Developing Locality Working in Nottinghamshire

1. Developing Locality Working in Nottinghamshire

2. Integrated Services for Kirkby Pilot (ISK) • Targeted Youth Support Pathfinder project 2006-2007 • improve access to multi-agency services for children, young people and their families • enable services and agencies to work together in order to make best use of resources and expertise, whilst avoiding duplication • establish protocols for early intervention and effective co-ordination of services / agencies

3. Integrated Services for Kirkby Pilot (ISK) • establish ongoing consultation with children, young people, families and communities and improve working relationships • improve service provision in response to consultation • improve opportunities, providing better chances within the local area • provide a ‘one stop’ access to services – through a first contact model which gives access to all others.

4. ISK led to Joint Access Teams (JAT) • JAT teams consist of workers from a wider range of services • The membership of the JAT team is based on need in the local area and decided by local practitioners, managers and schools • We’ve got 7 JAT teams currently and each family of schools will have one by 2010 • Typically JAT teams consist of;

5. health staff • social workers • police • children’s centre & family centre workers • voluntary sector workers • school based staff • drugs and alcohol workers • behaviour support & inclusion services staff • child & family therapy staff (MALT) • education welfare officers • connexions workers • youth & youth offending workers

6. What are JAT teams? • JAT team members remain in their own teams • JAT teams meet minimum once per month • JAT teams have an identified chair • JAT teams have identified admin support • JAT teams are led by a steering group consisting of the managers of the workers in the JAT teams. • steering groups have an identified chair

7. What do JAT teams do? • JAT teams will discuss children, young people & families identified as requiring targeted early intervention and support. • Members of the JAT team and colleagues in services aligned to the JAT team will undertake direct work with children young people and families • JAT teams will identify a lead professional if required • JAT teams will use the Common Assessment framework if an assessment is required

8. A strengths based approach • listen to and value what children, young people, parents and carers tell us • focus on strengths as well as needs • ensure that the child, young person or carer is fully involved in decision making and planning • respect children, young people and parents • training in strengths based approaches planned for workers in JAT’s

9. What don’t JAT’s do? • JAT’s will not become involved in dealing with child protection referrals. If a worker has child protection concerns they should be referred to the health and social care teams in the normal way following NSCB procedures.