Supporting children, young people and families what do we call the process?

Joint the debate!

Most of us have been there.  Sometimes things in life just goes wrong and it's just a bit harder to keep all the balls in the air at the same time.  Sometimes it's small, and sometimes it's big.  Sometimes it's just what happens:  a grandparent is in hospital, someone loses their job, starting a new school, having a baby, moving house.  Mostly we can cope but sometimes we can't .....

There IS help and support out there for parents, children and young people to deal with life when it's on the way down.  But what do you call a whole process of talking with and supporting families and between a wide ranges of services?  There is a process to help families with a wide range of organisations in the County Council, Health and Voluntary Sector working together.  This process is made up of 3 parts:

step 1:
What's happening? what are the problems? who may be able to help?

step 2:
Looking to see what services and organisations could maybe help and bringing them together with families.

step 3:
Finding someone who can work with the family and sort out things with services to help the family.

Here's my suggestions for naming this process:

Step 1:

Child And Family Action Plan.
Rationale:

Child And Family as the child/ren are paramount, therefore, comes first.

Action Plan. The process should be around ACTION, making things happen. Action planning processes means incorporates looking at where we are at, where we want to be and the steps to get there.

Step 2:

Child and Family Action Team
Rationale:

Again, Child comes first. The focus has to be on the Child & Family NOT on the services providing the solutions.

Provides a clear link and follow through from the Action Plan through to the Action Team. They are part of the whole.

Action - something IS going to happen and it's not just talking (that happens in a forum or panel).

Team - a team approach, working WITH the family not doing to.

Step 3:

Child and Family (Action?) Agent.

AGENT is the word for someone working for and on behalf of the family, talking with a range of services that will make a difference.

What do you think? Any further suggestions?









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Not too late to book a place on Powys Youth Services Training

It's not too late to book onto the following courses!  They are FREE for voluntary youth groups so contact Helen on or before Monday morning to book a place NOW.

Please see attached the Training Plan for September 2014 Training week. 

Important:  No form, no place booked on the course and can I ask that people do not just turn up as this is creates difficulties for the trainer and the venue.

Please ensure you complete an application form for the courses you would like to attend.

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Please return completed application forms to me via e-mail helen.quarrell@powys.gov.uk or by post Helen Quarrell, Youth Service, Neaudd Brycheiniog, Cambrian Way, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7HR by 

Friday 29th August.

Can I also remind you that Lunch will not be provided during this week but tea/coffee and biscuits will be.

Courses covered include:
Dealing with emotional & challenging conversations
Building Emotional Resilience
Challenging Homphobia
ASDAN - wider key skills
Youth Information
See below for the full timetable:

Sign our petition to protect young witnesses

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Sign our petition and protect children like Iris* Last year nearly all of the 21,000 children who gave evidence had to do so from a court building. Having to come face-to-face with their abusers at court left children like Iris feeling frightened and intimidated. That’s why we’re asking you to sign our #OrderInCourt e-petition and help us make sure no child abuse victim should ever have to go through the same trauma. We’re calling for the Government to ensure there is at least one remote site in each region in England and Wales, so children like Iris can give their evidence away from court. What you can do? Please take action now by signing the e-petition and sharing it with your contacts. Help us reach 21,000 signatures – one for every child who gives evidence in court each year – by September 5thwhen we take the petition to Downing Street. By acting together, we could persuade the government to make changes to the justice system and win the fight to protect child witnesses. You can stay up-to-date with the campaign via our website, and visit our blog for further news and views. Thank you, Lisa Watch Campaigns Manager NSPCC * Names have been changed to protect identity.  Join on Facebook Watch on YouTube Follow on Twitter   To ensure you receive these emails, add us to your address book. > Unsubscribe from NSPCC professional alerts. > Unsubscribe from all NSPCC emails. Images are posed by models. For enquiries please email help@nspcc.org.uk National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Registered charity number 216401 and SC037717. Privacy Policy Copyright ©2014 NSPCC – All Rights Reserved.

Powys web-based seminar on suicide prevention - employers can make a difference

Powys (t)HB is committed to challenging mental health discrimination, R U?

You are invited to join our Web-based seminar:

Suicide Prevention – Employers can make a difference

Wednesday Sept 10^th 2-2.:45pm.

Aim: To present an overview of Talk to Me and the actions that all, including Employers, can take to reduce the risks of suicide.

Guest Speaker: Dr Ann John, Clinical Associate Professor in Public Mental Health, College of Medicine, Swansea University & Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Wales, National Lead for Suicide and Self harm prevention 

Programme:

1.   To provide an understanding of people’s roles in suicide and self harm prevention via Talk To Me the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.

2.   The children’s and young people’s perspective

3.   An understanding of the range of resources available within Powys

To participate in the WebEx, users need a laptop/PC with internet connection and a telephone to dial in for the audio. We recommend people start to join around 20-25mins prior to the start time to allow any potential IT issues to be resolved beforehand. First time users can access a basic test WebEx here to ensure their equipment will support WebEx.

