Dublin South West Inner City Integration of Services

and Continuum of Care

Demonstration Model for Children 0-6 years and their families .

23rd May 2014

The Vision , Aims and Objectives

Demonstration of integration of Community , Voluntary and Statutory Services for Children 0-6 years and their families living in the Dublin South West Inner City

• A community based ‘whole child’ model of long-term prevention and early intervention.

• The consortium partners to maximise their collective efficiency and effectiveness at meeting the identified needs of children.

• Provision of needs based services – based on the child being supported within their family and local community.

• Taking the existing resources available within the Community , Voluntary and Statutory services, and working together creatively to find innovative, alternative approaches to service coordination, design and delivery.

• Establishing a more effective continuum of support services for the child and family through this integration.

• Building on the ideas and programmes developed by others– not • re-inventing the wheel

Consortium Partners

‘WHOLE CHILD’INTEGRATED CONTINUUM OF PREVENTATIVE SUPPORT

• Need identified in area to improve preventative service delivery for children 0-6 years

• Multiple access points to universal support.

• Services that might in the first instance help prevent problems arising

• Services that help identify problems and referral for targeted supports at an earlier stage

• Model is underpinned by the integration approach developed by the consortium partners.

Parent and Child Hub

Learning and Challenges• Awareness and Understanding of Inter -agency vs

Integrated Working • ‘Whole Organisation’ vs ‘Individual’ sign up • Development of Trust & Relationships • Communication • Flexibility and Thinking Outside the Box• Keeping Children and Families at the centre• What Can We ‘give’ or What Can We ‘Get’ • Changes in Resources Available since sign up .• Changes in Personnel

Legacy

• One Team - Partners commitment to continuing to work together in building on integration to date

• New partners currently being engaged • ‘Learning from Integration’ process to be

made available to other consortia .• Mapping of the Parent and Child Hub.• Resources developed will be made available

Dissemination Event September 2014

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