Family Support and Safeguarding

Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate

Family Support and Safeguarding1

Family Support and Safeguarding

Lord Laming 2003‘it is not possible to separate the protection of children from wider support to families. Indeed, often the best protection for a child is achieved by the timely intervention of family support services’.

further highlighted by Professor Munro, 2011.

‘the provision of early help is vital to keeping children safe’.

Family Support and Safeguarding

Family Support and Safeguarding

Co Location of teams• From April 2013 Family support Teams and

Social Work Teams have relocated into area hubs.

• Co locating Family support workers and Social Workers together has created a greater cohesion between teams alongside extending links to local services and identifying support for families that qualify under the “Troubled Family “ agenda.

Family Support and Safeguarding

Team locations – Hub Children’s Centres

East• Fox Hollies • Kitts Green• Dyson Gardens• Golden Hillock• Park Road

South• Albert Bradbeer (Merrishaw)• Reameadow• Chinnbrook• Doddington

West & Central• The Willows• Birchfield• St Thomas

North• Circle• Featherstone

Family Support and Safeguarding

• Requests for Social work intervention from the area safeguarding teams should be directed through the single access no 0121 303 1888

Social Work intervention

Family Support and Safeguarding

Accessing the Family Support teams

• 1. Call CIASS ( Children's information advice and support service )

new single point of access no

0121 303 1888

Family Support and Safeguarding

Safeguarding & Support Teams

Integrated CIC teams

CIAS

Child & The Family

Locality Area Safeguarding and Support Service

Family Support and Safeguarding

Family Support and Safeguarding

Accessing the Family Support teams

2. Attend “Team around the family “meetings to gain professional advice and support on individual cases.

Family Support and Safeguarding

Identify needs for child / family

•

• Use family CAF to co ordinate your• response and that of others at • additional need level. •

• Use Team around the Family meetings to request services eg from integrated support and safeguarding teams and others

Team around the family process

Family Support and Safeguarding

TAF Process – May 2013 v10 , JN

fCAF and referral process for safeguarding and family support

Continuationof

fCAF IntegratedSupport Plan

Review *

Family Common Assessment (fCAF)

Child or Families identified as having ‘Additional Needs’ &

multi-agency response required by Universal or Partner Agency

Safeguarding FamilySupport Services:

Discussion & Allocation meeting

Team Around FamilyMeeting

Integrated Support

Plan *

Family Support and Safeguarding

Family Support and Safeguarding

Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate

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