1. Why we are investing in VIG
Jack Cordery
Service Director
Children & Family Services

2. Welcome Welcome to the 8th AVIGuk conference
A range of keynote speakers, including 2 people who helped to shape VIG in its very early days of development; Emeritus Professor Colwyn Trevarthan from Edinburgh University and Claske Houwing from the Netherlands.

3. Our local story
Cornwall’s Children’s Services were rated Inadequate in 2009 and then again in 2011
Improved year on year and now one of top performing services in the UK
And this has been achieved despite:
Being one of the lowest funded children’s services in the country
Rising demand for services
Significantly reduced resources
Increased duties
Raised inspection standards

4. What supported the change
Statement of mission and values
A unified model for children’s social care
Social justice and pro-social learning
Raising the status and expertise of practitioners
Using evidence-informed approaches and practice with children, young people and their families
Measuring and evaluating the quality and impact of practice
Listening to our clients
Investing in what works – for them

5. So why VIG? Clinically led Inspired Innovation Evidence base
Business case
Fit

6. Fit?
Video Interaction Guidance is a way of providing parents and carers with an authentic opportunity to reflect on their relationship with their children and how their own behaviours and responses shape a child’s sense of self-worth and wellbeing
It is rooted in a belief that we can change – with thoughtful and compassionate support
Complements some of our other practice models like Motivational Interviewing, the Maudsley Family Partnership Model, Triple P parenting programme and Functional Family Therapy

7. So, why we are investing in VIG
Evidence of effectiveness on several levels
It works for some parents/carers and children in a way that other interventions have not worked
It contributes to the development of enhanced observation and communication skills
It supports our commitment to reflective practice
It provides an opportunity to deliver a therapeutic intervention
It supports our commitment to relational practice
Job satisfaction: “My VIG work is a little oasis”
It is an intervention that can be used in a number of contexts
It helps to embed a culture of social justice and pro-social learning

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