To join this WebEx:

·         Go to: http://walescenter.webex.com/walescenter

·         You will see the session listed – click ‘join’ next to the session name

·         Follow the on-screen instructions/attached guidance

·         Session password: Powys2014 (please note capital ‘P’ and no spaces)

Please forward to colleagues who may be interested

Ms Sophia Bird

please note I work mon-weds inclusive

Prif Arbenigwr Hywyddiad Iechyd, Principal Health Promotion Specialist,

Re-Naming of Joint Assessment Family Framework (JAFF)

What are your suggestions?  Join the debate via Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/PAVOCYPF

We have made some suggestions with a rationale:

Child & Family Action Plan

Child & Family Action Team

Child & Family Agent

Feed in your comments here or on Facebook or email in PAVO, as well as feeding into the survey.

CYPP are currently carrying out a review of the Joint Assessment Family Framework title and branding to help recognise the elements of the service more clearly, and to develop and even stronger branding.

We have set up an online survey that can be accessed by following the link at the bottom of this page, and the detail below is what you will find on the survey. It will take you a short amount of time to complete, just a few minutes, but your views and contribution in filling out the survey will help immensely.

We support families in early interventions. We create a virtual “team to work with families and their children, meeting with them regularly until there is no longer a need to do so. Our recent review recommended a name change and we have recently been  given agreement by Welsh Government to change our title from Joint Assessment Family Framework ( JAFF) to Team Around the Family (TAF). 

Assessment

The first stage in the TAF process is to assess the needs, both of the child and the family.  We have introduced a two-stage assessment to do this. Firstly the Child and the Family issues

It is important that we do not forget to listen to the voice of the child.

Which of the 3 titles here, do you think would best describe this assessment?

1. Joint Assessment Family Framework.
2. Team Around the Family Assessment.
3. Child and Family Assessment.

Any other suggestions?

Panel

The second stage of offering help is to have a brief discussion at a monthly pre-arranged meeting with a range of managers of local services.  Each of these services may have something to offer the child, young person and their family.  This panel nominates the agencies which will make up the Team around the Family, if the family members accept them. Until now these meetings have been called, “Local Resource Solution Panels”.

Which of these titles do you think would be most meaningful to families and workers alike?

1. Team Around the Family Panel (TAF Panel)

1. Team Around the Family Forum ( TAF Forum)
2. Local resource Solution Panel (LRSP)

Any other suggestions?

Lead Practitioner

Key to the TAF model working well is the role of a nominated lead person who;

·         Acts as the main point of communication with the family

·         Chairs each TAF meeting

·         Ensures the family is fully included

·         Ensures that the child’s needs are held at the centre of each discussion.

We would welcome suggestions about the title given to this key person.  Do any of the 3 suggested titles below seem to describe the role or do you have any different suggestions to add?

1. Lead Practitioner
2. Key Worker
3. Family Contact

Any other suggestions?

English survey can be found here: http://surveys.powys.gov.uk/index.php?sid=45961&lang=en

Welsh survey can be found here: http://surveys.powys.gov.uk/index.php?sid=45961&lang=cy 

One Powys Plan - POSTER

One Powys Plan 2014 – 2017

A plan for change between all partners in the Powys Local Service Board

You can download the One Powys Plan Poster which highlights the top priorities that public services will be working on together.

Please make sure that everyone in your organisation is aware of this plan and the priorities.

To download the OnePowysPlan Poster (English and Welsh) Please Click Here

Joint the debate on FACEBOOK

Join in the debate on FACEBOOK Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations/CYPF about 

what we should call the Joint Assessment Family Framework.

What should we call the Common Assessment Framework?

What should we call the Local Resource Solution Panel?

What should we call the Team Around the Family?

Please discuss via the FACEBOOK page and PAVO representatives can take your views
to a meeting coming up at the end of September.

Do you have any ideas to make the language more accessible for families, children and
young people to understand the support that is available for them?

Training Available for Youth Groups in Voluntary Sector

Please see attached the Training Plan for September 2014 Training week. 

Important:  No form, no place booked on the course and can I ask that people do not just turn up as this is creates difficulties for the trainer and the venue.

Please ensure you complete an application form for the courses you would like to attend.

Click Here to download

Please return completed application forms to me via e-mail helen.quarrell@powys.gov.uk or by post Helen Quarrell, Youth Service, Neaudd Brycheiniog, Cambrian Way, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7HR by 

Friday 29th August.

Can I also remind you that Lunch will not be provided during this week but tea/coffee and biscuits will be.

Courses covered include:
Dealing with emotional & challenging conversations
Building Emotional Resilience
Challenging Homphobia
ASDAN - wider key skills
Youth Information
See below for the full timetable:

Advice, information and support for businesses

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