Shelley Davies, Senior Partnership Manager: Children & Young People's Partnership can announce the new Family and Behaviour Support Service has been awarded to Action for Children. This service will officially commence on the 1st April 2013 and referrals to it will be made via a Common Assessment Form to the central Joint Assessment Family Framework team ( in County Hall, Llandrindod Wells).
This new service contract brings together three existing but separate contracts;
- Schools Behaviour Support Service (currently delivered by Resolve Cymru)
- Parenting (currently delivered by Barnardos)
- Early Intervention Service (currently delivered by Action for children)
Action for Children, Barnardos and Resolve Cymru have delivered these services over several years here in Powys and they have been key partners in setting the strong foundations for this new service to develop and move forward over the next three years.
As you would expect there will be some TUPE transfer arrangements for some staff within the existing services to transfer into Action for Children thus ensuring that we do not lose some of the crucial expertise in the workforce which we have developed over the past 10 years or so. Whilst this work is being finalised Action for Children, Barnardos and Resolve Cymru are working together to ensure continuity of service and a smooth transition. It is important that the workforce is clear that there will be no break in service and that families can be referred in to the new service as from the 1st April. Separate arrangements are also in place to satisfactorily conclude any existing cases within the current services.
More detailed information and an official launch will be communicated in due course.
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