Why Parents Matter

Maggie Carter

Assistant Director, Learner & Family Support

Parent Support Adviser Training

Being a parent is…

Being a parent is…

Great!Great!A ChallengeA Challenge

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ScaryScaryFunFun

A responsibilit

y

A responsibilit

y

Key to Improving

Life Chances

Key to Improving

Life Chances

Supporting parents is a

priority

Supporting parents is a

priority

Every Parent Matters

Every Parent Matters

Comprehensive strategy to support and

involve parents

Comprehensive strategy to support and

involve parents

Youth, family and future

generations

Youth, family and future

generations

Children Act 2004

The Act puts improving children’s well being at the heart of our policies by creating clear shared outcomes across services embedded in legislation

The Act places a duty on local authorities to make arrangements through which key agencies co-operate to improve the well-being of children and young people and widen services’ powers to pool budgets in support of this

Children Act – the Outcomes Framework5 Key Outcomes

Be Healthy – enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle

Stay Safe – being protected from harm and neglect and growing up able to look after themselves

Enjoy & Achieve – getting the most out of life and developing broad skills for adulthood

Make a Positive Contribution – to the community and to society and not engaging in anti-social or offending behaviour

Achieve Economic Well-Being

Children ActChildren’s Trust Arrangements by 2008

Outcomesfor children & young people

In Plymouth…Integrated Governance

Lead member for Children’s Services Director of Children’s Services Four Assistant Directors Children & Young People’s Trust Board

Integrated Strategy

Children and Young People’s Plan Priorities Joint Commissioning Strategy Parenting & Family Support Strategy

Integrated Processes

Child Concern Model to Common Assessment Framework

Information sharing protocol

Integrated Front Line Delivery

Locality Service Delivery— Children’s Centres— Extended Schools — School Collaborations

Integrated specialist teams e.g. Disability / Looked After Children

Family SupportWheel of Integrated Service Delivery

IntegratedLocalityTeam

CAMHS

Education

WelfareOfficers

Police

Health Visitors

Community

PublicHealth

Workers

CommunityEducationalPsychology

Service

BehaviourSupport

Team

Parent Partnership

ExtendedSchools

Coordinators

Parent SupportAdvisors Coordinator

Parent SupportAdvisors

Connexions

Advice & Assessment

Speech & Language Therapist

School Based Staff

Early Years

Education

Early Years

Childcare

Housing

GP Surgeries

Dentists Optometrists

City WideSpecialist ServicesProviding Family

Support

Locality BasedServices Providing

Family Support

TheZone

YouthOffendingService

Integrated

DisabilityTeam

SpecialistCAMHS

Respect(Family

Outreach Project)

Parenting Programmes

Integrated Information

System

Community Voluntary

andFaith Sector

Voluntary Representatio

nSpecialist Parenting

Programmes

Children’s Centre Leaders

Children’s Fund

Programmes

Multi Agency Support Team

Youth

Social CareFostering & AdoptionLooked After ChildrenFamily Support Services

Children In The Community

Safeguarding16+

Plymouth Inclusive Education Transitions

Team

Multi Agency Support Team Coordinators

Plymouth Adult Community Learning

Service

Safeguarding is everyone’s business

City Wide Specialist Services

Locality Based Teams offering Universal and Targeted Serviceswith a Focus on Prevention and Early Intervention

Parenting and Family Support StrategyThe Government is asking local authorities to:

Develop a strategy for the design and delivery of parenting support services that informs the Children and Young People’s Plan and takes account of parent’s views.

Develop support services along a continuum, from early intervention and preventative services through to the use of enforcement measures.

Identify a single commissioner of parenting support services, and

Commission parenting programmes that are evidence based. There is scope for innovation too!

Why do we need this Strategy? By taking a strategic approach to the

development and commissioning of parenting support services we will be more effective at meeting the needs of families

We will develop a continuum of parenting support which should reduce levels of duplication and ultimately improve outcomes for children/young people by working in a smarter way

‘Parent Support Services’ are defined as any activity or facility aimed at providing information, advice and support to parents and carers to help them in bringing up their children

The Continuum of Services

SpecialistProvision

Including enforcement

Targeted / Preventative

Provision

Universal Provision

100% of P

arents

Parenting/Family Support

e.g. Parenting Orders, Care Orders, ASBOs, Specialist CAHMS

e.g. Parenting Workshops, Behaviour Support Team, Community CAHMS, Education Welfare Service, Voluntary Sector Service

e.g. Information Services, Books, TV programmes, Health Visiting, Extended Schools and Children’s Centres, PSAs

Easily Accessible

Easily Accessible

Information support and

advice

Information support and

advice

Early intervention

Early intervention

Makes a differenceMakes a

differenceIn localities

In localities

Part of where children go every day

Part of where children go every day

How and where parents want it

How and where parents want it

Specialist Provision

Targeted Provision

Universal Provision

A continuum

of support

Parent & Family Support Strategy

So… we know that Parents are the centre of children's lives

75% of parents want to know how to be better parents

Schools and early years settings see children and young people every day

Partnership between parents and schools has positive impact on children’s achievement (and vice versa!)

Schools want to support parents and parents want to support schools – but it can be scary!

We want:

Parents to have access to information, support and guidance appropriate to their needs

Parents to contribute to planning for their children

Parents to contribute to planning of services for all children and young people locally and citywide

Involving parents is a priority

Involving parents is a priority

Parent Carer Forum

Parent Carer Forum

Recruitment Recruitment

Children’s Trust Board

Children’s Trust Board

Planning Developing &

Monitoring Services

Planning Developing &

Monitoring Services

So the future is…So the future is…

Higher profile for parents

Higher profile for parents

Collaborative Collaborative

Local Local

A challenge to old attitudes /

ways of working

A challenge to old attitudes /

ways of working

A funding challenge

A funding challenge

Developing new roles and new

relationships

Developing new roles and new

relationships

Stronger collective voice

for parents

Stronger collective voice

for parents

Showing how we make a difference

Showing how we make a difference

We need you to:

Be part of the continuum of support for parents in Plymouth

Work alongside parents

Help parents to understand ‘the system’ and ‘the system’ to understand parents

Enable parents to put across their views effectively via the Forum and individually

Be a bridge between parents, schools and services

Good Luck!!