1 CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY November 2010 – March 2012 Judith Hay Assistant Director Children’s Social Care

Why Change? – Local Context Retain and attract high calibre and well motivated staff Strengthen practice and consistency across all teams and areas Further develop effective collaboration with services and agencies which play a key part in families’ lives at universal, targeted & specialist levels Manage budgets to deliver efficiencies

Change – to build on what we do well Good inspections Feedback from Families Government Feedback Budget management but – there is always room to get better

Vision To strengthen current practice and develop new ways of working with children, young people and families, by improving frontline delivery and embedding evidence based practice to reduce demand in services and deliver sustainable positive outcomes.

Proposals It’s about doing things differently Improve Services to achieve better outcomes Increase front line Dedicated staff resource to deliver intervention Hub Model for initial assessment/Rapid Response Posts to support newly qualified staff – Senior Social Worker Increased participation Consistency Clarify role Case Support Worker Team Support Worker

The Hub in Practice Team Manager Assistant Team Manager Senior Social Worker Social Worker Family Support Worker CAMHS Practitioner Case Support Worker Team Support Worker Intensive work with families Poor parenting Truancy, exclusion or low educational attainment Family in debt Drugs or alcohol misuse Marriage, relationship or family breakdown Domestic violence Child protection issues Health ESW Schools Police YJS

The Family Intervention Service In Practice Team Manager Assistant Team Manager Senior Social Worker Social Worker Family Support Worker CAMHS Practitioner Case Support Worker Team Support Worker Access and ImpactFamily Family Intervention Team Parenting Family Group Conference Edge of Care Restorative Practice CIN CP LAC Long Term

In Practice Access and Impact Customer Service Centre Referrals Initial Intake Section 47 Core Assessment Rapid Response Effective Practice Interventions Edge of Care Family Intervention Programme Family Group Conferencing Parenting Programmes Assessment and Planning Tools Longer-Term Care Children in Need Child Protection Looked After Children Looked After Children Teams Leaving Care Fostering and Adoption Residential Homes Commissioning Quality Assurance Independent Reviewing Disabled Children Youth Justice SEND Family Support Worker

What will it mean for the children, young people and the families? More children and young people stay with families, where it is safe to do so = Reduce LAC Earlier intervention Intensive intervention Services when families need them More time with practitioners They inform our practice

What will it mean for staff? Increase time in the field Decrease time in the office/ICS recording Consistency Strengthen skills Improved professional development Strengthen frontline social work practice Continue to retain high calibre and motivated staff

What is new? Dedicated Intervention Team CAMHS Admin Support ICS Support Contact facilitators Increase in Social Workers and Family Support Workers Leaving Care Homelessness

Balancing Performance Outcomes People £

DID we… YES – we did Early wins: Reduced LAC Moved 1000 people around Few vacancies 3 compulsory redundancies Homelessness Prevention

DID we… ICS £ salary Access & Impact screening tool Team & Case Support Workers County leads and consistency Family Intervention Team

Any Questions?