DevelopingNurturing&EnablingEnvironmentsforChildrenatriskof

Abuse&NeglectKarlBrettig

ManagerSalisburyCommunitiesforChildren

@KarlBrettig

Inthisworkshopwewillexplore•  Ainnovativeplace-basedapproachtoearly

interventionandprevention•  Whatdataistellingusaboutitsimpact•  Keystrategiesandvariablesthatimpactthe

currenttrajectoryofabuse&neglect•  Strategicplanningforcollectiveimpactin

localcommunities

G20InitiativeforEarlyChildhoodDevelopmentCommitment(Argentina2018)

“Contributetoensuringthatallchildren–withanemphasisontheirfirst1000days-arewell-nourishedandhealthy,receivepropercare,stimulationandopportunitiesforearlylearningandeducationandgrowupinnurturingandenablingenvironments,protectedfromallkindsofviolence,abuse,neglectandconflict”

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SalisburyCommunitiesforChildren

FacilitatingPartnerTheSalvationArmyIngleFarm2005–20202005–5suburbs2009–7suburbs2015–12suburbs SitelocatedinnorthernsuburbsofAdelaide•  In2006IngleFarmhadthehighestproportion(32.9%)of

childrendevelopmentallyvulnerableinoneormoredomains.

•  IngleFarmalsohadthehighestproportionofdevelopmentallyvulnerablechildrenonthesocialcompetencedomain(AEDI2006,2009)

2006 proportion of children vulnerable on one or more domains

Prepared by: AEDI National Support Centre Source: AEDI Communities Data 2006 Eastern suburbs of City of Salisbury, SA

Whatdidthecommunitywant?

Parentsindicatedtheywouldlikea‘onestopshop’whichprovidedunbiasedinformationaboutchildrenandservicesavailableforfamiliesinthecommunity.Theseonestopshopsshouldbelocatedinconvenientplacesinthecommunitytoallowthemaximumnumberofparentstoaccessinformation.Onestopshopscouldactasaninformationstoreanddirectparentstotheappropriateserviceproviderorgovernmentdepartment(Nechvoglod,2005).Nechvoglod,Lisa.(2005).ReportonthefindingsfromtheSalisburyCommunitiesforChildrenInitiativefacilitatedbyIngleFarmSalvationArmyregardingthe‘CommunityStrategicPlan’-consultationwiththecommunity.deLissaResearchInstitute,p14

Places

FamilyCentreActivities

•  arangeofplaygroups•  perinatalsupportgroupsforparentsatriskofPND•  parentgroups•  softentryactivitiessuchascookingandsewing•  CALDculturallyappropriatesupportactivities•  homevisitingoutreach•  traininginearlychildhoodfamilysupport•  co-locatedNGOandgovernmentdepartment

services

Families&Caregivers

Doesitwork?

BaselineData

Baselinedataofservicesavailabletofamilieswastakenatthestartoftheinitiativein2005andagainin2008aspartofthe2004-2009NationalEvaluationofC4C.

•  Itdocumentedthat18newserviceswereintroducedintotheIngleFarmareaduringthisperiodbasedattheFamilyZoneIngleFarmHubandTheSalvationArmyIngleFarm.

•  4additionalserviceswereimplementedmorebroadlyacrossthestateduringthatperiodincludingIngleFarm.

2005SC4Csuburbs Addedin2010 Addedin2015

ComparisonAEDCdataforIngleFarm2009-2015

Percentagesofchildrenfoundtobevulnerableinthetwoamalgamatedgroupsofsuburbsin2009and2012

-Diamond,McInnes&Whitington(2013)

Oneormoredomains

Twoormoredomains

Physicalwellbeing

Socialcompetence

Emotionalmaturity

Communicationandgeneralknowledge

Languageandcognitive

SC4C

2009 34.1 18.4 17.2 13.4 13.4 13.7 12

2012 25.7 15.3 10.4 13.7 11.6 10.2 9.3

Non-SC4C

2009 32.2 17.4 14 13.2 16.6 12.6 8.5

2012 31.6 14.2 11.1 13.9 12.3 15 9.1

Yellow:Significantreduc3oninthepercentageofchildrenvulnerablefrom2009to2012;Pink:Significantincreaseinthepercentageofchildrenvulnerablefrom2009to2012.

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TheNationalData

TheProductivityCommissionreportsthat,betweenFY10-FY17,thenumberofchildreninout-of-homecareroseby32%from35,895to47,915andchildabusesubstantiationsroseby58%from31,295to49,315.

Babington(2019)Takingthenextimportantstep:achildandfamilywellbeingpolicyframeworkforAustralia

“IngleFarmisnotjustonourlistoftopsuburbswithitsoverallrankingof16,butalsostandsoutasoneofthemostfast-improvingsuburbsinthisissueofthePeople’sChoiceofHousing,leaping28placesfromourunreleasedJune2018index”.

