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agenda

• Welcome and GIRFEC 9.15 9.30
• Integrated Assessment Framework 9.30 9.50
• Child Protection Committee 9.50 10.05
• Family Support Strategy 10.05 10.20
• Hall4 10.20 10.35
• Youth Justice 10.35 10.50
• Integration and close 10.50 11.00
• Consultation and break 11.00 11.30

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agenda

• Welcome and GIRFEC 12.45 1.00
• Integrated Assessment Framework 1.00 1.20
• Child Protection Committee 1.20 1.35
• Family Support Strategy 1.35 1.50
• Hall4 1.50 2.05
• Youth Justice 2.05 2.20
• Integration and close 2.20 2.35
• Consultation and break 2.35 3.00

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GIRFEC

• Shared Vision For Scotland's Children
• In order to become successful learners, confident
  individuals, effective contributors and
  responsible citizens
• All Scotlands children and young people need to
  be safe, healthy, active, nurtured,achieving,
  included, respected and responsible.
• The 4 and 7 vision to remain, However we need to
  link to Scottish Government Strategic
  Objectives
• Wealthier and Fairer
• Healthier
• Safer and Stronger
• Smarter
• Greener

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GIRFEC

• New Policy Priorities
• Early Intervention
• Supporting Vulnerable Children and Families
• Improving the learning experience
• Developing skills and lifelong learning
• Promoting Excellence and Innovation

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Integrated Assessment Framework
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Introduction

• Partners include -
• North, South, East Ayrshire
• NHS Ayrshire Arran
• Strathclyde Police
• Scottish Childrens Reporters Administration
• The Voluntary Sector (Children 1st and Barnardos)
• Data Sharing Partnership

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Management Structure
Strategic Officers Group Children Services
Planning Groups CPCs
Data Sharing Partnership
Project Board Chair Lead Officer Social Work
SCRA IT Corporate Education e.Care
Health Police
Management Group Social Work - Admin Health - IT
(E Care)-Training Education -Voluntary Sector
Quality Performance Improvement
Central Admin
IMPLEMENTATION MANAGERS
Local Implementation Groups
Training
Consent Confidentiality Short Term Working Group
IT (E Care Technical Group)
Practitioners Forum
Service Users Forum
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Achievements to date

• Information Sharing Protocol agreed
• Agreed Tiered Intervention model
• Framework tested in 3 areas and evaluation
  published (2006)
• Updated Assessment Framework developed approved
  (Feb 2007)
• Inter-agency training programme underway
• Rollout commenced (Aug 2007)
• Common work plans agreed with Data Sharing
  Partnership
• Strong National links
• Work.Together
• Working governance and development structure
• Strong operational commitment

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The Policy Context

• For Scotlands Children Better Integrated
  Childrens Services (2001)
• Its Everyones Job to Make Sure Im Alright
  Report of the Child Protection Audit and Review
  (2002)
• Additional Support for Learning (Scotland) Act
  (2004)
• Getting It Right for Every Child (2005)

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The Vision (Scottish Executive)

• In order to become successful learners, confident
  individuals, effective contributors and
  responsible citizens all Scotlands children and
  young people-
• Safe
• Healthy
• Achieving
• Nurtured
• Active
• Respected Responsible
• Included

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The Ayrshire Model

• Promotes the systematic early identification of
  concerns about a child by all agencies from
  pre-birth onwards
• Builds incrementally to ensure children
  families receive the support and services they
  require
• Aims to facilitate completing different levels of
  assessment and is designed to be used to provide
  reports for a number of different purposes
• Is a fully co-ordinated systematic approach to
  the gathering, recording and evaluation of
  information

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The Ayrshire Model cont.

• Is based on Health, Education and Social Work
  services working together as partners with a
  shared responsibility for children in their area
• The basic principle of this approach is

1 Child
1 Assessment
1 Review process
1 Action Plan
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The Ayrshire IAF Model delivers

• an inter-agency approach to assessment
• more consistent standards of practice
• timescales to avoid drift and unnecessary delay
• the incorporation of research findings into
  practice and the use of evidence based practice
• transparent processes of analysis leading to
  clear professional judgements and decision making
• continuity between childrens services

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Why Change?

• The Assessment Framework will -
• reduce duplication of effort as information
  gathered once will be shared
• provide an applied model of integrated working
• streamline assessment processes for children,
  families and agencies
• provide a full picture of the involvement of the
  professionals regardless of their agency
• improve consistency of practice and the
  consistency and quality of assessments for
  children
• provide easier and faster access to service
  delivery
• improve safety and outcomes

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Levels of Assessment

• Child Record
• Chronology of Significant Events
• Core Assessment
• Comprehensive Integrated Assessment
• Review of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment

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The Assessment Triangle
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The I.A.F. will deliver

• Improved outcomes for children families
• Efficient and effective information sharing
• Appropriate early intervention
• Common processes/pathways
• Common Assessment Framework
• Better integration of the planning of services
  for children
• Fully integrated training for staff

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Next steps

• Continue to progress the local implementation
  plan
• streamlining business processes
• continuing to implement the training
  development programme
• rolling out the model in a targeted way
• Ongoing Evaluation against
• Quality Indicators for evaluating services for
  children young people
• Getting It Right For Every Child
• Operationalise Information Sharing Protocol
• Simplify Consent Confidentiality for all
  practitioners
• Maintain national links
• Develop an electronic means of sharing childrens
  data

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Key Challenges

• Timescales for the national electronic solution
  for sharing childrens data
• To reconfigure assessment/planning and resource
  allocation forums to embed Integrated Assessment
  into practice (GIRFEC)

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• www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/iaf

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Child Protection Committee
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South Ayrshire Child Protection Committee

• Protecting Children Young People Child
  Protection Committees
• Scottish Executive 2005

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Membership

• Social Work
• - Children Families
• - Criminal Justice
• Health
• - CP Health Team
• CHP
• Lead Clinician
• Police
• SCRA
• Childrens Hearing

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Membership cont.

• Education
• Voluntary Sector
• Procurator Fiscal
• Housing
• Community Safety
• Integration Team
• CPC Co-ordinator

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Accountability

• Chief Officers
• Whose role is to-
• Monitor the work of the CPC
• Provide strategic support to CPC

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Functions

• Public Information
• Continuous Improvement
• Policies, Procedures Protocols
• Management Information
• Quality Assurance

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Functions Cont.

• Promotion of Good Practice
• Training Staff Development
• Strategic Planning
• Communication Co-operation
• Planning Connections

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Sub-Groups

• Training
• Public Information
• Audit
• Others as required
• In addition Practitioners Forum

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GIRFEC IAF

• Priority in CPC Business Plan
• CPC has links shared membership with IAF
  Project Board
• Implementation is supported by CPC through
• - Action by ALL members in own agency
• Training
• Monitoring

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Tiers of Intervention
Family Support Strategy