Issue details

Commissioning of specialist support staff to assist delivery of the Family Safeguarding Model for Children and Young People (Rolling Entry)

As part of the redesign of Children’s Services the Council is implementing a Family Safeguarding Model of practice.   The model requires specialist staff to deliver services to support Adults in families open to Children’s Social Care, with the aim of addressing the behaviours which impact on the child(ren) and create the risks which if not addressed could lead to the child(ren) coming into the care of the local authority.

 

Whilst the Council and Health provides some of these specialist services, the Family Safeguarding model is an integrated approach with co-located teams made up of all the services required to provide an effective intervention to the family.  Therefore, it will be necessary to work with partner service providers to contribute to delivering elements of the wrap-around support for families, particularly those facing issues with mental health, domestic abuse and alcohol and drug use.

 

The partner service providers will be those already delivering mental health support (Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust and Sussex Community Foundation Trust), alcohol and drug use support (Change, Grow, Live), and domestic abuse perpetrator support (the Probation Service), in line with nationally recognised best practice.

 

The focus of this report is to confirm the arrangements for the delivery of two of these elements – alcohol and drug use support and domestic abuse perpetrator support.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/05/2022

Decision due: Between 7 July 2022 and 31 October 2022 by Director of Children, Young People and Learning (Lucy Butler)

Lead member: Director of Children, Young People and Learning (Lucy Butler)

Lead director: Lucy Butler

Contact: Daniel Ruaux, Assistant Director (Corporate Parenting) Email: daniel.ruaux@westsussex.gov.uk Tel: 033 022 22695.

Consultation process

Representations concerning this proposed decision can be made to the Director of Children, Young People and Learning, via the officer contact, by the beginning of the month in which the decision is due to be taken.

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Democratic Services Contact: Wendy Saunders Tel: 033 022 22553

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