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Rotherham Local Authority "School Attendance Matters Pathway"

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Background Prior to the launch of the Early Help Service in 2016, there was a standalone Education Welfare Service (EWS). The EWS carried out enforcement using Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) when leave of absences was taken during term time and further …

Domestic Abuse - Adopting a whole family approach

Summary System and cultural changes can be challenging. We would like to share how the London Safe and Together partnership, with Waltham Forest as the lead borough, tackles domestic abuse by adopting the Safe and Together model. The partnership has …

Sheffield Council celebrating 10 years of Supporting Families

To celebrate 10 years of the Supporting Families programme, Sheffield City Council have produced an infographic, https://delta.communities.gov.uk/document-repository/public/download?uri=/document-repository/SF-Infographic-10-years-Nov-22.pdf showcasing the journey of the programme in Sheffield including the successes and sustained changes that families have achieved.   Since the initiation of the …

Working together to cope better : A family’s journey  

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Rachel, 31, is mum to Sam 12, and Jack 7. What happened? Sam was in his first year of high school and was anxious about leaving home in the mornings, so had started to scratch his arms with scissors. He would become angry if things didn't go well at school and was fighting with classmates. At home, Sam sometimes hit Jack and Rachel was nervous about …

NSPCC’s new tool for navigating conversations with children about abuse

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The Troubled Families Programme is founded on a ‘whole family’ approach, with children and young people, together with their parents or carers, working alongside a trusted keyworker. Keyworkers lead plans to promote positive change by referring to local services and coordinating other professionals to support interrelated needs.   More than 400,000 families have been …