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Early Help & Stronger Families

Executive Group – April 2014

Hannah Needham - Head of Early Help and PartnershipsDebbie Herbert – Commissioning Manager, Stronger Families

1Early Help & Stronger Families


Stronger Families - summary

Number of families currently supported Stronger Families team (inc initial contact) 204 Early Intervention Family Support 6 Specialist Support Services & Social Care 176Early Help providers 43

Total 429

Number of families who have been worked with since April 2012Stronger Families team 310 Partners 417 Total (mid – February 2014) 727

Programme is on target to work with 900 families by March 2015

• Families worked with to date and plan (see following slide)• Current live caseload (SF team and partners)



Stronger Families - Payment by Results claims

Total PbR payments to date - £115,300* New payment for families where Education/ASB outcome previously claimed, and an adult later

moves into continuous employment


April 2013 July 2013 October 2013 February 2014

Education/ASB (£700)

0 33 45 107

Education/ASB/PtW (£800)

0 1 0 0

Progress to work (PtW) only (£100)

0 0 0 2

Employment (£800) 0 0 0 9

Additional £100* - - - 1


PbR forecast

Jul-1

3

Oct-

13

Jan-

14

Apr-1

4

Jul-1

4

Oct-

14

Jan-

15

Apr-1

50

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

PbR claim (£k)Cumulative total (£k)


Stronger Families – Phase 1 into Phase 2PbR claims will continue to be made during the final months of the current programme with the final claim opportunity for Phase 1 families in May 2015.

On current projections (previous slide) it is forecast that, as expected, the total funding for the programme will exceed committed expenditure later in 2014.

Proposals to reinvest this PbR income into an extension of the current arrangements for intensive family support from the Stronger Families team into 2015/16 will be developed during the next few months.



Stronger Families – Phase 2Expanded programme confirmed in the recent Budget:

• Early indications are that the current criteria will continue but that the programme will also reach families with younger children, plus “focus on big concerns such as domestic violence and mental and physical health problems”.

• Estimated target of 600 families per year in Worcestershire

• Reduced payments per family (assumed that families will have less complex needs and a greater % of the funding based on PbR)



Stronger Families – Phase 2

• Possible opportunity for Worcestershire to join the expanded programme before the end of 14/15, which will assist in transition arrangements for families

• There is a requirement that a multi-agency plan is in place for phase 2 of the programme

• During May and June 2014 there will be an opportunity for stakeholders to comment on national proposals including:-• indicators and identification of eligible families• the financial offer and the payment by results expectations• the expectations on Troubled Families Co-ordinators• and the future of the national evaluation



Stronger Families – Phase 2

Formal consultation on proposals to follow as outlined previously but input on the following welcome now:

• Suggested criteria for identifying families – multi-agency approach

• Potential involvement in the application of the Cost Calculation tool and consideration of pooled budgets

• Views on how the Stronger Families programme can work with local arrangements for joined up/multi-agency working inc. Districts, Housing, CCGs, Children’s/Adults Services, schools/colleges etc (Role for Local Children’s Trusts?)

• Input to the Early Help Strategy review and wider early help provision


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