Coventry Safeguarding Children Board Safeguarding Disabled Children Conference February 27 th 2012.
Co-production in Safeguarding Children
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Transcript of Co-production in Safeguarding Children
Co-production in Safeguarding Children
Why we ask about your children
Monica King and Jules Tennick
TogethernessResponsibilityExcellenceCaring
2. Co-production is...Power sharing in solving difficult and complex problems at the front line of services
• Professionals and citizens share power to plan and deliver support services together…
recognizing both have a vital contribution
National Mind 20/11/13
Different from User Involvement
• ‘….is about developing more equal partnerships between people who use services, carers and professionals’
SCIE October 2013
3. The Beginning…
• Coming to a Mental Health Trust…identified the need
Transparency and openness with parents
Reduce parent anxiety ‘suspicion’… ‘fear’… ‘terror’
Want to work with you, not against you
Identify young carers
Supporting early engagement
and preventative work
4. Working up the leaflet- coproductionListening to the views and words of service users.
NO to:
‘assessment’…’assess’…’risk’…’imminent risk’…’immediate risk’…medical language… jargon. How and when ‘Social Services’ came in
was critical …Needed to use Plain English but be completely honest.
Early drafts needed to be very clear that
referrals have to be made to Children’s Social
Care in crisis or very unsafe situations without
the parent’s agreement or permission.
Extensive discussions – how to word?
5. Lived Experience
Jules’s storysevere episode of depression.
received very little support with parenting
13 year old daughter cared for her
need to protect daughter ‘suffering from a bad case of flu’
later…long term psychiatrist. ‘taking an interest’ … Friendly, caring, not ‘doing an assessment
Children services a huge support >
for Jules and her daughter
BJ’S Story both parents under mental health services when BJ a child.
did not feel supported
never identified as a young carer or a child in need
felt drawn into mother’s psychotic beliefs
believes this experience has lead him to experience his own mental health problem’s in his adult life
6. The Future
• Informal evaluation…positive
• Official launch …
• Other languages
• Support nurses, psychiatrists and mental health practitioners to talk
to patients/service users about their children >
How to ask the questionTake an interestBe genuine and kindOpen and transparent
Safeguard children through effective enquiry and engagement at the outset of service users contact with mental health services
• Work with the Recovery College. Input into parenting groups
‘think family’