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Family STEPS
Solutions Towards Everyday ProblemsDebbie Mclean
Senior Practitioner
Family Support Workers Team
Pali Obhi
YISP Coordinator
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Family STEPSSolutions Towards Everyday Problems
What is it?
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• 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
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The network of agencies is coordinated by
• The strategic group
• The operational group
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Interagency working is not rocket science, it’s more difficult.” (Kukic, 1997 in Cole et al, 1998)
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Sharing a common goal
Organisation
Communication
Team work
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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
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Any questions?