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Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate

Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate. Family Support and Safeguarding. Lord Laming 2003.

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Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate

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  1. Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate Family Support and Safeguarding

  2. Lord Laming 2003 ‘it is not possible to separate the protection of children from wider support to families. Indeed, often the best protection for a child is achieved by the timely intervention of family support services’. further highlighted by Professor Munro, 2011. ‘the provision of early help is vital to keeping children safe’. Family Support and Safeguarding

  3. Co Location of teams • From April 2013 Family support Teams and Social Work Teams have relocated into area hubs. • Co locating Family support workers and Social Workers together has created a greater cohesion between teams alongside extending links to local services and identifying support for families that qualify under the “Troubled Family “ agenda.

  4. Team locations – Hub Children’s Centres

  5. Social Work intervention • Requests for Social work intervention from the area safeguarding teams should be directed through the single access no 0121 303 1888

  6. Accessing the Family Support teams • 1. Call CIASS ( Children's information advice and support service ) new single point of access no 0121 303 1888

  7. Child & The Family Integrated CIC teams Safeguarding & Support Teams CIAS Locality Area Safeguarding and Support Service Family Support and Safeguarding

  8. Accessing the Family Support teams 2. Attend “Team around the family “meetings to gain professional advice and support on individual cases.

  9. Team around the family process Identify needs for child / family • Use family CAF to co ordinate your • response and that of others at • additional need level. • Use Team around the Family meetings to • request services eg from integrated support • and safeguarding teams and others

  10. fCAF and referral process for safeguarding and family support Child or Families identified as having ‘Additional Needs’ & multi-agency response required by Universal or Partner Agency Family Common Assessment (fCAF) Safeguarding Family Support Services: Discussion & Allocation meeting Integrated Support Plan * Team Around Family Meeting Continuation of fCAF Integrated Support Plan Review * TAF Process – May 2013 v10 , JN

  11. Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate Any questions? 12

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