Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Veronica WrightDivisional Manager Team Around the Family

Halton Borough Councilveronica.wright@halton.gov.uk

0151 511 623907767 671 947

All our work in Halton with children, young people and families is set against the

Halton Levels of Need Framework

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Our Shared Vision

•That all children and families in Halton thrive and achieve, and are kept safe

•That those children and families who need extra help and support to thrive and achieve well are able to get that help quickly and easily

•That all of us working with children and families work well together to support families who need extra help

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Shared PrinciplesEarly identification of children and families who may need extra help and support

Robust, holistic, integrated multi-agency assessment of both individual children’s and whole family needs and aspirations

Co-ordinated, evidence based interventions leading to good outcomes for children and families

Children and families are supported at the lowest, safe level of needs, and supported to build resilience and make full use of universal services

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

• Early Help and Support established in Halton in April 2010.

• Key priority of both Halton Children’s Trust and Halton Safeguarding Children Board.

• Staged multi-agency approach to development – Family Support teams, Integrated Working Support Teams, Intensive Family Support teams, Troubled Families work, Contact And Referral Team (CART), Working Together meetings, “Think Family” Team Around the Family approach.

• Current phase - Locality early intervention teams established September 2014, Troubled Families work mainstreamed into locality teams, early intervention workers in CART, one front door to services.

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

• Early Help – universal, population level support and services to help narrow the gap.

• Early Intervention – targeted support to identified children and/or families to meet assessed needs

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Think Family approach:

•Assess the needs of all family members•Understanding that parent’s needs impact on children•Contribution of all partner services is crucial•Team Around the Family•Coordination of support through CAF

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

• Now on our next steps of journey to fully integrated, multi agency teams and services

• Building on the robust partnerships and good multi-agency work already established, and endorsed in the recent Ofsted inspection

• As part of the current phase, reporting has moved to the Health and Wellbeing Board, emphasising our Think Family approach

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Good Practice already embedded:Levels of need well understood and used appropriatelyQA of CAF systemsWorking Together meetingsWeekly referral meetings – discussion and review of decisions from CART to CSC and Early Intervention

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

• 3 Locality based early intervention teams• Widnes team – Based in Kingsway Children’s Centre – Principal Manager Janice Maddison• Runcorn East Team - Halton Castle, Norton North, Norton

south, Windmill Hill, Beechwood and Daresbury – Based in Glendale

- Principal Manager Alison Upham• Runcorn West - Grange, Halton Brook, Heath, Mersey and

Halton Lea - Based in Grangeway Community Centre - Principal Manager Nicola Scott

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Additional Responsibilities remaining within the remit of Early Intervention:

Disability Short Breaks serviceYoung CarersParenting support programmesCAF coordination, training and support, monitoring and quality assurance

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Opportunities for Transformation - Pan Cheshire Transformation Challenge Award

•Establishing a multi-agency approach to tackling complex dependencies across families and individuals in Cheshire and Warrington

•To improve outcomes for children, families and citizens and reduce costs

•Implementation approach is already agreed by all partners to maximise buy-in and commitment to transformation around the needs of the customer

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Opportunities for TransformationPan Cheshire Transformation Challenge Award

•Adults and children involved in crime or anti-social behaviour•Children who have problems at school (e.g. regular absence, permanent exclusion)•Children who need help (i.e. Child In Need cases, level 3 or above)•Adults out of work or at risk of financial exclusion (including homelessness) and young people at risk of worklessness •Individuals and Families affected by domestic violence and abuse•Individuals with a range of (non-age related) health problems (universal health services)•Young people affected by homelessness/rough sleeping

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

Opportunities for TransformationPan Cheshire Transformation Challenge Award

•£5m over 3 years to transform services and processes including £1.6m to transform IT infrastructure•Project underway now with the establishment of a regional project team to drive the transformation across the 4 Boroughs

Locality Early Intervention The Halton Context

How locality early intervention works for families:

2 case studies presented by early intervention workers