Whole Systems Approach to
GIRFEC
25th February 2014
Overview
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Redesign of services
Locality based model
Youth Justice Strategy Group
Identification of Team Leader
responsibilities
• Development of EEI
• Challenges faced
outcomes
• Supporting positive outcomes and reduce
escalation of offending behaviour
• Supporting parents in assisting to reduce
offending
• Giving proportionate responses to Children and
Young people
• Divert referrals from Children’s Hearing
• Speed up the support to Young People and their
families
How
• Domestic violence screening process.
• Initial screening process and response to
requests for assistance
• Police Protocol’s EEI
• Identification of staff
The Hub
• Development of processes and protocols
to support decision making
• Testing of thresholds
• Process of response by localities
• Approach to initial assessment and
intervention
Locality Management
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Team Leader Options
N.F.A.
Initial assessment
Intervention
Locality GIRFEC Meeting
•GIRFEC Meeting
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Criteria for discussion
Partnership involvement
Information sharing
Agreement of supports
Monitoring of progress
Challenges
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Rolling out within the other localities
Management of staff
Keeping locality partners involved
Evidencing outcomes
Continuing the momentum of whole
systems approach within all areas of work
What is a Joint Assessment Team
• A multi agency group set up to support young people who are
experiencing difficulties in school, at home or in the community
• Key personnel:
• DHT (ASN)
• Pupil Support staff
• Educational Psychologist
• Family Support Worker
• School Nurse
• Support for Learning staff
• SMPS
• Campus Cop
• Youth Learning staff
• Area base rep.
Actions taken prior to JAT
meeting
• School based staged intervention approaches
will have been exhausted.
• Named person will have:
• Met with pupil – completed ‘What I Think’ Tool
• Spoken with parent / carer
• Completed Information Sharing Protocol
• Discussed JAT
• Started to compile single agency assessment
Post JAT meeting?
• Named Person• Links with pupil and provides feedback
on recommendations
• Contacts the family to provide feedback on
actions
• Coordinates the delivery of the actions
• Monitors / reviews the impact
So what’s different?
• EEI meeting only relates to young people who
are offending- Schools were not always aware of any
charges until they get a request from SCRA for a report
• Ensures that we are fully aware of the life of
the ‘whole child’
• Helps to inform any plans we have in place for
the young people to avoid duplication
• Some are known through JAT others are not
What do I bring to the table?
• Information relating to:
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Attendance
Exclusions
Educational placements
Short summary from DHT ASN
Information relating to plans we currently have in
place
• JAT info
What do I do with the
information received?
• Link back to the schools
• Ensure that young people are receiving
appropriate levels of support
• Track and monitor through EEI process
• Present at JAT if required
• Link with parents / carers if appropriate
• Ensure links with relevant agencies are in
place e.g. Health staff
What difference has it made?
• Allowed us to be confident that we have all the
relevant information to enable us to do our best
to support the young people in school
• Enabled us to link closely with our colleagues in
Social Work and Police around planning and
delivery of supportive interventions in school /
area
• Young people receive the support they need in a
proportionate and timely manner, avoiding
duplication
Next stage
• Training programme for all family support
workers
• Continue training for qualified staff
• Continue developing services for Youth Justice
• Undertake development of whole system
approach guidance.
• Maintain Locality based Management of
interventions incorporating trends and local
requirements within our partnerships.