Medway Action For Families

(Troubled Families and

European Social Fund Programme)

Project Manager: Andrew Willetts

Troubled Families

UpdateUpdate:• Agreement to change the name from Troubled Families to:

‘Medway Action for Families’• Standard Operating Procedure in place and awaiting signature with partners.• Terms of reference developed for Strategic/ Operational and Task Groups.• Budget in place.• Developing initiative with DWP community engagement programme in Luton and

Wayfield.• Data sent and returned from DWP and now internally processed.• AASSA intensive keyworker to support in Luton and Wayfield as pilot develops.Presentations to:• Community Safety Partnership• Children's Trust• District Chief Inspectors Forum• Councillors• Luton and Wayfield Strategic Group• Voluntary Sector Forum• Health and Well-being Board• Paper prepared for Kent Police AuthorityDCLG event:• DCLG 1-1 meeting. Like and happy with Medway programme• Regional meeting took place- Medway on target.• National event today…….

DataCriteria:

1. Are involved in crime and anti-social behaviour• 118 Families who meet Criteria 1 - Crime/Anti-social Behaviour (1 or more U/18 with a

proven offence in the last 12 months);• 29 Families who meet Criteria 1 - Crime/Anti-social Behaviour (ASBO, ABA or housing AS

intervention in last 12 months);

2. Have children not in school• 316 Families who meet Criteria 2 - Education (3 or more fixed school exclusions across last

3 consecutive terms);• 29 Families who meet Criteria 2 - Education (In a PRU because previously excluded);• Not on a School Roll)• 316 Families who meet Criteria 2 - Education (15% unauthorised absences across last 3

terms);

3.Have an adult on out of work benefits

(Awaiting to send list to DWP)

Met criteria 1 and 2

Met criteria 1 and 3

Met criteria 2 and 3

Met criteria 1, 2 and 3

Local criteria• 49 Families who meet Criteria 4 - Local (Adult Mental Health Problems);• 40 Families who meet Criteria 4 - Local (Child Mental Health Problems - for reference we

have used CCIS to match and determine all young people that we have as having a Statement)

• Frequent Police call outs or arrests - there are 96 families recorded from data received,• Local Authority Considering LAC - we have again matched to CCIS and we there 9

families awaiting an up to date list of LAC from the LA• U/18 conceptions - we have used CCIS to match and have included those who are 18 and

have only matched 5 records• 17 year old NEETS - again we have used CCIS to match and have found 5 families to date.• 18 Year old NEETS - again we have used CCIS to match and have found 5 families• Luton & Wayfield Priority Groups - we have used the Medway Place Data to match 65

families

• Domestic Violence – Awaiting data • U/18 on a child protection plan – Awaiting data • Adults with proven offences in last 12 months (incl PPOs) – Awaiting data• Families involved in gang related crime - No data received to match to,• Adults with drug and alcohol misuse – Awaiting data

• U/18s with drug and alcohol misuse – Awaiting data

Map of Medway showing location of Troubled Families.

Top 3 wards = 30% of Troubled Families

Ward: Count %

Chatham Central 68 11.83

Gillingham North 65 11.30

Luton and Wayfield 56 9.74

Implementation of programme

Phase of implementation

Phase 1

Pilot- 10

cases

Luton and

Wayfield

Oct

Phase 2

Nov

2012 -13

Dec

Phase 3

90 Cases

80Cases

Phase 4

2013 -14

April- June

GillSouth

GillNorth

ChatCentral

57Cases

100Cases

100Cases

Phase 5

2014-15

April- June

 Medwa

y

123Cases

Strood  Medway

Diagram showing how programme will develop over next 3 years:

Team around the Family and PBR

Strategic group

TTAF Service

2

Service 3

Service 4

Over and aboveIntervention

Intensive 

Enhanced 

Standard 

40%

Service costs

20%

10%

Service 1

Service 5

Diagram showing service involvement through one plan: Example Payment By Results (PbR) for family:

European Social Fund

UpdateUpdate:

• On phase 4 in its development

• Implementation of work on target. Referrals slower than expected initially, but referrals on the increase

• Programme linked with Youth Contracts (16-17 year old NEET’s)

DWP:

• Regional event taken place.

• Nationally slow start to programme.

• Medway well placed and also had visit from Chris Grayling as leading area for South East.

Presentations:

• Social care (CRAST teams)

• Children’s Centres

• Job Centre Plus

• Integrated Youth Services Support

Outcome:

• A Mum has undertaken programme and due to enthusiasm and achievement made, she has now been employed to be a coach for the provider coaching further parents and young people accessing the programme.

• 3 cases closed as Child In Need and stepped down onto ‘progress programme’.

Referral update

Year 1: April 2012- March 2013

April May June August OctPhase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5

IPS JCP/ Provider Social care Childrens centre IYSSActual 15 20 8 6 49Target 20 50 110 40 30 250

Results for Troubled Families

Troubled FamiliesWill this work….?

Integrated Prevention Service

ESF programme

X 9

Keyworkers

X 10

SW Students

Troubled Families

(Virtual Hub)

CSP

JCP

School/ Academies

Housing

Police

Probation

YOT

Health

Parenting

Social care

Inclusion

etc

Lead

Professionals

NFA Standard Enhanced Intensive FFT

Assessment in place (CAF/ CIN/ CP)

Panel/ focus group

Review (6 weeks, 12 week,

18 weeks, and 24 weeks).

Close Payment by result

%

Salary

back

Single Point of entry

?

Criteria and data matching

Family evaluation

and feedback

Delivery and action plan. (Includes focus on criteria)

What next

Troubled Families:• Develop steering group/ operational group• Develop and agree evidence based toolkit for evaluation of

programme- (IYSS/ Hidden patterns)ESF:• Project Manager to be based in CRAST to support social care

referrals• Provider (ATS) to be based in CRAST and Children's CentresMedway Action for Families:• Finalise the families to be supported in the first year• Pilot on 5 families will be active shortly• Hold stakeholder event for launch 1st October 2012.• Start to work with families October 2012.• Evaluate December 2012 and February 2013• Claim PbR March and again in May 2013.

TF NumbersHow do we make this work?

Targets Contacts Upfront PBR TotalAugust 2012- March 2013 180 £480'000 £120'000 £600'000April 2013 - March 2014 257 £514'000 £342'666 £856'666April 2014 - March 2015 123 £164'000 £246'000 £410'000

Total 560 £1'162'667 £703'999 £1'866'666

This will be agreed when developing the team around the family. This will be based on level of intervention planned and hours of working to support family. This can be used to back fill post to support the initiative

On achieving all outcomes, this will be used to support further work and develop a training/ mentoring hub for parents to support other families over year 2 and 3.

Questions