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S olutions T owards E veryday P roblem s

S olutions T owards E veryday P roblem s. Debbie Mclean Senior Practitioner Family Support Workers Team Pali Obhi YISP Coordinator. S olutions T owards E veryday P roblem s What is it?. How does it work? The Aims.

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S olutions T owards E veryday P roblem s

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  1. Solutions Towards Everyday Problems Debbie Mclean Senior Practitioner Family Support Workers Team Pali Obhi YISP Coordinator

  2. Solutions Towards Everyday Problems What is it?

  3. How does it work?The Aims • To provide locally based support to children, families & tier 1 staff to encourage emotional well being & positive behaviour • To provide timely, early & direct involvement to achieve positive outcomes. • To provide training, consultation & support to professionals in statutory and voluntary agencies. • To promote multi-agency collaborative working.

  4. The network of agencies is coordinated by • The strategic group • The operational group

  5. Family STEPs The Family STEPs Network Transition Mentors (in specific areas) Family Support Workers Primary Mental Health Workers Specialist Teachers and Educational Psychologists Fun & Families YISP

  6. Family Support Workers • Aim to offer brief focused intervention & build on existing strengths in the family • Work with parents/carers within the home setting on home-based behavioural issues (below the age of 13)

  7. Primary Mental Health Workers • Aim to offer early identification/intervention relating to mental health issues, improve access to specialist CAMHS & support tier 1 provision • Provide consultation, support, direct work, training & networking

  8. Fun and Families • Aims to support families experiencing child/adolescent behaviour problems. • Organise courses for parents and young people and train tier 1 practitioners to run the courses • Courses include Fun & Families, Living with Teenagers, Avoiding Conflict with Adults

  9. Transition Mentors • Aim to raise educational achievement, self-esteem & resilience & to reduce exclusions & likelihood becoming involved in crime • Provide a year long programme of activities with identified vulnerable young people who are moving from KS2 to KS3 and their families. • Provide support in school, home & community

  10. Teachers & Educational Psychologists When there are concerns about a child’s behaviour & emotional well being in educational settings, we aim to: • improve children's emotional well-being • encourage positive behaviour in children • build parental confidence and skills • support Tier 1 staff in their work with children • provide consultation and training for STEPs practitioners about educational issues • enable a comprehensive home-school approach to be taken

  11. YISP Preventative Workers • Aim to prevent children becoming involved in offending/anti-social behaviour, to prevent re-offending, to increase protective factors & reduce risk factors • Work with children & young people from 8-16 years of age, who are at risk of offending/anti-social behaviour

  12. “Interagency working is not rocket science,it’s more difficult.” (Kukic, 1997 in Cole et al, 1998) so what makes it work?

  13. Sharing a common goal Organisation Team work Communication

  14. Referral Process & Criteria • If you have a family who may need support from one or more of the teams within the Family STEPs network they/you should consult the referral criteria or contact any of the managers • Complete a request for direct work form with the family • Referrals received by operational group who undergo a screening process

  15. Any questions?

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