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Working for FamiliesAnnemarie PattisonDevelopment & Regeneration Services
Rationale“…. To tackle poverty and worklessness in selected areas by ensuring that childcare is not a barrier to parents entering education, training or employment”
(Working for Families – Guidelines for Implementation, Scottish Executive Dec 2003)
The Client Group
• Families on low income• Families with other stresses
in the household• Lone parents• No postcode lottery
Working for FamiliesThe Projects
• Guidance & Mentoring Projects• Sitter Service• Childcare Works Voluntary Option Project• HNC Pilot Project• Rosemount Transitions Project• Money Advice Services• Young Parent Project
Young Parent ProjectMary Carson Team Leader
Careers Scotland
Over the next year 4000
Scottish teenagers will become mothers!
.
• 9322 teenage pregnancies in 03/04 –• 706 to 13/15 year olds• 4000 teenage births in Scotland - over 5000
abortions or miscarriages• Of the births there were 278 in Scotland 25 in
Glasgow who were from the least deprived areas of Scotland
• 1 in 5 teenage pregnancies occur in Glasgow (796)
• Average age of first time mums in deprived areas is 19
• And 28 in better off areas
Teenagers• Designer labels• Music• Going out• Experimenting with
alcohol/smoking/drugs/sex• Money• Self Conscious/self confidence/self
esteem • Sleeping 23 hours a day • Mood Swings• Distain for adults
ParentsSleepless nightsColicTeethingChildcareMoneyBabysittersEmotional rollercoasterInterfering GrandparentsSingle parent?
Teenage ParentsEverything before +Homelessness or managing a house for the first timeDifficulties in prioritising demands on money Now not the childGrandparents – extremesNot having the skills to find out what they need to knowHousing lists/ housing applicationsBenefits/ Income Support/Tax Credits/Community Care Grants/Milk Tokens/Crisis Loans
Young Parent Project• Structure• Criteria• Referrals• Community Health & Social Care
Partnerships• Links with other agencies
What do we do – How do we differ from other Working for Families Projects
Key worker RoleSocial/emotional supportGreater flexibilityEmployabilityChildcareDiscretionary FundBudgetingLink into other agencies
Supports - We don’t work alone Money Advice
Childcare MentorsTeenage Pregnancy MidwifeSocial WorkSingle Parent Employment ZoneJC+EducationCollege supports
Plans for future
Group Work
Ante Natal – focus on pregnancy & childcare issues
Post Natal – focus on employability
What kind of successes have we had?
92 have registered out of 135 referrals Mostly 16/17 year olds either pregnant or with babies under 1 year old
•Voluntary Work 2•Training 13 + 2•Employment 5 + 10•College 7 + 2
Biggest Success is that Young Parents are engaging with us!
ChallengesAccommodation issuesBenefit issuesPartnership workingLack of informationMiscarriagesBabies taken into careChildcareEmotional challenges
How do we do it?
Single greatest factor in success is in the relationship between the individual and the Key Worker with the Young Parent Project
Kathryn Roarty
Key WorkerCareers Scotland
Young Parent Project
Case Study A• Susan, aged 15, referred by Social Work• Child Aged 4 months• School non attenderAgencies involved: • Young Parent Project, • Education Dept• Social Work Services • HealthClient Need: • Support to return to school• Confidence Building• Support for transition to college• Linking with other young mums
Case Study B• Rhona, aged 17, self referral• Child aged 10 months• Completed S4 before having childAgencies Involved• Young Parent ProjectClient Needs• Support to make career choice• Support to make transition to college
Case Study C• Susan, aged 19, referred by Single Parent Employment Zone• Child aged 2 years• No formal qualificationsAgencies Involved• Young Parent Project• Single Parent Employment ZoneClient Needs• Support to find childcare for existing job• Support with Budgeting• Support with Benefits•