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An Inclusive and Families Strengths Based Approach in Child Protection
This document discusses East Lothian Council's adoption of a strengths-based, inclusive approach to child protection called Signs of Safety. It notes key reports and legislation driving this change and outlines East Lothian's multi-year implementation process beginning in 2011 with workshops and establishing governance groups. This included introducing Signs of Safety for initial case conferences in 2013 and all conferences, supervision, and core groups by 2014. Feedback found professionals and families felt meetings were inclusive and addressed risks fully, though plans were sometimes incomplete. This led to a research project on making plans more specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-based.
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An Inclusive and Families Strengths Based Approach in Child Protection
- 1. An Inclusive andFamilies Strengths Based Approach in Child Protection Anne Beattie Shaun Thomas East Lothian Council and Children1st
- 2. Why take thejourney to a more inclusive practice • 21st Century Review of Social Work • CHRISTIE REPORT • MUNRO REPORT • GIRFEC – now enshrined in legislation • Inspection 2010/2011 – doing well – can do better! • Research
- 3. partnership with families collaboration between agencies professional knowledge family knowledge harm anddanger strengths and safety solution focused approach to build safety for children - Signs of Safety… What's going well? - What we are worried about ? - What needs to happen?
- 4. 2011 – multiagency workshops to introduce Signs of Safety 2012 – set up multi-agency operational , overview and reference group supported by WithScotland 2013 – introduce Signs of Safety model for Initial/Pre-birth Case Conferences 2014 – Introduce Signs of Safety Model for all Case Conferences , supervision, core groups 2014 – Year 2 of 5 year implementation 2015 – SMART Plans training – the journey continues 2014 - 2015 – research project with IRISS - SMART Plans
- 5. The 3 Ps •PREPARATION • PARTICIPATION • PLANS
- 6. Visit family and compilefamily tree/eco map to identify key family members /support network Visit family to discuss identified harm and danger and make sure they understand the process Support family to prepare for meeting – what’s going well, what are we worried about, what needs to happen Visit child – get their views – 3 houses, fairy, wizard Family can’t attend? – get written views for meeting Preparation is Key
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- 8. They explained that’s howyou see it and this is how we see it The Family
- 9. The Professionals Each risk discussed fully, Discussedin good detail
- 10. Key Messages • Professionalsand Families feel the meetings are inclusive • The visual aspect of the meeting is helpful • Families appreciate their strengths being recognised – do not feel judged • Professionals and families believe all harm/risks are addressed fairly and fully • Professionals report that Plans are robust, but not always complete • Families feel the Plans are likely to help
- 11. PLANNING IN CHILDPROTECTION We need to make plans more : Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time based This led to a joint research project:-
Editor's Notes
- #11 The key messages from the evaluation are shown on slide. Although this evaluation only related to the first 25 case conferences in East Lothian, the messages are very similar to other research carried out in England and abroad. The most significant for me are that families appreciate their strengths being recognised, they do not feel judged . Professionals and family members believed that all harm and risks are discussed fully and fairly and that the plans are robust.