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Family Support and Safeguarding
Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate
Family Support and Safeguarding1
Family Support and Safeguarding
Lord Laming 2003‘it is not possible to separate the protection of children from wider support to families. Indeed, often the best protection for a child is achieved by the timely intervention of family support services’.
further highlighted by Professor Munro, 2011.
‘the provision of early help is vital to keeping children safe’.
Family Support and Safeguarding
Family Support and Safeguarding
Co Location of teams• From April 2013 Family support Teams and
Social Work Teams have relocated into area hubs.
• Co locating Family support workers and Social Workers together has created a greater cohesion between teams alongside extending links to local services and identifying support for families that qualify under the “Troubled Family “ agenda.
Family Support and Safeguarding
Team locations – Hub Children’s Centres
East• Fox Hollies • Kitts Green• Dyson Gardens• Golden Hillock• Park Road
South• Albert Bradbeer (Merrishaw)• Reameadow• Chinnbrook• Doddington
West & Central• The Willows• Birchfield• St Thomas
North• Circle• Featherstone
Family Support and Safeguarding
• Requests for Social work intervention from the area safeguarding teams should be directed through the single access no 0121 303 1888
Social Work intervention
Family Support and Safeguarding
Accessing the Family Support teams
• 1. Call CIASS ( Children's information advice and support service )
new single point of access no
0121 303 1888
Family Support and Safeguarding
Safeguarding & Support Teams
Integrated CIC teams
CIAS
Child & The Family
Locality Area Safeguarding and Support Service
Family Support and Safeguarding
Family Support and Safeguarding
Accessing the Family Support teams
2. Attend “Team around the family “meetings to gain professional advice and support on individual cases.
Family Support and Safeguarding
Identify needs for child / family
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• Use family CAF to co ordinate your• response and that of others at • additional need level. •
• Use Team around the Family meetings to request services eg from integrated support and safeguarding teams and others
Team around the family process
Family Support and Safeguarding
TAF Process – May 2013 v10 , JN
fCAF and referral process for safeguarding and family support
Continuationof
fCAF IntegratedSupport Plan
Review *
Family Common Assessment (fCAF)
Child or Families identified as having ‘Additional Needs’ &
multi-agency response required by Universal or Partner Agency
Safeguarding FamilySupport Services:
Discussion & Allocation meeting
Team Around FamilyMeeting
Integrated Support
Plan *
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Family Support and Safeguarding
Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate
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