Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

“Constant support, friendly advice, able to make contact at any time .”
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

Family Matters
• The Background:
• Bath Christian Action Network
( www.bathcan.net
) & Civic Engagement
• Contact with B&NES Council’s Connecting
Families Project
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

“My worker helped me in many ways such as helping me get a job and stood with me and advised me all the way .”
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

Family Matters
• Supporting families because families matter
• Vision: to see families equipped for life
• Partner with B&NES Connecting Families
Service to support their exit strategy.
• The aim of the Family Matters steering group is to recruit, train and support volunteers to work with families with multiple and complex needs.
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

“Achieved a lot, still a few things to do. There will always be things that pop up but I feel 100% in a better place to deal with it .”
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

Family Matters
• Where are we now?
– Charitable Status in place with Genesis Trust
– Pilot areas (tbc)
• Twerton/Southdown/Whiteway
• Foxhill
• Peasedown St John
– People Pilot
• To test our systems and procedures before the main training
• Is it fit for purpose/health and safety?
• Testing Quality Assurance and feedback from pilot volunteers and families
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

“My keyworker’s non-judgemental easy going approach, I have problems trusting people but feel I can trust her, she always listens and doesn’t tell me
I am wrong just advises me on a different way. She has helped make many situations much easier to deal with .”
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

Family Matters
– Timeline
• Pilot to start mid/end July (10 weeks)
• Training through the early autumn months
• Start to work with families in November
• Regular meetings of the Family Matters Steering Group and the Project Group for 10 in 100
• By October results in from the People Pilot and Quality
Assurance feedback
• Celebrate launch of main project in November
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

“His calm approach, the fact
I know I can trust him. He has helped me feel more confident. He ignores his phone when he is with me and listens fully to what I am saying .”
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

• What we need from our Dragon
– Believes in what we are doing
– Help with the project planning/timing
– Help with policies/procedures/governance
– Be a critical friend
– Advocate our project
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

» Paula Bromley
Paula_Bromley@bathnes.gov.uk
» Debbie Greenough
Debbie_Greenough@bathnes.gov.uk
» Joy Fraser jvfraser65@yahoo.com
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit