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The united front
- Authors:
- WALKER Janet, DONALDSON Cam
- Journal article citation:
- Every Child Journal, 2(5), 2012, pp.34-38.
- Publisher:
- Imaginative Minds
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
The second in a series of three articles summarising evidence from national evaluations of initiatives aimed at supporting vulnerable young people. This article explores how the delivery of early intervention services to vulnerable young people can be improved by innovative multi-agency working. Four key areas are discussed: managing diverse professional roles, engaging key agencies, breaking down barriers, and achieving change in multi-agency working. Two approaches are identified has having made a positive contribution to integrated service delivery: establishing a team-around-the-child (TAC) and joint commissioning.
Helping to support and transform the lives of people affected by alcohol
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
A collection of good practice examples to highlight new approaches being developed by councils and their providers to support people affected by alcohol misuse. The approaches cover lifestyle and behaviour change services as well as treatment for those experiencing alcohol dependence. The case studies include councils co-designing services with service users; early intervention and preventative services for young people; and examples of integrated services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving adult rehabilitation services in England: sharing best practice in acute and community care
- Author:
- NHS IMPROVING QUALITY
- Publisher:
- NHS Improving Quality
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Provides examples of good practice in rehabilitation services and to highlights the common elements that have contributed to improved patient outcomes. Rehabilitation and reablement are defined as 'the restoration, to the maximum degree possible, of an individual’s function and/or role, both mentally and physically, within their family and social networks and within the workplace where appropriate.' The case studies cover three thematic areas: developing a rehabilitation strategy; integrated services; and specialist models. A number of common rehabilitation-specific elements were identified in the case studies reviewed, which may provide wider learning. These include: integrated service models with health and social care; single point of assessment or referral; early intervention; self-management; self-referral; and flexibility of workforce. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and policing: improving crisis care
- Authors:
- NHS CONFEDERATION. Mental Health Network, ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF POLICE OFFICERS
- Publisher:
- NHS Confederation. Mental Health Network
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing highlights some of the emerging good practice between the police and mental health providers to deliver improved care for people in mental health crisis. It demonstrates that by focusing on early intervention, partnership working can substantially reduce the number of people being subjected to mental health legislation. Benefits include: less distress for service users; better use of professional skill mix; cost savings for police, healthcare and local authority services; and improved signposting and provision of appropriate interventions for individuals. The briefing makes a number of recommendations, including: more work needs to be done to support multiagency information sharing on the front line; NHS commissioners need to work with providers to ensure there are sufficient health-based places of safety to meet local demand; commissioners need to ensure that sufficient services are in place for 24/7 provision to meet local need; the formal evaluation of the triage pilots should outline the key considerations for implementing different models of triage across different populations and demographics; and the outcome of the Home Office pilot should inform the role the voluntary sector can play in providing alternative places of safety for individuals in crisis. (Edited publisher abstract)
Sure Start Children's Centres census 2014: a national overview of Sure Start Children's Centres in 2014
- Author:
- 4CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- 4Children
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- London
This is 4Children’s fourth annual national-level census of Sure Start Children’s Centres, providing an overview of the significant trends and developments amongst Centres, as well as looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities for the coming year. The results indicate that record numbers of families – over one million – are benefiting from their support. In many areas they are at the heart of wider strategies to reduce poverty and support for struggling families. Nationally, Centres are supporting two thirds of the half million most vulnerable families. Overall there is a definitive shift taking place, away from single-site providers towards ‘clustering’ of Centres’ management; and from universal to targeted services, increasingly in partnership with other service providers. The responses also suggest that around 112 sites are set to close over the coming year. The report urges local authorities to do all they can to maintain existing levels of service through their Children’s Centre network and calls on politicians of all parties to support the extension of Sure Start Children’s Centres into Children and Family Community Hubs to bring together support and resources in the local area in a holistic and joined-up way. (Edited publisher abstract)
Advancing the transformation of local services in Staffordshire
- Authors:
- ELLIS Matthew, CURRY Kim, WATSON Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 21(1), 2013, pp.34-41.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the work between statutory sector partners in Staffordshire to establish a transformational health and well being board and its approach to resource allocation. It outlines the principles and process of achieving a shared ambition for Staffordshire, and the practical and strategic considerations of taking a broader and more ambitious approach than current guidance recommends. The article suggests that supporting individual organisations to achieve their statutory requirements within the context of the shared vision, and using customer insight intelligently to influence the decision-making process, are critical to success. The challenge of moving resources in times of financial hardship and organisational flux should not be underestimated. The process of moving resources into prevention and early intervention cannot be done in a “one size fits all” way and has to be considered as part of a differentiated approach. In addition, organisations must be willing to cede influence and resources to support the vision, thus challenging culture and traditional organisational boundaries and structures.