-People’sChoiceofHousingSouthAustraliaApril2019

Report 2015, p60

ThemostcommonuniversalfamilysocialserviceisperhapstheFamilyCentremodel.Inmostcases,thesefamilycentresbringtogetherafullyco-locatedrangeofservicescentralinpromotingthewellbeingofboththechildrenandtheirparents.InSweden,thepioneerofthisformoffamilysupport,municipalfamilycentresofferingavarietyofservicestofamilieshavebeeninplacesincethe1970’s(Kekkonenetal,2012)

Wellbeing(traumainformed)classroomapproach

•  Addressesissuesforchildrenwithtraumaexperiences.•  Strategiesincludeeducationinemotions,pro-socialgames,

studentsaswellbeingagentsandparentinvolvement.•  TheapproachusestheVygotskynotionofthesociallyformed

mindwhereinchildren’smindsareformedininteractionwiththosearoundthem.

•  Workingwiththewholeschool,theapproachcreatesacultureenablingstudentstosucceedingroupactivities.

•  Nowadoptedinover50primaryclassroomsinSouthAustralia

•  Theapproachisbeingevaluatedinaschooloverathreeyearperiodofimplementation.Measuresincludeattendance,academicachievement,bullyingincidence,andparentsatisfaction.

•  Everystudentwellbeingagentreportedtheyenjoyedtheexperienceandfoundtherolehelpedthemdevelopknowledgeandconfidenceasleadersintheirclassrooms.Theyidentifiedthatstudents’learningandmoodhadimprovedinclass,withlessbullyingbehaviourandmoreunderstandingofwaystosupporttheirownwellbeingandthatofothers.

•  Teachingstafffeedbackwassimilarlypositive,identifyinguniversallyhighsatisfactionwiththeprocessofembeddingwellbeingstrategiesintotheirclassroompractice,workingalongsidestudentwellbeingagents.Dataon2018parentinvolvementshoweda70%increaseinthenumberoffamilieswithEnglishasanadditionallanguage(EALD)attendingfamilylearningeventscomparedto2017,anda50%increaseinthenumberofEALDfamiliesaccessingfamilysupportandhealthservices.

•  In2018behaviourdataindicatedthatincidentsinvolvingbullyingandharassmentdecreasedby14%comparedto2017.

•  ThenumberofstudentsreferredtothePrincipal’sofficeforproblembehaviourdecreasedby7%.

•  InSeptember2018audit22studentsindicatedthattheyhadbeenbullieddownfrom43studentsin2016.

-McInnes,E.,Whitington,V.&Niell,B.,(2019)A‘ClassroomasCommunity’ApproachtoSupportingWellbeingandreducingBullyinginPrimarySchools.

Whatcanserviceprovidersdotoimplementjointserviceplanningusingaplace-based,wholeofcommunity,family

andgovernmentapproachtobuildcommunitycapacityandgenerate

collectiveimpact?

Keyprinciples

•  Communitywideinterventions•  Proportionateuniversalism•  Softentryactivities(nonstigmatising)•  Traumainformed•  Nowrongdoorapproach•  Focusonearlychildhooddevelopment•  Peri-natalsupport•  Parentingsupport•  Evidencebased

Apublichealthapproach

Tofullyseethebenefitofapublichealthapproachweneedtoidentifypracticalstrategiestoshiftthebalanceofactivitiesintothepublichealthdomainandidentifypopulation-widestrategiesthatcanbecanbeemployed(ieprimaryprevention).Theemphasisshouldbeonexaminingwhataretheprecursorsofchildmaltreatmentandputtinginplaceactionstomodifytheseonapopulationwidelevel.

DarylHiggins(2015)Apublichealthapproachtoenhancingsafeandsupportivefamilyenvironmentsforchildren.FamilyMatters2015No96.

Prevention EarlyIntervention

Redesigning&implementinganintegratedfamilysupportsystemusingawholeofcommunity,government&family

approach-Keystrategiesandvariables

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Whatkeystrategiescurrentlyexistinyourcommunity?

Whatdoesyoucommunitywant?

Whatkeystrategiesisyourcommunityreadytodevelop?

Prevention EarlyIntervention

Redesigning&implementinganintegratedfamilysupportsystemusingawholeofcommunity,government&family

approach-Keystrategiesandvariables

CrisisCare

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State Universalservices

FamilySupport

NGO’s CommunityCapacity

Families Local

Federal

OutdoorplayInfrastructure

CommunityGroupsFaith,hope

&love

Key partnerships for implementing effective integrated family support

NoWrongDoor

DevelopingandImplementingaCommunityStrategicPlan

1. EstablishaFacilita3ngPartner/BackboneOrganisa3on2. Convenearepresenta3vecommiIee/partnershipgroup

3. Consultwithfamilies,services&communitygroups

4. DevelopaCommunityStrategicPlan

5. Developimplementa3on/ac3vityworkplan

6. Implementtheplan

7. Con3nuetoconsultwithparentsandservices

8.Manageconflictsandmaintainrela3onships

9.Workwiththreelevelsofgovernment,NGO’sthe

communityandtheprivatesector

10.Developcollabora3veteamwork

11.Evaluateac3vi3es

12.Par3cipateinpreparingprofessionalstoworkin

integratedservicedelivery

Bre[g,K.(2015)BuildingStrongerCommuni0eswithChildren

andFamilies,Ch9.

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