Community Safety – helping people to feel safer
These services encompass a range of projects providing support, assistance and challenge to young people and families who are identified as being in need of support with the focus on promoting a safe and secure living environment for all. We work in partnership with young people and families to actively encourage then to identify and agree the changes required to move forward positively with their lives, enhancing their quality of life as well as that of the community.
Family Intervention Programmes (FIP)
Family Intervention Programmes take a whole family approach, recognising that sustained change is more achievable when everyone works together towards a common purpose. A contract is established and agreed with the family. The contract sets out the change required, together with the support to be offered. Dedicated key workers act as a point of reference for both the family and any other agencies working with the family. Co-ordinating support services prevents any duplication of activity and ensures a consistent challenge is being applied. Where necessary, sanctions can be used to promote the need for change.
The support is not time bound and is usually more intensive at the beginning of engagement and decreasing as the families are more able to secure positive outcomes for themselves and become part of the wider community. Contact is continued on a regular basis for 12 months after support has ended, to ensure that change is sustained.
Family Networks Team
In partnership with statutory agencies Anglia Care Trust is working with families who have attracted numerous and ongoing public funded intervention, over many years. Through the building of a mulit-disciplinary, co-located team, we offer intensive support and replace the need for public sector interventions. The aim of the project is to pilot a scheme which could both replace traditional public service delivery and reduce costs.
Intensive Support Outreach
Based on the Family Intervention Programme model the service aims to provide support for families who are identified as being at risk of social isolation as a result of a wide range of issues, including intergenerational unemployment, debt or other risk factors, such as substance misuse or domestic violence. The focus of activity is preventative, working with families and dealing with concerns before they escalate.