Partnership working and the Troubled Families agenda

Format and content of proposed workshop

Aims:

Engage the audience in a lively debateExplore information sharing, collaborative working, and early helpBe solution focused

Challenges that can escalate:

Mental health Alcohol and drug

problems Domestic violence

PovertyLack of family and social supportSingle parentsIsolation within a community Learning and physical disability Physical ill health Accommodation issues

Ofsted report on Early Help :

• Co-ordination of the local early help offer is limited

• Missed opportunities• Ineffective assessments• Needs of children within a family not

considered• Support plans lacked clear objectives• Poor management oversight• Ineffective across agency working

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/410378/Early_help_whose_responsibility.pdf

Triennial Analysis of SCRs:

Domestic abuseCumulative problems

and hardships

All increase the risk of significant harm to a child

http://seriouscasereviews.rip.org.uk/

Unwarranted Variation

So what is available to help families with complex needs?

Early Help

Child Protection-Information Sharing (CP-IS) A safeguarding solution

So we know the issues We know early help for complex families works

What do we need to change to make it happen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LagGSTiSnto