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Families. Vivienne Evans. Happy families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The numbers. Nearly 1.5 million adults will be significantly affected by a relative’s drug use The cost of harms they experience as a result amounts to about 1.8 billion per year - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Families
Vivienne Evans
Happy families are all alike
Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
The numbers
•Nearly 1.5 million adults will be significantly affected by a relative’s drug use•The cost of harms they experience as a result amounts to about 1.8 billion per year•The support they provide would cost the NHS and local authorities about 750 million to provide if it were not available
61,000 children in care in UK Up to 350,000 children affected by parental drug use Up to 1.3 million affected by parental alcohol use In 2007, local authorities spent £117 million dealing
with families where substance misuse is a problem Substance misuse linked to DV, mental health,
poverty ......
The numbers
Families affected by addiction problems are important for three significant and related reasons:
Involvement of family members in the treatment of their relatives with addiction problems can enhance positive outcomes
Family members in these circumstances show symptoms of stress that merit help in their own right
Effective treatment of the parent can have positive benefits for the child
Better outcomes for children are achieved if they remain with their families
THE POLICY DRIVERS
Prevention and early intervention?Harm minimisation ?Recovery/reintegration?
What does family support mean?
New language: vulnerable families How to deliver at a time of austerity The role of the state Outcomes not targets Localism Big Society Public Health/Education/Crime Lack of optimismWe have built a Britain not fit for our children to grow up inIt is not government’s job to create happy families.
Key challenges
Sure Start services to be maintained in cash terms – including a new investment in Sure Start health visitors
Re-focused on original purpose of improving the life chances of disadvantaged children
Encourage more community providers to enter the market
We will investigate a new approach to helping families with multiple problems
Spending review
Coalition’s commitment to a family friendly society Families as a resource, not a deficit
Re-balanced treatment system; recovery Big Society
Opportunities
Families
Drugs
Communities
Has anything changed?
