Agenda item
Early Help and Prevention Briefing
- Meeting of Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee, Tuesday, 17th December, 2019 2.00 pm (Item 21.)
- View the declarations of interest for item 21.
To enable the Committee to be brief on the progress being made in the implementation of the Early Help and Prevention Service.
Minutes:
The item enables Members to be briefed on the progress being made in the implementation of the Early Help and Prevention Service.
The Chairperson welcomed Councillor Graham Hinchey (Cabinet Member for Children & Families), Deborah Driffield (Interim Assistant Director, Children’s Services) Jane Thomas (Assistant Director, Adult Services) and Avril Hooper (Operational Manager, Early Help) to the meeting. Members were shown a video detailing the impact of the Early Help Service.
The Chairperson invited questions and comments from Members.
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Members discussed the detail of the new model; what has changed and what is to be achieved. Members were advised that the development of a new system was important to bring together a variety of multi-agency provision with the aim of reducing the impact of adverse childhood experiences on well-being. Of particular concern was the access to and contact with the various services. The new model now provides families with a single point of contact be via telephone, email, text or the internet and from there contact can be made with the correct team. Members were advised that there is adequate resource and that the case load is being managed. Currently there are targets for the calls received, they are also monitored for training purposes. There are no targets for intervention, however, there is to be a quality framework. |
AGREED – That the Chairperson writes to the Cabinet Member on behalf of the Committee expressing their comments and observations discussed during the Way Forward.
Supporting documents:
- Item 4 - Early Help Cover Report, item 21. PDF 220 KB
- Item 4 - CFAS Launch Presentation Data, item 21. PDF 980 KB
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