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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: The Executive Meeting Room - Third Floor, The Guildhall, Portsmouth. View directions

Contact: Lucy Wingham, CCDS Tel: 9283 4662  Email: lucy.wingham@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

31.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Stuart Potter, Margaret Foster and Phil Smith.

32.

Declaration of Members' Interests

Minutes:

Councillor Gemma New declared a personal but non-prejudicial interest in agenda item 4 - Support services for people aged 16-25 living in isolation - in that her daughter is currently registered with the Teenage Pregnancy Team.

33.

Minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2015

The minutes are to follow.

 

RECOMMENDED that the minutes of the Housing and Social Care Scrutiny Panel meeting held on 25 September 2015 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the chair of the panel.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2015 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the chair of the panel.

34.

Support services for people aged 16-25 living in isolation pdf icon PDF 20 KB

The panel will continue to receive evidence in relation to this topic from the Teenage Pregnancy Re-integration Officer, the Manager of the Young Parents Support Team and a representative from the Positive Family Future Transformation Team.

 

Also attached is a written submission from the Carers Centre specifically young carers and young adult care workers.

Minutes:

The chair welcomed Sharon George and Teresa O'Toole (Positive Family Future Transformation Team), Lisa Caine (Manager of the Young Parents Support Service) and Kay Crockford (Teenage Pregnancy Reintegration Officer) to the meeting.

 

Sharon George explained to the panel that the Positive Family Future  Transformation Team have been working in Paulsgrove since May 2104 following some work sponsored by the public service board, which brings key partners in the city together. Despite a huge amount of money being spent on families there is sometimes very little positive change in the family status. One particular family had up to 50 professionals involved. The Public Services Board sponsored a team to look at services from a family perspective using the Vanguard Method. The Troubles Families programme was seen as an opportunity to understand what happens for families before they become troubled.

 

Sharon went on to explain a feature of the work that is being implemented. It aims to identify families from when they first arrive in the community. If they are not connected with the local services then things can quite quickly start to unravel. This is seen as a 'wobble point'. If they are not registered with a GP then the family might find it difficult to access any health support. The system then introduces a single case holder, from existing services, which will ensure that the right service and support is available for the family, known as the Navigator. The Housing Service now undertakes a welcome visit and identifies any support necessary at the very earliest point of concern. As an example, parents are advised about the Children's Centres, community centres and youth groups etc. Families now feel linked in and know where to go for support. The Navigator becomes a positive contact for these families. Both Radian and First Wessex housing associations are also keen to work with us. This model maximises support for families in the community from universal services which are already in place to support residents. This is a simple model based around one visit which then plugs people into the community which will reduce any feelings of isolation.

 

Teresa O'Toole, Positive Family Futures Transformation, explained from the 'check' phase of this work, the team identified that a family would often loop round, rather than move forward after a service was delivered to help the family make changes. Often, the same service would be re-delivered and so on, with little impact on the outcomes for the family. So the transformation team tried to look at something different. The Substance Misuse services in the city developed the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ( 'ACT') with people engaged in recovery services and delivers ACT based community groups to help sustain positive behaviour change in relation to their recovery, so the PFFT team looked at whether this could also apply to 'general' family life issues including anxiety and isolation. As an example, we have been working with one particular family and have seen a huge shift with the parent  ...  view the full minutes text for item 34.

35.

Date of next meeting

Members to agree the date of the next meeting.

Minutes:

It was agreed that Lucy would arrange the next meeting in consultation with the chair.