Transcript Is It My Job? - ResearchOnline@JCU

Is It My Job?
Supporting the development and
implementation of protocols relating to
substance misuse and children.
Overview
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Experiential exercise
Hearing children’s experiences
Short presentation
Plenary
Experiential Exercise
In small groups please spend
5 minutes considering and
recording words which describe
the following :
What is society’s view of
parenthood?
What is society’s view of
parental substance misuse?
Hearing Children’s
Experiences
For too long the needs and welfare of
children in families affected by
substance misuse have been overlooked.
We must now concentrate our efforts on
helping these children.
Ministerial Forward GOPR 2003
Policy
• 1 in 10 children affected by parental
substance use across UK
• 1.3 - 2 million children affected by parental
alcohol misuse
(Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for
England 2004)
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250,000 - 350,000 children affected by
parental drug misuse in UK
(Hidden Harm 2003)
Multi-agency Local Protocols
• Children’s welfare is the most
important consideration
• It is everyone’s responsibility to
ensure that children are protected
from harm
• We should help children early and not
wait
• We must work together
Implementing local Multiagency protocols
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Multi-agency volume Briefings
2 Day skills based Workshops
Single agency input
‘Hard to reach’ groups e.g. GPs,
foster carers
• Local reflective practice groups
• Multi-agency steering groups
• Focus Groups feedback to agencies
c.7000 staff attended briefings and
workshops in Scotland
Participants
Health
Social
29%
Work
28%
Police
1%
other
4%
Education
26%
Voluntary
Employment
1%
Housing
7%
4%
Challenges
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Its Not MY Job!
Professional resistance
Different languages
Different skills?
Differences between adults and
children’s needs
• Gaps in worker knowledge and
confidence
• Communication and collaboration
• How we engage meaningfully with
children
Light bulb moments ?
• Hearing the experience of children and families
• Reflecting on serious case reviews/ child death
inquiries
• Reflective practice
• Same information had different meanings to
different professionals
• They could directly use someone else’s
experience in their own case
• Listening to someone else’s case generated
thoughts of their own
• Through discussion being able to explore more
deeply a particular point
Outcomes
• It is my job
Your role in effecting change
• Existing skills and strengths are valued
• Importance of local multi-agency
protocols, networks, responses.
• Training is part of a wider process of
change that is supported organisationally
and strategically
Conclusions
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Cultural shifts
Partnership with Families
Working together
Multi-disciplinary training
Support and supervision of staff
Resources
Child at the centre of practice