Transcript Safeguarding Children

Celebrating Good Practice
Louise Burton & Jane Bhatti
Safeguarding Health Practitioners
24 January 2012
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Rossendale Working Effectively Together
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An integrated approach - driven by NHS Healthcare and
Children's Social Care…….
Geared towards educating the Children and Families
workforce and skilling people up with the knowledge and
skills in protecting children initially within the locality of
Rossendale
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Safeguarding Health Practitioners based
within Children’s Social Care
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Our role involves joint working with social workers and
fully contributing to assessment & decision making
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the impact of this joined up approach will be
demonstrated by using a case example
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Rossendale Working Effectively Together
Safeguarding Events
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Joint multi agency venture began in January 2010 – 3
key representatives
To build on the development of successful working
relationships
Increasing the workforce’s knowledge and skills in
protecting children
The aim was to develop a multi agency workable model
offering a structured approach that could be rolled out to
other areas
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RWET held 4 times a year
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Lunchtime period to promote attendance
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Structured approach
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Themed, participatory approach
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Group workshops, discussions and feedback
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RWET events
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The initial event was attended by 41 representatives
from different agencies including:
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Health Visitors, School Nurses, Learning Disabilities,
Midwives, Sexual Health, Practice Nurses and GPs,
Children's Social Care, Schools, Children’s Centre's,
Children and Parenting Support Services, Police, and
Voluntary Services, example: Home-Start and Domestic
Abuse Services
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39 representatives attended the event held on 14th
September 2011 to gain knowledge in respect to the
Early Prevention and Intervention Strategy
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Other themes covered: Sexual Exploitation, Honour
Based Violence and Forced Marriage, Risk Assessment
and SCR's, the Outcomes for Children in Child
Protection and information on organisational change
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EVALUATIONS …
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Evaluations demonstrated high level of satisfaction in
respect to delivery, focus and participation
"listening about the roles of other professionals,
including their views & experiences … ”
"informative way of updating knowledge, to pass to my
team…”
"good opportunity to network"
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"the forums were essential"
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Simplistic Workable Model
Training package that included:
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Terms of reference
Minutes from planning meetings
Agenda
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Certificates (Level 3 training)
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SUCCESS …
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RWET events are still being held demonstrating
sustainability
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The event has been rolled out to another locality –
PWET was launched in October 2011
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Key representatives committed to working together
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Role of the Safeguarding
Health Practitioner
based in
Children’s Social Care
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Integrated approach …
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Strengthening Multi Agency Working
Sharing skills & expertise contributing to improved
quality of assessments
Development of in depth knowledge of each agencies
roles
Effective, timely communication between agencies
Resulting in improved outcomes for children, young
people and families
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Case Example …
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A referral was received early into CSC October 2010 from
health requesting an unborn assessment
Mother 18 years of age
History of involvement with CSC
Learning difficulties
Emotional, social and behavioural difficulties
Alcohol misuse and associated anti social behaviour
Father 34 years
Extensive alcohol and drug misuse
Criminal history over a 14 year period, no offending behaviour
since 2009
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This case was allocated to a social worker
and a safeguarding health practitioner due to
the complex health issues involved and how
these will likely impact on the parent’s ability
to care for their child
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Integrated working …
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Joint completion of section 47 Core Assessment & future
care planning for unborn child
This involved working with the parents, learning
disability service (LDS) midwives, health visitor, young
people's service worker, drug and alcohol service,
CAMHS, Children’s Centre and police
Child Protection Conference held and child made subject
to child protection plan
Private fostering arrangement
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Working in partnership and promoting parent’s views with
support from advocate service whilst at the same time
working in partnership with other agencies
Flexibility provided with contact arrangements
Assessments, support and advice
feeding, dressing and bathing baby, safety and child
development using pictorial teaching to ensure mother was
given an opportunity to learn at her pace and identified level
of understanding
Mother’s emotional health was addressed with support and
advice
Father undertook detox & rehabilitation
Timetables used to co ordinate all services, assessments
etc
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Father undertook detox & successful rehabilitation
Mother blossomed and developed
Positive attachments promoted and developed
Gradual integration plan
Private fostering arrangement: positive role model
Both parents have undertaken measures to try to secure
their positive change in lifestyle
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With a joined-up approach …
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The child is now fully integrated into parents care
although remains under a CP plan
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Regular contact with the private foster carer
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Support has been gradually reduced
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Father has just enrolled on a course to become a
volunteer
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