Families First - Family Engagement Project

Descriptions

Caerphilly County Borough Council on behalf of Caerphilly Children and Young Peoples PartnershipThe contract will commence on 1 November 2011 until 31 March 2013, with an option to extend for up to a further period of 12 months.Children and Young People’s (CYP) Partnerships were established across Wales in response to the statutory requirement for closer co-operation and partnership working between local authorities and other organisations including the voluntary and other statutory sectors. Families First is the Welsh Government’s key programme for designing better integrated support for families living in poverty. Its principal focus is supporting families through interventions at the preventative and protective stages. The programme aims to drive improvements to family support design and delivery and, in so doing, reduce the numbers of families developing more complex needs and requiring more intensive and costly interventions. Objectives of the Project:To provide an engagement service, targeting families with children and young people aged between 0 and 25 (including pre birth). Identify those with emerging needs, effectively and effectively referring to the Team Around the Family model. The project will focus on innovative ways to bring the whole family together to engage them in purposeful and outcome focussed activities in order to raise their aspirations and engage them in their communities, specialist and universal provision that can provide the services that they need and are entitled too.*Please be aware that TUPE may apply for this provision*