early years & toolkits for training early intervention
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early years & toolkits for training Early intervention. Early intervention. Early in the life of the child and/or Early in the development of a problem – even before there is a problem - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
• Early in the life of the child and/or• Early in the development of a problem –
even before there is a problem
Interventions that ward off the initial onset of a disorder; i.e. intervening before damage takes place in a way that avoids the later costs in both human and financial terms of handling the consequences of the symptoms of that damage’ (Allen 2011)
Identifying, and working to minimize, risk
Working to develop the capacity of children and families to cope despite risks
It is about the whole population of children, not just those with a problem now, and is therefore an everybody issue. A public health issue.
• A commitment to prevention• Priority focus on early years• Continuing early intervention in later
years• A multi-agency systems approach• High quality workforce• Investment in programmes that work
Centre for Social Justice (2011)
• Early intervention is well down the priorities table for almost everyone
• The capacity to implement effective early intervention in mental health is under-developed
• Spend now to save later is a tough message to make credible in times of cuts
PROBLEM SOLUTION
Disease National Health Service
Ignorance Universal Education
Idleness Benefits and training
Squalor Public Health Services
Want National Insurance and welfare benefits
Social exclusion:
• Is multi-dimensional• Is inter-generational• Affects individuals, groups and
communities• Is at the root of poor outcomes
Removing the barriers to inclusion is key
• Identification of risk• Identification of positive strengths• Targeted and universal services• Partnership (IPP) approach• Long term (10-20 year) strategies
• Overwhelming economic case for early intervention
• Strong evidence base for effectiveness of early (cf. late intervention)
• Localism• Building ‘social and emotional bedrock’
• Normalising mental health• Attachment• Brain development• Risk and resilience• Interprofessional practice• Training for the next generation of parents• Supervision and consultation – capacity
building
• We need to build capacity at tier 1 - but training, on its own, will not transform practice or be sustainable
• We need to train and influence commissioners and budget holders – not just practitioners
• We need to know the evidence that’s out there and add to it
• We need to win the argument for early intervention locally and share good practice in an age of localism
• We need to promote integrated approaches at a time when people are pulling up the drawbridge
• We need to find creative ways to share in an age of competition
• Be strategic• Be systemic• Get connected• Look for strengths• Don’t be disheartened by the
challenges - we’re used to swimming against the tide – its what we do best
• Making sense of early intervention: a framework for professionals, Centre for Social Justice (2011) http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/client/downloads/20110707_early_years_report_web_v3.pdf
• Early Intervention: the next steps. Allen, G (2011) http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/graham-allen-launches-second-report-early-intervention