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Explore the success of integrated services in reaching children and families, with a focus on early help interventions and partnership collaborations. Learn about the outcomes and future plans to support vulnerable families effectively.
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Linking with Children’s Integrated Services Tajinder Madahar – Head of Children’s Targeted and Duty Services Sophie Russell - Head of Children’s Strategy and Improvement
Children and Families Direct • www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/children-and-families/children-and-families-direct/ • From Sept 2017: • C&FD received 21,913 contacts requesting help for children, young people and families. • 11.2% (2,849) of those contacts were from schools. • Overall, 21% of contacts reach the threshold for social care referral and 10.3% progress into early help or targeted services. • A greater percentage of contacts from schools progress to referral (21.9%) and early help (18.5%) than other agencies. • Over the same period: • C&FD processed 4574 social care referrals • 11.7% (535) of those referrals were from schools. • Overall, 90.8% of referrals go on to receive an assessment or service. • A greater percentage of referrals from schools progress to assessment service (96%).
Team Around the School – subject to consultation – roll out Jan 2019
Our Priority Families Programme • Phase 2 – working with 3587 families. 93% of our target of 3840. • PbR for 1651 families. 43% of 2020 target. • Secure developing – Service Transformation Maturity Model – individual partnership plans developed. • Partners case-holding, partnership Accredited Practitioners. • Strong relationships with DWP through our 3 TFEAs. • Developing links to work on exclusions, knife crime, SEND Reform, prevention of evictions and High Risk Teenagers panel
Outcomes • Education needs - 38 classrooms • School attendance – 23 classrooms • Exclusion/behaviour issues – 7 classrooms • 80% ‘conversion rate’ from attachment to significant and sustained outcomes.
Next Steps • Commissioning of integrated 0-5 model • Team around the School model • Trauma-informed practice developments • Workforce Development – Whole Family Worker and Leadership Skills Framework • Predictive analytics – supporting our knife crime strategy. • Partnership Early Help Assessment and recording in Liquid Logic • Developing the evidence-base – planning for post-2020.
Does Early Help work? Following this period of EH/SC intervention 82% (385 + 134) of children have not had any further Social Care or Early Help engagement to date.