Parenting Strategy Action Plan.pdf - Westminster City Council

POSITIVE PARENTING IN WESTMINSTER PARENTING SUPPORT ACTION PLAN 2008-106. PARENTING PROGRAMMESStrategic Priority:Parenting Offer: Levels 2 - 4Desired outcomes:Coherent and needs-led approach to the delivery of evidence-based parenting programmes.1. Practitioners respond to parents’ needs for support with parenting through brief consultations, topic-based group sessions andstructured parenting programmes in children’s centres, extended schools and community settings.2. Health visitors and other early years practitioners provide advice and support with relationship difficulties in early parenthood.3. Parenting programmes are available to help parents of adolescents respond effectively to problematic and risky behaviourassociated with drugs, alcohol, sexual behaviour, bullying and truanting.4. Specialised interventions are available for young parents, and parents of children with disabilities or physical illness.5. Parents can access advice and guidance when and where they need it.6. Parents report improved parenting capacity.7. Increased parental access to and uptake of parenting support services.8. Improved school attendance and behaviour.Action Lead Resp. Key Partners Timescale Funding Progress / Comments1. Pilot delivery of Triple P Primary Carebrief interventions in children’s centres.Evaluate and review.2. Pilot delivery of Triple P Groupprograms in children’s centres.Evaluate.3. Provide group and individual Triple Pprograms to parents of children withbehavioural problems referred by YOT,YISP, schools, RSLs, etc. Evaluate.4. Pilot delivery of individual and groupTriple P programs to parents of tier 3referrals to Paddington Green CAMHS.Evaluate.5. Pilot Triple P Stepping Stones forparents of children with disabilities.Evaluate.Jayne VertkinJayne VertkinKiran HayerTami KramerSarah Bedford,CAMHS PG.Children’scentresHelen Matthes,Liz Long, WPCTChildren centresParentingpractitionersTriple P partnersReferringagenciesCollege ParkFrom June2008FromJanuary2009NANABaseline parenting programme. Training inApril with accreditation in June. Potentialparticipants in Central cluster identified.1 practitioner trained. Group due to startshortly. Further training under discussion.Ongoing NA Practitioners trained in Group, Group Teen,Standard, Enhanced & Pathways programs.Group and Group Teen programs running ona regular basis. Also see ‘Outreach’From June2008From June2008NANAPractitioners trained in Group, Group Teen,Standard, Enhanced & Pathways programs.Planning for group delivery is in hand.Practitioner trained. Plan to run SteppingStones groups at College Park School. Alsopossibility of training for staff at RainbowCentre. Also see Vulnerable Adults.Updated 21 April 2008 9