IPEH Transformation Update
The
new Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help Service (IPEH) was launched on 1 April 2017. Over the coming months, the newsletters that you receive from all
of our services will be reviewed to ensure you get the right information about our what’s on offer. However, in the meantime we will keep
sending our Think Family and Early Help news and all other newsletters in their current form,
to make sure you keep getting all the information you need.
IPEH
contact details: Group
email addresses including MASH and Family Support Networks (FSN) will remain
the same as what you are already using. We look forward to continuing our work
together on making a difference for families, children and young people.
Manifesto promising improved support for new parents and infants launched
 Families and infants are being promised a more ‘secure foundation’ of help under a new manifesto launched on 2 March 2017.
The 1001 Critical Days Manifesto for West Sussex highlights the importance of a child’s wellbeing during the vital days from when a baby is conceived until age two.
It aims to ensure that every baby receives sensitive, appropriate and responsive care whilst also ensuring parents feel confident that they are raising their children in a loving and supportive environment.
West Sussex-based services and professionals are being asked to support the manifesto by visiting www.westsussex.gov.uk/1001Days.
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Changes to HolistiX
 On 31 March 2017 we introduced
some changes to the Holistix system. A full list is available here but some
of the key changes are below:
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Significant
Others - The amount of
information that you are required to enter has been reduced. For example, Ethnicity
and First Language are no longer required.
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Wider
Assessment - A Wider
Assessment can now be created only as a standalone document. The tickbox
that allowed you to add these 2 pages to an ordinary Assessment has been
removed.
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Distance
Travelled - When you complete
a 2nd or subsequent Distance Travelled form, the scores from the
previous form will be visible. This should make it easier to complete each new
form. Also, a new ‘Family Journey’ screen will allow you to see the progress of
these scores over time.
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Ethnicity - To bring this in
line with other IT systems, the Ethnicity picklist has been split, so that you
select a person’s Ethnicity Category followed by Sub-Ethnicity. When you are
next in Holistix please check that your current cases show the correct
Ethnicities.
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Jane Downes
We are sad
to inform you that following an illness, our colleague Jane Downes recently
passed away. Jane first worked for WSCC as a residential Child Care Officer in 1994. She later moved to the newly
formed Youth Offending Service in 1999 initially working
in the Final Warning Team, then with the Court and Case Management Team, and
most recently as Youth Justice Support Officer in the Early Intervention Team.
Jane had suffered with health issues over recent years, but throughout Jane
showed commitment to help and support young
people.
Jane
always stated that she felt most passionate about preventative work, supporting
and diverting young people away from offending and the youth justice system as
early as possible. Jane was a highly valued member of the team and service, and
leaves many friends and colleagues in the Youth Offending Service and partner
organisations. Jane will be sadly missed and remembered by all those who knew
her for her warmth and kindness. Our condolences to her family her friends and many
colleagues.
FREE Baby Buddy App for Parents / Parents-to-be
 Are you a parent, parent-to-be or know someone who is? Try out the Baby Buddy app from Best Beginnings, a multi-award winning free app for parents and parents-to-be. The app includes personalised daily information, a tracker for your personal goals, a question box, an appointments tracker and various resources, videos and maps. You can also change how your buddy looks. Find out more.
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Think Family and Early
Help Performance
 1) The
number of Early Help Plans in February 2017 stands at 5949, with 2820 being 'in progress'.
2) We
are currently achieving measurable improvements in the lives of 81% of
the families we are working with (through analysis of their ‘distance
travelled’).
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CSE Awareness Day
On Saturday 18 March, national Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Awareness Day was represented, a day serving to highlight the issues surrounding child sexual abuse.
CSE is a serious form of child abuse presently affecting the lives of young people and their families in West Sussex. It can take many different forms, such as online or direct abuse, and occur to anyone aged 18 and under – irrespective of their gender, race, sexuality or social background.
A film has been created featuring Amanda Radley, Strategic Partnership Lead for High Risk Adolescents. Please take a moment to watch this short film, where Amanda is speaking about how best to use the CSE screening tool and accompanying behaviour chart. We also encourage you to explore the information and guidance for professionals and families on our campaign page, visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/CSE.
Baby Grow with Five to Thrive
 Your
child's body grows better when you give the child good food. Your child's brain
grows better when you do five simple things.
Respond
* Cuddle * Relax * Play * Talk
Play: At
every opportunity during the day when a young child needs stimulation, play can
provide it. For young babies this can include wakeful times after feeding,
during and after nappy changes, and at any time when the baby is actively
seeking stimulation. Older children thrive on play, and love it when parents
are playful without being intrusive.
Read more about baby brain development here.
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Welcome to the Local Offer
 The West Sussex Local Offer
helps you find information about local services, support and events for
children and young people aged 0 - 25 years who have special educational needs
or disabilities (SEND).
The
Local Offer have also written a newsletter around the Person Centred
Planning work, to promote the toolkits and guides they have produced. Check it out!
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Suicide Prevention Consultation Now Open
Do you work or volunteer in a role where you have
occasional or regular contact with people expressing thoughts of suicide? Or
people who have been recently bereaved or affected by suicide?
The public health team at West Sussex County Council are
developing a new suicide prevention strategy. We would like to know your views
and experiences in order to help us understand how we can reduce the risk of
suicide in our local population and how we can support those bereaved or
affected by suicide. Please take part in our survey, which should take between 10 - 15 minutes to complete. Deadline: Friday 21 April.
Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Training Brochure
The new mental health and emotional wellbeing training
brochure for the children's workforce has been launched. It includes many popular courses including Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Attachment, Trauma and Early Brain Development, Youth Mental Health First Aid Lite, the Adolescent Brain and Self Harm.
New courses this term include Level 2 Maternal Infant Mental Health Training (MIMH), Young People and Suicide, Eating Disorders and Young People, Talking with
Young People about Mental Health Issues and Autism, Anxiety and Adolescence.
Coastal West Sussex Mind are the lead agency for this
children and young people's training initiative. They are delivered in partnership with
specialist agencies and expert trainers, including Grassroots, YMCA Downslink
Group, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Life Centre, Joint Diversity
and Change, Grow, Live. The training is funded by WSCC and Health and there is a
small registration booking fee. The training programme is being constantly
updated so keep checking the website.
Book your place.
Do you have experience of a mental health problem, or do you care for someone who does?
Do you want to see the system change for the better? The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute invite you to join their research community. By joining and sharing your experiences, you can help break the link between mental health problems and financial difficulty, and have your say on what needs to change through surveys, quick polls and online discussions. Take a look and sign up today.
Team Leaders & Assistants Needed - National Citizen Service
West Sussex
Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help (IPEH) delivers the National Citizen
Service (NCS) in the Chichester and Arun areas of the County. NCS is a
programme that is changing lives and helping to tackle some of the country’s
biggest social challenges. We believe that if you give young people the right
tools, opportunities and respect they will change the world around them. Find out more on their website.
We are
looking to recruit sessional staff to help deliver this ‘once in a lifetime
opportunity for 15-17 year olds’ during July and August 2017. We have
vacancies for Team Leaders & Assistants, applicants will need to be
excellent communicators and have strong inter-personal skills. Remuneration for
the 4-weeks work is £1606 - £1847 depending on the role undertaken. Team Leader and Team Assistant details, with the application form can be seen within these links.
If you’d
like more information about joining us on NCS this summer, please contact
Graham Hill at graham.hill@westsussex.gov.uk
or 07775 564626. If you have friends or family who are over
18 and may be interested, please forward the details on.
Citizens Advice services in Central and South Sussex
 There are some changes coming up to some of the Citizens Advice services in Central and South Sussex. The charity, which helps thousands of local people every year, is making changes to some of its opening hours. From April 2017, the Citizens Advice service in Lancing is moving from its long-time home in the Parish Hall, to Lancing Library.
From April 2017, the
Citizens Advice service in Lancing is moving from its long-time home in the
Parish Hall, to a new location at Lancing Library. The Citizens Advice
team is available at Lancing Library every Tuesday, 10am - 4pm. It’s a drop-in
service, and no appointment is necessary. The team can give information on a
huge range of issues, including benefits, debt, housing, employment, domestic
violence, relationship breakdown, and much more. All services are free,
confidential, independent and impartial.
From April, services
in East Grinstead and Burgess Hill are operating on Tuesdays and Thursdays – 9.30am - 4pm.
All other centres run by Central and South Sussex Citizens Advice – Horsham,
Crawley, Shoreham-by-Sea, Haywards Heath and Worthing – run Monday - Friday,
9.30am - 4pm.
There are other ways to
contact CAB for advice – you can phone their Advice line on 0344 477 1171
(Monday-Friday, 10am - 4pm), or get in touch via our website using web chat or
email.
For full details and
locations, please visit www.cassca.org.uk.
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Training in April and May
 Person Centred Planning (PCP) Tool: Training dates have now been released and all of the PCP materials are available to view on the West Sussex Local Offer.
Cultural
Competence: The guide
was produced by Friends, Families and Travellers, a charity that works
nationally supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to access services. It aims to
support professionals working in Children’s Services to enhance their cultural
competency and working practice when engaging with families from the Gypsy,
Roma and Traveller communities.
Safer Recruitment Training, Friday 28 April, 9am - 4:30pm, Committee Room 2, County Hall, Chichester: This training has been identified as a training need for all staff that
may be involved in recruitment of either staff or volunteers. The course
will:
- Identify the key features of staff recruitment
that deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
- Consider policies
and practice that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt
reporting
- Help participants
to review WSCC policies and practice in recruitment with a view to
creating a safer culture
This is not intended to be a comprehensive workshop on
staff recruitment and selection. To book your place, email family.info.service@westsussex.gov.uk
quoting the course code IS094N. Please include
role title and work base in your email. Please note lunch is not provided.
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NEW
Holistix Drop In sessions: This is
an open session for staff to bring queries and questions relating to
Holistix. It is an informal session and open to all staff who are
registered to use Holistix.
- 3 April, 4pm - 5pm, Centenary House, Worthing
- 19 April, 4pm - 5pm, Durban House, Bognor Regis
- 4 May, 4pm - 5pm, Centenary House, Worthing
- 22 May, 4pm - 5pm, County Hall North, Horsham
- 8 June, 4pm - 5pm, Centenary House, Worthing
- 28 June, 4pm - 5pm, County Hall North, Horsham
To
book a place please e-mail Karen.dennison@westsussex.gov.uk.
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