Public reports pack PDF 3 MB - Blaby District Council

• · Children’s Centres, associated provision through these
• · Place to grow
• · 20:20 mentoring
• . Safe Inside Safe Outside
• Housing Related Support from Nottingham Community Housing
Association
• Employment support by Acorn Training
Please see Appendix 2 map of services.
4.5 Vulnerability can affect an individual, a couple and families. The
Government is committed to significantly improving outcomes for
families and their children while reducing the current costs to the public
services. Leicestershire Supporting Families Programme will roll out in
April 2013.
The service will be provided for families across Leicester,
Leicestershire & Rutland across housing tenures and referrals will
come from a wide range of services including self-referrals, local
Registered Social Landlords, Social Services, Health, Education,
Police, Probation and Voluntary Sector agencies. This will build on the
work we already undertake as detailed within this strategy with
vulnerable people.
4.6 The family workers will network with other local initiatives and the full
range of statutory agencies to build a network of support to assist
families to settle into the area, break social isolation and to improve the
quality of family life. It is anticipated that the workers will sit within a
multi-disciplinary team to aid this initiative. The emphasis will be on
supporting and empowering service users to build on their independent
living skills and parenting skills.
4.7 The eligibility criteria for the programme will be families who:
• Consist of at least one adult and one child, who are involved in crime
and anti-social behaviour and or,
• Have children not in school and or
• Have an adult on out of works benefits and or,
• Cause high cost to the public purse
• Who agree to work with the BDC team and allow the worker to meet
with them on a pre-agreed basis (for example, once or twice a week)
• Have basic self care skills of budgeting, cooking or cleaning or be
willing to develop these with staff support
4.8 The worker will complete a holistic assessment with the client which will
include:
• Parenting
• Education
• Housing
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