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Lewisham Children and Young People’s VCS ForumFriday 24 February 2017, Lewisham Methodist Church, Albion Way Lewisham, SE13 6BD
AttendeesLola Akinyemi I Am More CICFolla Bello Family ActionJuliet Campbell Olivespring Consultancy CICJosiah Clarke Creative Development SkillsPeter Dacres Somerville Youth and Play ProvisionJane Hendrie Lewisham Education Arts Network Sharon Hogsden St Andrew’s Community NurseryJoanne Hussain Kids LewishamNajah Ismael London Borough of LewishamMusa Jama Deptford Somali Islamic CentreCatherine Kinsey Clyde Nursery SchoolKatarzyna Kurylowicz NSPCCPaula Lane Oak Hill Community NurseryCarole Litchmore First Principles ParentingKevin Makwilika Straight Talking Peer EducationSheryl Malcolm Lewisham Youth TheatrePaul McDaniel Working with MenSophie Milward Voluntary Action LewishamKaren Morgan London Borough of Lewisham Samantha Odogwu Youth FirstAdeyinka Opedare South London Counselling ServicesRosanna Ottewell Voluntary Action LewishamJohn Paschoud London Borough of LewishamChyloe Powell BelEve UKJoanne Roberts Voluntary Action LewishamJulieRush New Cross and Deptford Families FirstNalan Salih Lewisham Parent/Carers ForumCharity Sekyi London Borough of LewishamHannah Sweet St Michael’s FellowshipVal Pope Lewisham Pre-school Learning AllianceFay Russell-Clark Healthwatch Bromley and Lewisham Lucy Toole Carers LewishamTonia Vassell Creative Development SkillsPhilippa Wall Lewisham Young Women’s Resource ProjectMarcia Wallace Chair - CYP Forum Steering Group
Wendy Watts Bromley and Lewisham MindWelcome and Introduction – Marcia Walker, Chairperson – CYP Forum
Marcia Walker welcomed everyone to Lewisham’s 25th Children and Young Peoples Forum and introduced the topics which were Five to Thrive and Early Help.
Marcia Walker, CYP Forum Chairperson
Firstly participants would hear from Val Pope from the Lewisham Pre-School Learning Alliance and Cathryn Kinsey from Clyde Nursery School and Children’s Centre.
Their presentations and workshop would help participants to gain an understanding of how using the Five to Thrive approach could promote the use of consistent messages for positive relationships between parents and children, leading to healthy brain development in children.
Secondly, Lewisham’s Early Help Team, led by Karen Morgan, would give presentations and lead a workshop to enable participants to become familiar with the new referral procedures for safeguarding children.
Everyone would have the chance to get involved in both tables and there would be a short feedback session to be followed by completion of monitoring forms and then networking over a light lunch.
Respond, Cuddle, Relax, Play, Talk - The five to thrive approach. An approach to give practitioners simple, consistent key messages to reinforce positive relationships between parents and their children – Val Pope, Executive Manager, Pre-School Learning Manager and Cathryn Kinsey, Head Teacher, Clyde Nursery School and Children's Centre
Val Pope presented information on the five to thrive approach. Recent research proves that the way a parent interacts and behaves around their child in the first three years of its life plays a crucial part in how the child’s brain develops and has an impact on that child’s later life chances. The Lewisham Children and Young People’s Plan and the Lewisham CYP Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy both state as a priority for the borough the need to improve parenting and secure attachment.
Although there is work already taking place to improve parenting and secure attachment with families in Lewisham, the approach is inconsistent. Practitioners have many different ways of conveying this important message and these differences can cause a lack of understanding and give confusing or mixed messages to parents. The aim is to use the Five to Thrive framework to underpin practice across a range of disciplines, programmes and organisations and to have a shared common language that parents and professionals – promoting consistency and understanding. This has been used successfully is Hertfordshire, Luton and elsewhere.
What is five to thrive?
RESPOND CUDDLE RELAX PLAY TALKThese are the ‘building blocks for a healthy brain’.
They are drawn from research into the key processes of attachment and attunement that forge bonds between children and their carers.
They are designed to give practitioners a ‘toolkit’ of simple, consistent, key messages to reinforce positive interaction between parents and their children, through the use of simple language that parents can relate to.
The success of five to thrive is founded on the fact that it is not a rigid, one-size-fits-all programme. Rather, it is a collection of simple resources and tools available through training to help staff across a range of types of organisation to deliver a simple, consistent message to parents about the importance of interacting with their baby.
How is this being implemented in Lewisham?
