1. Dublin South West Inner City Integration of Services
and
Continuum of Care
Demonstration Model for Children 0-6 years and their families .
23rd May 2014

2. The Vision , Aims and Objectives
Demonstration of integration of Community , Voluntary and Statutory Services for Children 0-6 years and their families living in the Dublin South West Inner City
A community based ‘whole child’ model of long-term prevention and early intervention.
The consortium partners to maximise their collective efficiency and effectiveness at meeting the identified needs of children.
Provision of needs based services – based on the child being supported within their family and local community.
Taking the existing resources available within the Community , Voluntary and Statutory services, and working together creatively to find innovative, alternative approaches to service coordination, design and delivery.
Establishing a more effective continuum of support services for the child and family through this integration.
Building on the ideas and programmes developed by others– not
re-inventing the wheel

3. Consortium Partners

4. ‘WHOLE CHILD’ INTEGRATED CONTINUUM OF PREVENTATIVE SUPPORT
Need identified in area to improve preventative service delivery for children 0-6 years
Multiple access points to universal support.
Services that might in the first instance help prevent problems arising
Services that help identify problems and referral for targeted supports at an earlier stage
Model is underpinned by the integration approach developed by the consortium partners.

5. Parent and Child Hub

6. Learning and Challenges
Awareness and Understanding of Inter -agency vs Integrated Working
‘Whole Organisation’ vs ‘Individual’ sign up
Development of Trust & Relationships
Communication
Flexibility and Thinking Outside the Box
Keeping Children and Families at the centre
What Can We ‘give’ or What Can We ‘Get’
Changes in Resources Available since sign up .
Changes in Personnel

7. Legacy
One Team - Partners commitment to continuing to work together in building on integration to date
New partners currently being engaged
‘Learning from Integration’ process to be made available to other consortia .
Mapping of the Parent and Child Hub.
Resources developed will be made available

8. Dissemination Event September 2014 Please leave your email address at the Market place
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