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Working with families: finding a way to positive outcomes

Working with families: finding a way to positive outcomes . Rose de Paeztron Jacqui Greenfield. Overview. Building Bridges what we do re evaluation and outcomes Working with outcomes what do you do? BB findings from independent evaluation. Children Developmental

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Working with families: finding a way to positive outcomes

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  1. Working with families: finding a way to positive outcomes Rose de Paeztron Jacqui Greenfield

  2. Overview • Building Bridges • what we do re evaluation and outcomes • Working with outcomes • what do you do? • BB findings from independent evaluation

  3. Children Developmental Educational e.g. interaction, young carer role Emotional e.g. impact of insecure attachment Social e.g. isolation, bullying Cognitive e.g. motor skills, concentration Parents Stigma Uncertainty & complexity Feeling “on trial about parenting abilities” Fear of losing children, reality of it happening of mental illness Access & reuniting with children Recovery impeded by anxiety Impact of parental ill health

  4. What does ‘working with families’ mean? • Build relationships • Monitor & manage risk • Contain – and prevent crisis • Information & advocacy • Value and increase self-esteem • Opportunities to develop • Provide models of behaviour

  5. Case study: M’s family

  6. Focus of work • M: health; school attendance • Mother: social isolation; parental role • Brother: carers’ group; grants, health • Sister: isolation; education • Whole family • Housing • Communication • Roles & responsibilities

  7. Evaluation and outcomes

  8. Evaluation: different levels • Organisation as a whole • Local - project • Individual worker/service user

  9. Building Bridges: Most common issues worked with 80 68 70 67.5 63 60 50 45 45 43 40 30 20 10 Parenting Emotional Child Self-esteem Social Mental Stress Behaviour Isolation Health 0 /

  10. Building Bridges Increasing parental confidence Reducing emotional stress Improving child behaviour Young Carers Reduce caring role Reduce social isolation Improve life chances Key outcomes

  11. Key stages I • What do we want to do? • Qualitative and quantitative • Identifying appropriate tools • Consultation/ownership • Training development • Pilot phase

  12. Evaluation tools • Monitoring Form • Profile • Goal setting • Questionnaire • Parents • Children

  13. Key stages II • Get going! • Building database • All on board • Review • Learn and adjust • Analysis • Report back

  14. Improve life chances for parents with mh problems and their children Overall Aim Specific Aims Increase parenting confidence Reduce emotional stress Improve child behaviour Outcomes Objectives Individual/ outreach support Information parenting/ mental health Individual work with children Parenting groups Outputs Outcomes Framework

  15. Small group exercise • Developing an outcomes focus • In 2/3s, choose one project/work stream from the group, and use triangle model to identify a key aim and specific aims (what do you want to achieve) • Move on to think about objectives of the work (how will you achieve the aims)

  16. CES Outcomes Triangle Overall Aim Specific Aims Outcomes Objectives Outputs

  17. My mum’s heart

  18. Outcomes I: independent evaluation Characteristics critical to successful interventions: • close attention to getting, keeping and engaging parents • a strong theory base • synthesis of practical and emotional support • working with both parents and children • a practical, flexible and partnership approach which is valued by parents and other stakeholders (Building Bridges, Morris J. July 2007)

  19. Sample evaluation tool:Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale These questions use a different sort of scale and help measure your satisfaction in being a parent Scoring Add the scores as an amount over 21, 21 being extremely satisfied with all aspects of parenting Mean is 17.4.

  20. Outcomes II: statutory services • A reduction in the number of children looked after • A statistically significant reduction in the number of children on child protection plans • A statistically significant reduction in the number of adults on CPA

  21. Shane (aged 8): “What I think is best for me is that since we’ve been seeing Maggie, my mum doesn’t shout at me when she sees me coming out of school. Maggie explained that it made me embarrassed and all the big boys bullied me about my mum.”

  22. For more information: Family Action services: Rose de Paeztron, Strategic Development rose.depaeztron@family-action.org.uk Building Bridges evaluation: download at www.family-action.org.uk Join (free) Parental Mental Health & Child Welfare Network: www.pmhcwn.org.uk

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