1. Maggie Carter Assistant Director, Learner & Family Support
Parent Support Adviser Training
Why Parents Matter
Maggie Carter
Assistant Director, Learner & Family Support

2. Key to Improving Life Chances
Great!
A Challenge
Being a parent is…
A responsibility
Lonely
Scary
Fun

3. Strategic Partnership
For the Children's &
Young Peoples Trust
Comprehensive strategy to support and involve parents
For the government
Every Parent Matters
For Plymouth's Local
Strategic Partnership
Supporting parents is a priority
Youth, family and future generations

4. Children Act 2004
The Act puts improving children’s well being at the heart of our policies by creating clear shared outcomes across services embedded in legislation
The Act places a duty on local authorities to make arrangements through which key agencies co-operate to improve the well-being of children and young people and widen services’ powers to pool budgets in support of this

5. Children Act – the Outcomes Framework 5 Key Outcomes
Be Healthy – enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle
Stay Safe – being protected from harm and neglect and growing up able to look after themselves
Enjoy & Achieve – getting the most out of life and developing broad skills for adulthood
Make a Positive Contribution – to the community and to society and not engaging in anti-social or offending behaviour
Achieve Economic Well-Being

6. Children Act Children’s Trust Arrangements by 2008
Integrated Strategy
Integrated Processes
Integrated Front-Line Delivery
Outcomes for children & young people
Families Community
Inter-Agency Governance

7. In Plymouth… Integrated Governance
Lead member for Children’s Services
Director of Children’s Services
Four Assistant Directors
Children & Young People’s Trust Board

8. Integrated Strategy Children and Young People’s Plan Priorities
Joint Commissioning Strategy
Parenting & Family Support Strategy

9. Integrated Processes
Child Concern Model to Common Assessment Framework
Information sharing protocol

10. Integrated Front Line Delivery
Locality Service Delivery
Children’s Centres
Extended Schools
School Collaborations
Integrated specialist teams e.g. Disability / Looked After Children

12. Providing Family Support Services Providing Family Support
City Wide
Specialist Services
Providing Family Support
Family Support
Wheel of Integrated Service
Delivery
Locality Based
Services Providing Family Support
Youth
Offending
Service
Integrated Disability
Team
Parenting Programmes
Parent Support
Advisors
Parent Support
Advisors Coordinator
Community Voluntary and
Faith Sector
Early Years Childcare
Early Years
Education
Parent Partnership
Advice &
Assessment
Education
Welfare
Officers
Extended
Schools
Coordinators
Common Assessment Framework
Community
Educational
Psychology
Service
Speech & Language Therapist
Community
Public
Health
Workers
Integrated Information
System
The
Zone
Integrated
Locality
Team
Specialist
CAMHS
Plymouth Inclusive Education Transitions Team
Multi Agency Support Team Coordinators
Connexions
Housing
Plymouth Adult Community Learning Service
Health Visitors
Behaviour
Support
Team
Children’s Centre Leaders
Voluntary Representation
Respect
(Family Outreach Project)
Specialist Parenting Programmes
Dentists
Police
Optometrists
Youth
CAMHS
Children’s Fund Programmes
School Based Staff
GP Surgeries
Multi Agency Support Team
City Wide Specialist Services
Locality Based Teams offering Universal and Targeted Services
with a Focus on Prevention and Early Intervention
Social Care
Fostering & Adoption
Looked After Children
Family Support Services
Children In The Community
Safeguarding
16+
Safeguarding is everyone’s business

13. Parenting and Family Support Strategy The Government is asking local authorities to:
Develop a strategy for the design and delivery of parenting support services that informs the Children and Young People’s Plan and takes account of parent’s views.
Develop support services along a continuum, from early intervention and preventative services through to the use of enforcement measures.
Identify a single commissioner of parenting support services, and
Commission parenting programmes that are evidence based. There is scope for innovation too!

14. Why do we need this Strategy?
By taking a strategic approach to the development and commissioning of parenting support services we will be more effective at meeting the needs of families
We will develop a continuum of parenting support which should reduce levels of duplication and ultimately improve outcomes for children/young people by working in a smarter way
‘Parent Support Services’ are defined as any activity or facility aimed at providing information, advice and support to parents and carers to help them in bringing up their children

15. Targeted / Preventative Parenting/Family Support
The Continuum of Services
Specialist
Provision
Including enforcement
Targeted / Preventative
Universal Provision
100% of Parents
Parenting/Family Support
e.g. Parenting Orders, Care Orders, ASBOs, Specialist CAHMS
e.g. Parenting Workshops, Behaviour Support Team, Community CAHMS, Education Welfare Service, Voluntary Sector Service
e.g. Information Services, Books, TV programmes, Health Visiting, Extended Schools and Children’s Centres, PSAs

16. Parent & Family Support Strategy
How and where parents want it
Information support and advice
Easily Accessible
Specialist Provision
Targeted Provision
Universal Provision
A continuum of support
Parent & Family Support Strategy
Early intervention
Part of where children go every day
Makes a difference
In localities

17. So… we know that Parents are the centre of children's lives
75% of parents want to know how to be better parents
Schools and early years settings see children and young people every day
Partnership between parents and schools has positive impact on children’s achievement (and vice versa!)
Schools want to support parents and parents want to support schools – but it can be scary!

18. We want:
Parents to have access to information, support and guidance appropriate to their needs
Parents to contribute to planning for their children
Parents to contribute to planning of services for all children and young people locally and citywide

19. Involving parents is a priority
Parent Carer Forum
Recruitment
Children’s Trust Board
Involving parents is a priority
Planning Developing & Monitoring Services

20. So the future is… Stronger collective voice for parents
Higher profile for parents
Collaborative
So the future is…
Developing new roles and new relationships
Local
A funding challenge
A challenge to old attitudes / ways of working
Showing how we make a difference

21. We need you to: Good Luck!!
Be part of the continuum of support for parents in Plymouth
Work alongside parents
Help parents to understand ‘the system’ and ‘the system’ to understand parents
Enable parents to put across their views effectively via the Forum and individually
Be a bridge between parents, schools and services
Good Luck!!