with compliance to one focused on learning, where professionals have the freedom to use their expertise to assess and provide the help each individual child needs”

3. Family keywork in East Sussex Service Family Keywork role: Whole family assessment Joined-up plan Support Advocacy Coordination Prioritisation Risk management Intervention Signposting

4. Multi-agency Family Keywork Programme Keyworkers embedded in multi-agency services FAMILY KEYWORK TEAM Referral management and case allocation Screening, audit and interagency brokering Case oversight and keyworker supervision data monitoring and information sharing Training and workforce development Communication and participation Support and advice network Small grant fund Programme Board Project Team Family Keywork Support Team

5. DCLG’s Troubled Families Programme 3 year project 120,000 families across England, 1,015 in East Sussex Focus on workless families with issues about school attendance, crime / anti- social behaviour £4,000 in payment-by-results money for each family engaged in keywork support (estimated £10,000 cost)

6. Troubled Families Criteria We would be able to take part in the scheme when families have the following criteria: –Young people involved in crime and families involved in anti-social behaviour –Households affected by truancy or exclusion from school –Locally defined criteria –And also have an adult on out-of work benefits.

7. Other things we’re thinking about… Essential support for families which is not keywork Families who won’t achieve the results the Government wants but need help Sustainability and long-term impact for East Sussex Welfare reforms and budget reductions which will impact on families