Family STEPS

Solutions Towards Everyday ProblemsDebbie Mclean

Senior Practitioner

Family Support Workers Team

Pali Obhi

YISP Coordinator

Family STEPSSolutions Towards Everyday Problems

What is it?

• To provide locally based support to children, families & tier 1 staff to encourage emotional well being & positive behaviour

• To provide timely, early & direct involvement to achieve positive outcomes.

• To provide training, consultation & support to professionals in statutory and voluntary agencies.

• To promote multi-agency collaborative working.

How does it work?

The Aims

The network of agencies is coordinated by

• The strategic group

• The operational group

Family STEPs

Family Support Workers

Primary Mental Health

Workers

Specialist Teachers and Educational

Psychologists

YISPTransition Mentors

(in specific areas)

The Family STEPs Network

Fun & Families

Family Support Workers

Aim to offer brief focused intervention & build on existing strengths in the family

Work with parents/carers within the home setting on home-based behavioural issues (below the age of 13)

Primary Mental Health Workers

• Aim to offer early identification/intervention relating to mental health issues, improve access to specialist CAMHS & support tier 1 provision

• Provide consultation, support, direct work, training & networking

Fun and Families

• Aims to support families experiencing child/adolescent behaviour problems.

• Organise courses for parents and young people and train tier 1 practitioners to run the courses

• Courses include Fun & Families, Living with Teenagers, Avoiding Conflict with Adults

Transition Mentors

• Aim to raise educational achievement, self-esteem & resilience & to reduce exclusions & likelihood becoming involved in crime

• Provide a year long programme of activities with identified vulnerable young people who are moving from KS2 to KS3 and their families.

• Provide support in school, home & community

Teachers & Educational PsychologistsWhen there are concerns about a child’s behaviour & emotional well

being in educational settings, we aim to:

• improve children's emotional well-being

• encourage positive behaviour in children

• build parental confidence and skills

• support Tier 1 staff in their work with children

• provide consultation and training for STEPs practitioners about educational

issues

• enable a comprehensive home-school approach to be taken

YISP Preventative Workers

• Aim to prevent children becoming involved in offending/anti-social behaviour, to prevent re-offending, to increase protective factors & reduce risk factors

• Work with children & young people from 8-16 years of age, who are at risk of offending/anti-social behaviour

“Interagency working is not rocket science, it’s more difficult.” (Kukic, 1997 in Cole et al, 1998)

Sharing a common goal

Organisation

Communication

Team work

Referral Process & Criteria

• If you have a family who may need support from one or more of the teams within the Family STEPs network they/you should consult the referral criteria or contact any of the managers

• Complete a request for direct work form with the family

• Referrals received by operational group who undergo a screening process

Any questions?