Family Support

Megan Colley

Senior Manager of Policy and EngagementFamily Support TeamDirectorate for Social Services and Children

Megan.colley@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Welsh Government

Programme for Government

Key focus on supporting children, young peopleand families:

• Expanding Flying Start by doubling the number of children to 36,000

• Supporting the roll out and implementation of Families First

• Continuing the roll out of Integrated Family Support Teams

Families With No Additional

Needs

Families with Complex Needs

This is where IFSS and statutory and

specialist services will focus resources.

Families First will focus on the preventative and protective sections of the continuum of support.

Families With Additional Needs

The Continuum of Support: Integration…

Key changes for Family Support

• Whole family approach

• Strengths based model

• Skilled and trained staff

• Co-ordinated multi agency working

• ‘Early’ and appropriate intervention

Flying Start

Prescriptive entitlement delivering:

• Free quality, p/t childcare for 2-3 year-olds

• Enhanced Health Visiting service

• Access to parenting programmes and to

• Language and Play sessions

Families First

Key Elements

• Joint Assessment Family Framework (JAFF);

• Team Around the Family model (TAF);

• Strategic needs-based commissioning of services;

• Shared learning; and

• improved support for families with disabled children and young people

Families First and Family Learning

• Flintshire Work with Parents Qualification Services Toolkit – resource pack for practitioners Sex and Relationships Session – Family Links Nurturing

Programme Incredible Years material

• Wrexham Early intervention parenting workers – Family Learning

facilitators Families Learning Coordinator inclusion in FF development

• Swansea Agored Cymru level 1 (OCN) for parents attending parenting

groups developed with Family Learning/Basic Skills team.

Further Information

Local Information

Local CYPP or Families First Co-ordinator

Families First Team

E-mail: familiesfirst@wales.gsi.gov.uk Tel: 02920 82 3053 Website www.wales.gov.uk