Social Workers, Family The Fostering Service sits within the broader Looked After Children’s Service and Adult Foster Support Workers delivers the statutory fostering agency functions for the local authority. The service is Carers and responsible for the recruitment, assessment and approval of new Foster Carers. their Fostering Social Workers supervise and support approved foster carers to ensure families that they provide the best care for looked after children Looked After Children 18 years Care Leavers years Building Resilient Families and Communities (BRFC) (part of Staffordshire County Council) Family Intervention The BRFC puts in place a around the family’ model offering 3 levels of Household ‘team Project (FIP) team with intervention dependent on the assessed needs of the family, to improve specific dependant outcomes: Teams consist of child who is practitioners from a eligible for Reduce offending and anti-social behaviour. range of organisations: the Improve educational attainment. Family Engagement programme Increase employability. and Education Worker; During 2015 the programme will expand and reach out to families with a broader Youth Worker; PCSO; range of problems, including those affected by domestic violence and abuse; those Housing representative; with younger children who need help, where crime and anti-social behaviour practitioners from the problems may become intergenerational and with a range of physical and mental voluntary sector; YOT; health problems. Health practitioners Level 3 Early Help Assessment Specialist Safeguarding Unit (SSU) (part of Staffordshire County Council) Social Worker Social workers assess, plan and provide support to children in need and those Pre Birth – Family Support Worker suffering or likely to suffer significant harm under section 47 of the Children Act 1989. years They undertake the Child Social Work Assessment and are the key worker (lead
Social Workers, Family Support Workers The Fostering Service sits within the broader Looked After Children’s Service and delivers the statutory fostering agency functions for the local authority. The service is responsible for the recruitment, assessment and approval of new Foster Carers. Fostering Social Workers supervise and support approved foster carers to ensure that they provide the best care for looked after children Adult Foster Carers and their families Looked After Children years Care Leavers years Building Resilient Families and Communities (BRFC) (part of Staffordshire County Council) Family Intervention Project (FIP) team Teams consist of practitioners from a range of organisations: Family Engagement and Education Worker; Youth Worker; PCSO; Housing representative; practitioners from the voluntary sector; YOT; Health practitioners Level 3 Early Help Assessment The BRFC puts in place a ‘team around the family’ model offering 3 levels of intervention dependent on the assessed needs of the family, to improve specific outcomes: Reduce offending and anti-social behaviour. Improve educational attainment. Increase employability. During 2015 the programme will expand and reach out to families with a broader range of problems, including those affected by domestic violence and abuse; those with younger children who need help, where crime and anti-social behaviour problems may become intergenerational and with a range of physical and mental health problems. Household with dependant child who is eligible for the programme Specialist Safeguarding Unit (SSU) (part of Staffordshire County Council) Social Worker Family Support Worker Social workers assess, plan and provide support to children in need and those suffering or likely to suffer significant harm under section 47 of the Children Act 1989. They undertake the Child Social Work Assessment and are the key worker (lead Pre Birth – 18 years
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