3'2 Stoke Family Intervention Project safeguarding

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3.2 Stoke Family Intervention Project
safeguarding
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Family Intervention Project Stoke

• Di Malkin Interim Principal Manager, Family
  Support
• Jennie Hammond - Drug and Alcohol Lead,
  Stoke-on-Trent Safer City Partnership

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Family Intervention Project Drugs Services
Vision
Who?
Referral Streams
Capacity Capability
Communicate Engage
Partnerships
What?
Impact
How?
Why?
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Background

• 2006
• Launch of Respect Action Plan, Meir FIP commences
  with 4 staff
• 2007
• Stoke FIP under Community Services
• 2008
• Current FIP established under CYP
• 2009
• Specialist Services incorporates FSN IFSS

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Childrens Trust
Governance
Family Support
Operations
Who?
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Referral Streams

• Antisocial Behaviour
• Child Poverty (Domestic Violence, Substance
  Misuse Worklessness)
• Youth Crime Action Plan (Prolific Other
  Priority Offenders)

Referral Streams
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DedicatedLead Workers

• Neighbourhood based
• Diverse skill mix
• Supervision
• Care First recording enabling communication with
  agencies
• Manageable caseloads
• Highly trained with professional attitude
• Family assessment

Capacity Capability
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How do we work?

• DLW assigned as the single point of contact
• Multi-agency approach underpins FIP
• Whole family
• Parenting contract defines goals and sets
  objectives for visits
• Voluntary process built on engagement
• Frequent contact 3-4 visits per week
• No time limit

Communicate Engage
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POVERTY
INTERGENERATIONAL PROBLEMS
OFFENDING

• Who are our families?
• Why is there a need for FIP?

SELF-WORTH
WORKLESSNESS
MISTRUST OF SERVICES
POOR PARENTING
MISSED SCHOOLING
VIOLENCE
POOR RELATIONSHIP CHOICES
ATTACHMENT DIFFICULTIES
REPEATED FAILURES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DEPRESSION
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The Safer City Partnership

• Exists to deliver the national crime, drug and
  alcohol strategies at a local level
• Aim is to create a healthier and safer city
• Strategic Approach
• Addressing both the supply of and demand for
  drugs and alcohol
• Plans based on annual needs assessments
• Partnership working to address the broad range of
  contributory factors

Partnerships
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Supply/ Demand

• Supply
• Whole Market approach to drug enforcement
• E.g. multi-agency Operation Nemesis
• Resulting in reduced availability and more drug
  users in treatment
• Working with licensed premises to reduce
  inappropriate sale of alcohol
• Demand
• Substance misuse has a negative effect on the
  health and well-being of children and young
  people, their families and communities
• It is a significant factor in offending and
  antisocial behaviour
• Reducing drug and alcohol harm is a key priority
• The Partnership is committed to preventing harm
  to children, young people, adults and families

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Young People

• The Partnership commissions a broad range of
  services to help young people resist drug and
  alcohol misuse and achieve their full potential
• Drug and Alcohol Consultants in schools, helping
  them to deliver drug and alcohol education in
  line with national guidance
• Targeted education and support for all young
  people identified as being vulnerable to
  developing drug and/or alcohol problems
• Drug and alcohol treatment services for all young
  people identified as having problems with
  substance misuse
• Joint care-plans and care co-ordination are a key
  feature

What?
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Adults

• The Partnership commissions a broad range of
  services to help adults overcome their substance
  misuse issues and live healthy and crime free
  lives
• Community drug services offer advice,
  information, harm reduction services, structured
  support, community detoxification programmes and
  criminal justice interventions
• Community alcohol services offer advice,
  information, harm reduction services, structured
  support, community detoxification programmes and
  criminal justice interventions
• Structured day programmes, residential
  rehabilitation places and inpatient
  detoxification services are also available
• Joint care-plans and care co-ordination are a key
  feature

What?
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Local Services

• Stoke-on-Trent Community Drug Service (adults)
• Adsis (Alcohol and Dependency Specialists)
  (adults)
• Eastgate Supported Housing (adults)
• BAC OConnor Centre (adults)
• Charles Jones Institute (adults)
• T3 Stoke-on-Trent Young Peoples Drug and Alcohol
  Service
• Young Peoples Drug Project

What?
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Think Family and Substance Misuse Links

• The 2008 National Drug Strategy Drugs
  protecting families and communities focuses on
  families and addresses the needs of parents and
  children as individuals
• It stresses working with whole families to
  prevent drug use, reduce risk, and get people
  into treatment.

Impact
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So how

• Joined steering groups
• Dedicated Lead Workers receive appropriate
  training
• Identified SPOCs for services
• Improved information sharing
• Improved identification

How?
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So why?

• Working within the home
• Signs of use
• Other health issues (inc medication)
• Client wanting to be inclusive
• Knowing FIP
• Identifying triggers jointly
• Openness

Why?
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Family Intervention Project Drugs Services
Vision
Who?
Referral Streams
Capacity Capability
Communicate Engage
Partnerships
What?
Impact
How?
Why?