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Families Programme: What, where, who, why and when Gail Porter 11 November 2014

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Page 1: 1A What Does It All Mean (Families Programme)

Families Programme:What, where, who, why and when

Gail Porter11 November 2014

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BackgroundThe Dept. of Communities and Local Government’s ‘Troubled Families’ programme was launched in April 2012 and forms part of a national commitment to ‘turnaround’ 120,000 families by March 2015. ‘Troubled families’ are deemed to be households who are: •Involved in crime and anti-social behaviour •Have children not in school •Have an adult on out of work benefits •Cause high costs to the public purse.

The programme operates on a Payment-By-Results basis.

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Background

Liverpool’s response to this issue is the Liverpool Families Programme which has been in operation since April 2013.

Led by the City Council, the Programme is working with multi-agency partners to embed a whole-family, intelligence-led approach with a focus on improving families’ social and economic outcomes.

Our focus is on services working smarter together alongside families - doing with and not to or for families - to increase resilience, and reduce the duplication, cost and long term dependence on services - embedding a ‘whole-family’ approach

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Liverpool context

• As of April 2012 there were 2,105 families which met the national criteria (crime, ASB, educational attendance, out-of-work benefits) and local indicators (such as domestic violence, hate crime).

• Liverpool has the fourth highest number of troubled families behind Manchester in comparison to the other core cities in England, and the highest rate among the Merseyside Local Authorities

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Progress to date• Families Strategic Leadership Group in place – debate,

discussion and challenge.• Group meets monthly and includes representatives from LCVS,

Liverpool Learning Partnership, schools, health, police, housing, Probation – good overview of different organisational issues.

• Work programme agreed including funding related to family support projects, School Family Support Service, workforce development, IT and information sharing, community capacity development (know local: work local), early help assessment s, Parenting strategy.

• Emphasis on doing things differently, not just doing different things

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Current policy and opportunities

• Phase 2 of the Families Programme – building on current knowledge and understanding

• Focus on ‘transformation’ (revolution, conversion or makeover?) and a drive towards collaboration across the Merseyside Local Authorities (not just for the families who move across borders)

• Public Service Reform but with links to asset-based approaches, person-centred planning, payment-by-results, outcomes

• Family emphasis remains – family impact assessments?

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Discussion & Questions