Involve children and young people and their families

1. Early Intervention & Targeted Support‘It’s Everybody’s Business’Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership Board 28th January 2013

2. Close the gaps and secure social mobility Promote the highest aspirations and ambition for all our children and young people right across the partnership, particularly to close gaps and secure social mobility. Make sure early intervention makes a difference Ensure our early intervention and targeted support approaches are embedded and have direct impact for children. Involve children and young people and their families Promote the effective involvement of children and young people in their communities as active citizens; secure the involvement of children, young people and parents/ carers in decision making, service development and evaluation of services which affect their lives. Key Areas for Impact Ensure we have the best people working for our children and young people Secure and retain a strong, committed and highly skilled workforce across the partnership, with outstanding leadership and management Our Key Areas for Impact are as follows:

3. Improving life chances and choices Closing the gaps

4. OUTCOMES! Early Intervention Proactive at first signs of trouble Using predictive patterns – go for the siblings! Tailored and creative approaches which actually help Building resilience – children, young people and families able to make the difference themselves Partnerships and relationships which work for families rather than for providers No wrong door

6. Lewisham Providers Children’s Centres Area 1 & 2: The Children’s Society Area 3 & 4: Pre-School Learning Alliance Area 1 & 2 School-based Children’s Centres: Clyde Early Childhood Centre Beecroft Gardens (Jan 2013) Area 3 & 4 School-based Children’s Centres: Downderry Elliot Bank Kelvin Grove Kilmorie Marvels Lane Evelyn Children’s Centre Amersham Children’s Centre Annexe Hatcham Oak Children’s Centre Besson Street Gardens Ladywell Children’s Centre Manor House Children’s Centre St Swithun’s Children’s Centre Heathside and Lethbridge Children‘s Centre Bellingham Children’s Centre Torridon Children’s Centre Limelight Single Centre Provider: Ackroyd Children’s Centre Targeted Family Support: The Social Work Company

7. Outcomes To improve outcomes for targeted children, young people and their families, namely: Children’s Centres Targeted Family Support • Improved Family and Child Resilience • Improved School Participation and Engagement • Prevention and Reduction in Escalation of Need • Improved parenting and attachment • Improved school readiness • Prevention of escalation

8. Families to target include…. • Children in domestic violence situations • Children with disabilities • Children with parents who have disabilities • Families with current or history of offending • Families with poor attachment • Lone parents with vulnerabilities • Families with evidenced risk of teenage pregnancy • Families experiencing worklessness • Families with risks of poor health outcomes • Families with children with challenging behaviour • Children of parents with mental health issues • Children of parents with substance misuse issues • Children subject to actual or potential delayed development due to poor parenting capacity and/or non engagement with universal services • Children with poor linguistic development • Children in families with poor school attendance • Children with parents with learning disabilities • New arrivals with poor networks

9. Targeted Families *Expectation that this figure will increase as Centres expand provision and Beecroft Children’s Centre re-opens

10. The Government’s Troubled Families Programme The Government estimates that there are 910 Troubled Families in Lewisham 758 of which will be eligible for funding TFP Breakdown – (08/01/2013) Crime School 17 220 Total number of families identified: 631 Number of families meeting 2 or more TFP criteria: 378 22 61 73 222* 195 Work * Following the revised definition from DCLG that removed authorised absences from the definition of persistent absence, this reduced the figure from 392 to 222. 10

11. Tracking progress against the Government’s Troubled Families Criteria “Work” Mother identified as claiming benefits through DWP search - Family meets two of the specified criteria “School” Improvement in attendance of Son, which followed an intervention by AWS and Children’s Centre

12. Lewisham CAFs and outcomes trend to date (CSC with EIS from May 2012 onwards)

13. % CAFs not reaching CSC threshold by need Nov ‘11 – Dec ‘12

14. % CAFs by sending agency type Nov ‘11 – Dec ’12

15. % CAFs by receiving agency type Nov ‘11 – Dec ‘12

16. Challenges… • Are our estimated numbers of targeted families right? CC providers need to reach more targeted families • More evidence of outcomes needed – tracking impact • Increased co-ordination of CAF’s through logging and E-CAF • CAF as an assessment tool not just a referral tool • Multiple referral forms (eg S&LT/CAMHS)