1'7 Supporting families in the community

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1.7 Supporting families in the community
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Supporting Offender Families in the Community

• Workshop leads
• Lorna Howarth, Local Parenting Strategies, DCSF
• Nafisa Mathia, Families Delivery Team, DCSF

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Todays workshop

• How can services for parents and families which
  are available in local areas better target and
  support families of offenders?
• Policy background and context what should be
  available locally?
• Sajid Humayun Kings College London--The Impact of
  Parenting on Offending-- research findings
• Case study Liverpool childrens centres work
  with families of offenders Ruth Haig-Ferguson
• Parenting Programme Interventions in Prisons
  Suzanne Pearson
• Discussion

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Policy background

• Rapidly developing area of policy. Greater
  priority attached to supporting parents and
  families with increased resources for services.
• Childrens Trusts should strategically commission
  a continuum of services which meet the various
  needs of their local populations
• Plans often set out in local area Parenting
  Strategy and led by the local Parenting
  Commissioner.
• Service design and delivery needs to be based on
  robust assessment of needs. Vulnerable parents
  and families should receive special attention.
• Strong partnerships key to success working
  across service silos and addressing whole family
  needs.
• Commissioning of services needs to be outcomes
  based. Parenting programmes in particular should
  be evidence based.

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Parenting Interventions in Prisons

• Parenting programmes
• Support to prisoners
• Support to Staff

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Questions for discussion

• What services do families of offenders most need?
  And how do we identify and target families of
  offenders?
• How do you develop partnership arrangements with
  adults and children services in your area to
  offer support to families? What challenges do
  you envisage?
• How will we measure the success of our
  interventions?

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Further information

• Parenting Implementation Project Resource Kit
• A collection of case studies, guidance notes,
  checklists and other tools developed by local
  authorities to support commissioners of parenting
  and family support services
• www.dcsf.gov.uk/ecm/pip
• Think Family Toolkit
• Explains DCSF policy, funding requirements and
  provides comprehensive guidance on how to roll
  out Think Family reforms and services
• http//www.dcsf.gov.uk/ecm/thinkfamily
• Commissioning toolkit of parenting programmes
• The Toolkit is a searchable database of
  parenting interventions designed to provide
  information and guidance for commissioners,
  service managers and programme developers on the
  quality and effectiveness of parenting
  programmes/approaches.
• http//www.commissioningtoolkit.org/