A steering group has been set up involving early years, children’s centres and Public Health and members of the group are all fully committed to the implementation of Five to Thrive in Lewisham
Funding has been provided through the Lewisham CAMHS Transformation Fund to enable the roll-out of a cross-sector multi-agency training programme over the next 18 months. The aim is to train 660 practitioners as part of a workforce development approach and to ensure that practitioners fully understand the science behind the key messages and are confident in using the Five to Thrive elements in their work with families.
In addition there will also be Five to Thrive “champions” in each service area who will cascade the training within their own services.
The CAMHS funding has also paid for a Five to Thrive licence for 5 years – enabling access to a download area where practitioners can make use of a range of resources to give visual reinforcement of the messages.
Our aim is to ensure that Five to Thrive becomes an integral aspect of practice across all services involved in working with 0-5 and is fully embedded across the borough.
We want to know what our impact has been and so will be evaluating staff throughout the programme to assess the impact on their confidence and skills.
In addition, we will be seeking feedback from parents about their increasing recognition of the Five to Thrive message and understand from them how it has helped support their relationship with their child.
Click link to book training: https://connected.kca.training/register.cfm?form=lftt-2017
Beautiful Babies, Beautiful Brains - Catheryn Kinsey, Head Teacher, Clyde Nursery School
Catheryn talked about how Clyde Early Childhood Centre has used the Five to Thrive principles as part of a new parenting course. They realised that parents knew something about attachment but didn’t always know what it meant, why it happened or why it was so important. Their response was to develop a course that was a mixture of brain development theory and practical experiences for parents/carers and children.
The result is a nine week course for parents/carers and their children that covers each of the five principles to enable health brain development, delivered in a way that encourages sharing of ideas and strategies.
The course includes Stay and Play sessions, with resources and activities themed accordingly. These provide an opportunity for participants to critique how they apply their learning and how their children respond - with the added benefit of a reflective practice approach.
It currently runs at Clyde Children’s Centre in Deptford with plans to offer it elsewhere in Lewisham. To find out more or to refer someone, please call 0208 692 3653 or send an email to [email protected]
Securing Early Help in Lewisham – A presentation to brief practitioners on the latest developments in early help, including practical aspects, on how to assess families, use the referral forms and understand the new system - Karen Morgan (Team Manager), Najah Ismael (Advanced Practitioner) and Charity Sekyi Lewisham Early Help Co-ordinator, Lewisham Early Help Service.
What’s new in Lewisham?MASH and Early Help Team
*new* Early Help Assessment
*new*Online Referral form
https:// www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/socialcare/children/keeping- children-safe/Multi-agency-Safeguarding-Hub/Pages/MASH-request-form.aspx
Karen and the team delivered a presentation and explained about the new early help assessment process.
They showed examples of the new on line referral form and the assessment and
referral procedures for the different levels of referral including:
Consent based model Lewisham Continuum of Need Nothing will be NFA (no further
action) unless a notification is received
Appropriate information needs to be in order for CSC to make an informed decision and prevent delay
What has been done before? If you need help contact MASH and
Early Help teams for Consultation or assistance.
SOS: o What is working well?o What you are concerned
about?o What needs to happen?
The procedures are illustrated here:
The early help team continued their presentation with case study exercises in workshop groups and questions and answer feedback sessions. They demonstrated the use of the new on-line referral forms with guidance (Form for help and support or protection). Practitioners will find the following FAQs document helpful:
MASH - Request help or protection for a childFAQS
How do I register?Via the Lewisham council website. This is a four step process, 1. Enter and confirm your email address. 2. Enter your title, first and last names.3. Enter your postcode & organisation 4. Create your password and memorable
word or phrase and then you click submit to create your account.
https://auth.gfaid.co.uk/gfa/register/lewisham/
How do I log in?- Once you have registered you will receive an email to activate your account, once
activated you must log in using your email and password.- https://auth.gfaid.co.uk/gfa/login/lewisham/
Forgotten password- If you have forgotten your password you can change your password by accessing the “forgotten
password” page on the Lewisham Council website and entering your email address. - Once entered you will be given the option to change and create a new password. You will be then
sent an activation link to activate your account password. Finally, you can log back in again with your new password.
Why do I have to register if I am an employee of Lewisham Council/borough? / Why can't I log in?
- Everyone must register to create an account when initially completing this form.
Can I access this form on my tablet/mobile?- Yes, this form can be accessed and completed on of tablets and mobiles, and should be
compatible with most browsers.
Why did my account log out?- You may have been logged out because your session was timed out, meaning you spent
too long on a page without making response or adjustment so for security reasons you were timed out.
- Or, if you clicked the back button the browser page you will be logged out of your session.
How do I go back and change details? - Details can be amended towards the end of each section via the summary sheet and at
the end when finally completing the form. You can also go into “my account” at a later date to see any “started but not completed” forms as long as you have completed at least section 1.