Under one roof
- Authors:
- WOOD Claudia, SALTER Jo, CHEETHAM Phillida
- Publisher:
- DEMOS
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 176p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report investigates how social housing can be at the forefront of preventative health and social care. Specifically it explores how social housing providers can face up to the dual challenges of increased demand and fewer resources by providing early, low level supports in an integrated fashion, to ensure resources go further and to generate greater cost savings for the NHS, social care and criminal justice systems. The report focuses on: earlier intervention (intervention at the moment a problem arises for a social housing tenant, using a greater range of ways to identify these problems); and risk mitigation (intervention before problems have arisen, based on an assessment of potential risk factors). It includes the costing of a hypothetical journey of a tenant who becomes unemployed, accumulates debt and arrears, and develops depression. The baseline cost of this journey is compared with 3 other journeys imagining different degrees of earlier intervention. It is concluded that the cost benefits of an earlier intervention approach are substantial, and can generate savings direct to the housing provider rather than to other ‘downstream’ agencies such as the NHS. This way of working requires the introduction of new processes, and some initial investment, and a significant change in culture for many social housing providers. A series of recommendations to achieve this are provided.
Early intervention with multi-risk families: an integrative approach
- Authors:
- LANDY Sarah, MENNA Rosanne
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 501p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Helping families enduring the compounded burdens of socioeconomic, cultural, developmental and psychological stress and trauma requires that professionals and paraprofessionals work together. This book offers early intervention service providers strategies for working with families at highest risk who may be experiencing poverty, domestic violence, teen parenthood, mental illness, and substance abuse. The authors describe an integrative model that brings together the most effective intervention techniques from a variety of theoretical approaches, parenting strategies, and innovative programs. The book aims to help professionals engage effectively with parents if they are resistant to intervention and offers specific practical advice on ways to help parents: become more self reflective about their parenting and empathetic toward their children; examine and gain control over their defences and ways of dealing with stress; strengthen their sense of competence and social support; develop positive perceptions of their children; deal with unresolved loss and trauma; enhance their interactions with their children; regulate their own emotions and those of their children; and develop good planning and problem-solving skills. Extended case studies illustrate key points and techniques. The book also demonstrates how to plan and set up service delivery systems within and across individual programs, structure and train effective teams, develop sound organisational policies, and understand and address the effects of burnout and vicarious trauma on staff members.
Early intervention: early messages from effective local practice 'call for evidence'
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE AND OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper summarises local practice validated as excellent or deemed promising in response to the joint call for effective practice on early intervention. It highlights the early messages from an analysis of these initial case studies. Messages are summarised in the following areas: 1) a pervasive culture that respects both families and other professionals, and engenders strong relationships and integrated working; 2) schools and other universal services at the hub of a ‘continuum of support’; 3) recognition of the importance of outreach work to support vulnerable groups; 4) creative ways for building capacity to sustain positive change; and 5) evaluation to discern the impact of interventions is at a relatively early stage.
Making integration happen: the families first policy experience
- Authors:
- VALENTINE Kylie, FISHER Karen, THOMSON Cathy
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 15(6), November 2006, pp.414-428.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper explores the implementation experience of a child and family policy with ambitious integration goals. The questions to be addressed here focus on the factors that facilitated integration, those that hindered it, and the meanings in practice of integration at the levels of service delivery, planning, and management. The policy is Families First, implemented in New South Wales, the largest state in Australia, beginning in 1998. The initiative aims to improve the health and wellbeing of children aged from birth to eight years, by supporting parents and carers. This is to be achieved by the development of a coordinated network of prevention and early intervention services that identifies children and families who require further assistance and links them to appropriate support early, before problems become entrenched. Based on the process evaluation of Families First's implementation, this paper argues that successful implementation of Families First as an integration policy was characterized by high levels of participation from a range of actors. The authors found a number of factors facilitated integration: inclusive practice; building relationships; empowerment; and time and resources. These findings also, however, raise larger questions about the application of integration policies in an early childhood context, where these facilitators are known to be in short supply.