Parent Support Adviser Project

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Parent Support Adviser Project

• North East ESRA and Workforce meeting
• April 30th 2008

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Todays agenda
Gap Analysis Diagnosing where you are Objective
Setting and determining key drivers Developing
solutions to meet objectives Action Planning
Required support from outside the LA
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Gap Analysis
As part of the PSA briefing sessions you provided
us with your current situation and future plans
are with regards to parenting support within your
local authority On your tables there is template
which indicates the current roles that exist
within your local authority that are providing
parenting support - please review this and amend
where appropriate
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Roles currently providing parent support in the
North East
LOCAL AUTHORITY
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Mapping parent support to roles in your Local
Authority

On the template provided please detail the roles
that exist within your local authority providing
the particular functions of parenting support
indicated . Add additional parenting support
criteria where appropriate
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Mapping Parent Support to Roles
LOCAL AUTHORITY
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Todays agenda
Gap Analysis Diagnosing where you are Objective
Setting and determining key drivers Developing
solutions to meet objectives Action Planning
Required support from outside the LA
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Diagnosing where you are Plans to Utilise PSA
Expansion Funding
Indicate where your Local Authority is with its
plans to utilise the funding received for PSA
expansion
Starting to develop plans
Plans being developed and agreed
Plans developed and now finalised
No plans as yet
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Todays agenda
Gap Analysis Diagnosing where you are Objective
Setting and determining key drivers Developing
solutions to meet objectives Action Planning
Required support from outside the LA
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Objective Setting
In your LA groups brainstorm the key objective
that you would like to achieve with regards to
Parenting Support this financial year For
example To consolidate all parenting support
that exists within the local authority and
provide a structured framework and approach
towards parenting support using the PSA funding
and learning Have a consolidated parenting
support service To recruit and have in post X
no of PSAs that are school based To ensure that
the funding received for PSAs through the
sustainability fund of ES is secured to recruit
PSAs The objective will be the focus of
planning for the rest of the activities
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Determining Key Drivers

In your LA groups brainstorm the key drivers
that will critical to meeting your objective.
Select 3 you would like to focus on today. For
example, for the objective Have a consolidated
parenting support service , some of the key
drivers could be
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Todays agenda
Gap Analysis Diagnosing where you are Objective
Setting and determining key drivers Developing
solutions to meet objectives Action Planning
Required support from outside the LA
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Identify and categorise blockers and enablers to
your key drivers (1)

Conduct a brainstorm of the key blockers and
enablers of your key drivers
Key Drivers
Conduct a brainstorm of blockers and enablers to
achieve the key drivers
Key Drivers
Blockers
Enablers
Key Driver 1 Joined up approach

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Convert blockers and enablers into aims (2)

Consolidate and convert the blockers and enablers
into aims that your LA wants to achieve
Key Drivers
Consolidate and prioritise enablers and blockers
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...and express them as aims to work towards
Blockers
Enablers

• Lack of opportunity to get together

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• Increase opportunities to work together

• Varying agendas and aims for each partner

• Raise profile of the commonalities in each
  partners work

• Everyone is working towards engaging parents

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Todays agenda
Gap Analysis Diagnosing where you are Objective
Setting and determining key drivers Developing
solutions to meet objectives Action Planning
Required support from outside the LA
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Action Planning Generate Solutions that will
meet the aims you have identified
Set up networking meetings
Invite partners to existing forums
Increase opportunities to work together
Aim 4
Aim 3
Aim 2
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Action Planning
Prioritise the solutions that you would like to
focus on and detail the actions required to
achieve them

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Todays agenda
Gap Analysis Diagnosing where you are Objective
Setting and determining key drivers Developing
solutions to meet objectives Action Planning
Required support from outside the LA
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NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR PARENTING PRACTITIONERS

• Regional Network Manager in each region
• Support offered to LAs on Parenting Strategy
  Implementation
• Facilitating Regional Parenting information and
  Networking events
• Parenting Research Centre--Developing an evidence
  base through top quality academic research
• Policy and Knowledge Transfer--Translating
  knowledge into practice with our partners
  expertise
• Training and workforce Development--Driving up
  quality and availability of training through
  promotion of National Occupational Standards and
  high quality programmes and approaches
• Increasing use of evidence-based practice by
  working with commissioners and managers to effect
  a culture change in parenting provision
• Working towards a thriving parenting workforce

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What support can the TDA offer?

• The TDA are offering the following package of
  Support
• Documenting and sharing examples of effective
  practice
• Regional events to support PSA networking and
  practice development
• PSA practice networking sessions for local
  authority leads that are introducing PSAs into
  schools
• Production and dissemination of marketing
  resources to build awareness and interest in PSA
  role
• Briefing and development events to introduce
  local authorities to the PSA initial training
  process and materials
• Around 1,000 SWiS (Parent Support) training
  places funded for professionals providing school
  based support to parents
• Working with the National Academy of Parenting
  Practitioners, CWDC and other key stakeholders to
  further develop training and qualification
  opportunities for PSAs

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What support is needed from outside your Local
Authority?
Identify what support you need to help complete
your actions What agencies or partners could you
engage to help you?

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Evidence Based Parenting Programmes

• A national database of evidence based parenting
  programmes (Commissioners Toolkit) is held by The
  National Academy of Parenting Practitioners
• www.parentingacademygtorg/nappcontent.aspx?pagecom
  mstoolkit
• There are currently approx 147 providers listed
  on the database, with details of
  their programmes, target groups and evaluation
  findings.
• The toolkit is currently being updated.