Are all fields mandatory? /Do I have to fill in all of the boxes?- The only mandatory fields are:
- The address of the child, if you are unsure of this, you must enter where they are currently staying or your own work address
- The consent of the parent/carer which must be filled in
How and where can I find the child's NHS ID?- Only enter if known.
What is EHC Plan?
- An Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan) outlines the special educational needs of the child and young person, to secure the best possible outcomes for them across education, health and social care and as they get older, prepare them for adulthood.
How and where can I find the unique pupil number?- Only enter if known.
Why was my session timed out?- Your session was timed out because you spent too long on a page without any
response or adjustment so for security reasons you were timed out.
How do I upload documents? (On my computer/iPad/tablet/phone/laptop)- Computer/laptop – You select the browse button and search through the folders in
which you saved the document.- Tablet/Mobile- You select the browse button to find the location/application in which
you saved the document, once selected you can search through to find the document and upload it.
What do I do if the website has crashed?- If the website has crashed you can either restart the form or log back into your account
to continue from the section at which the form was last saved.
What do I do if the website is down?- If the website is down and it is an emergency you can contact Mash directly on 020
8314 6660 or email them at [email protected]. / [email protected]
- Or otherwise, continue to come back and refresh the page.
Who can I contact if I am need advice on which sections of the form I should complete and the content I should include?- For advice or a consultation, you can contact Mash directly on 020 8314 6660 or email
them at [email protected]. / [email protected]
The team delivered a practical workshop to familiarise participants with the continuum of need.
When a referral is made, social workers and advance practitioners use the continuum of need to make a decision about the most appropriate level required in each case and the child is then referred accordingly, namely
- Universal- Universal Pus- Targeted- Acute and specialist
Participants worked on case studies to gain some practice in using the continuum of need to assess whether to refer the cases.
Early Help Team – who are we?
thtNatasha LoganNajah
http://www.safeguardinglewisham.org.uk/lscb/lscb/professionals/early-help
Questions and Answers and NetworkingThere was a short feed-back and question and answer session after which Marcia Walker brought the forum to a close by thanking everyone for participating and inviting people to remain behind for networking and refreshments.
Early Help Advanced Practitioners
Natasha LoganNajah Ismael
Early Help Co-ordinatorsCharity Sekyi
Vinicia BellamyTo be appointed
Forum 25 Evaluation Summary23 monitoring forms returned
How did you find out about this event?VAL website x 1 Email x 13 E Bulletin x 1 Colleague x 5 Other x 2 Not ticked x 1
Confidence in Five to Thrive Before AfterNo Confidence 7A little confidence 11 3Quite confident 4 12Very confident 7Missed Session 1 1
Knowledge in Five to ThriveNone at all 7A little 10 3Quite a bit 4 11A lot 1 8Missed Session 1 1
Confidence in Securing Early HelpNo Confidence 7 A little confidence 8 2Quite confident 5 11Very confident 2 9Not answered 1 1
Knowledge in Early helpNone at all 6A little 10 2Quite a bit 6 12A lot 8Not answered 1 1
Can we contact you about impact Yes x 19 No x 2 Unanswered x 2
Can we use your comments Yes x 17 No x 3 Unanswered x 2
What topics/issues would you like to suggest for future CYP Forums?- Young people’s ante natal nurse to present about teenage parenting- Serious Youth Crime- How to deal with school children within the community- Funding for CYP Projects - also meet the funder type sessions- A follow up on the peer abuse and the council’s response- Safeguarding- Any topics are great- Healthy Teenage Relationships- How to motivate young people/engage them- Ways to make learning fun for children
How would you improve in the future?Have the tables further apart so that you can hear clearly.Access to everyone’s emails addressesHeating2 x Bring back market stalls; presentation opportunity for other organisations to share their work/information or what they are offering in Lewisham.
Final Comments- Great information. Thankyou (LYWRP)- I thought that presentations were good and although I don’t work with early years, provided accessible
information that is useful as a background reference (Bromley and Lewisham Mind)- I am really supportive of the CYP forums. They are an invaluable resource for relevant information,
support and advice in many areas of social care in Lewisham (Working with Men)- Very useful and good to network with others (Somerville Youth and Play)- Very good session – interesting (LPCF)- Always very useful to network – get updated and remember that there are lots of organisations
delivering excellent support for CYP in Lewisham but many new projects that we did not know about. Not sure if there is an updated directory? (New Cross and Deptford Families First)
- Excellent. Great to network with others. Informed and intelligent delivery from the experts. Thank you. (Anon)
- Found today really useful (Youth First)- Great opportunity to network and exchange knowledge. Thank you.
