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Perth & KinrossDespite joint working in the provision of mental health services, joint service developmentshave been restricted by NHS financial problems, and service cuts have been made to realisesavings in the NHS mental health budget. There is now, however, an agreed strategy fordevelopment which includes residual in-patient provision.Community services are provided by four community mental health teams, which do nothowever fit into the overall Care Together structure. Features of the present service are:• an ongoing re-settlement programme at the Murray Royal Hospital;• a series of day care developments; and• an intensive care at home service.Sensory impairment services are provided largely by Perth and Kinross Society for the Blindand Tayside Association for the Deaf. Strategic planning falls to a sub-group of the health andphysical disabilities task group, comprising Care Together staff and the voluntary organisations.The lack of health or education representation inhibits its capacity to address a comprehensivesensory impairment service. A transition group – with links to the sensory impairment subgroup– manages continuity during and following future needs assessments.Care Together, the product of a partnership agreement between the Council and NHS Tayside,became operational early in 2002. It provides social work services for adults, including learningdisability and mental health, elderly acute services and old age psychiatry services. It has ageneral manager, with single managers for five localities. Its budget includes £26m. from theCouncil, equivalent to the GAE for community care services in 2001-2002.3. Performance: Children and FamiliesBalance of care – Looked afterchildren (aged 0-17)1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000Quartile2000-2001actual2000-2001per 1,000QuartileAt home 65 2.2 4 50 1.7 4With friends/relatives/other community 38 1.3 1 35 1.2 2With foster carers/prospective adopters 48 1.7 3 56 1.9 4In residential accommodation 27 0.9 3 30 1.0 3Total 178 6.1 4 171 5.9 4Key performance indicators1998-1999actual1998-1999per 1,000Quartile1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000QuartileChild protection (CP) referrals 296 11.5 1 236 9.3 1(aged 0-15)Children subject to a CP case 93 3.7 1 62 2.4 3conference (aged 0-15)Children placed on CP register 56 2.2 2 42 1.7 3(aged 0-15)Adoption applications in year 14 0.5 2 20 0.7 1(aged 0-17)Stranger adopter applications 5 0.2 2 8 0.3 1(aged 0-17)203
The rate of looked after children is low, having remained at a similar level for 3 years. The rate oflooked after children who are living in residential accommodation is relatively low. The Councilhas managed to cut the numbers of children in residential schools from 24 to 10, due in largepart to a successful joint re-integration project. The number of children in foster care increasedbetween 1999 and 2001 but remains low in comparison with most other authorities.The rate of child protection referrals is higher than in many other authorities but the rate ofchildren subject to a case conference is relatively low. The rate of children placed on the childprotection register has fallen and is now relatively low. The number of adoption applications hasincreased between 1998 and 2000 and the rate is now higher than in most other authorities.A recent best value audit of child protection services recommended improvements in guidanceand training for education and childcare staff and also a joint assessment framework for educationand social work staff.In partnership with the voluntary sector, the Council is providing preventative services focusingon alcohol misuse and family support. A Homeless Families Co-ordination Group aims to improveinter-agency working, improve the joint assessment framework and formalise links between theChild Protection Committee, the Substance Misuse Action Team and the Domestic ViolenceForum. It has prompted initiatives which address the health and welfare needs of children caughtup in their parents’ homelessness, substance misuse and domestic abuse. The initiatives –funded from diverse sources – range from the provision of advice and information, family support,and crisis intervention to rehabilitation.The Council has adopted an action plan to implement recommendations of Learning with Care.The following action has been taken:• designated teachers have been appointed;• joint staff development training is in progress;• an audit of residential homes is complete;• targets for educational attainment are set in the Children Services Plan; and• education and children’s services are developing a management information system; amodule for data on exclusions is already in use and another is being implemented for dataon educational attainment from secondary schools; that data has yet to be linked toinformation about looked after children.Agreement on multi-disciplinary assessments is outstanding.Throughcare and aftercare services rely on partnership working. Wellbank has been developedas a purpose-built resource for those leaving care and for homeless young people. A SocialInclusion Partnership initiative for care leavers (the Go Project) is directed at young people age16-26. Managed by a multi-disciplinary team, it is linked with a mentoring scheme provided inassociation with the Prince’s Trust, and also has links with schools, careers and local collegesto extend work and training placements. The consolidation of these initiatives is the subject ofa Children’s Services Fund application.The new directorate of education and children’s services is a potential platform for integratingchildren’s services. The development of area support and childcare teams, linked by Care andLearning Co-ordinators, with an integrated management structure provides opportunities forlinking education, care and health services around local communities.204
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Growth and DevelopmentSOCIAL WORK S
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IntroductionThe Local ReportsGrowth
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ContentsPageNorth Lanarkshire 183Or
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1. Profile at 2002With an estimated
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AberdeenThe three councils and heal
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Current management information syst
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1. Profile at 2002Dundee is a mediu
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ISCJISISO 9002ITJoint Future Agenda
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