every child matters in Essex

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every child matters in Essex
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Family Group Conference Essex

• Children and Young Peoples Service
• Restorative Justice
• Youth Crime
• Early Intervention
• Education

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FGC and every child matters

• Values and Aspirations
• Supporting parents and carers
• Early Intervention and effective prevention
• Accountability and integration
• Workforce reform

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FGC-ECM Values and Aspirations

• Children deserve the chance to grow up in a
  loving and caring family
• Services should be organised around childrens
  needs
• Services should be accessible to families and
  communities
• Measurement is of outcome not in-put

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FGC-ECM supporting Parents and Carers

• Parents and children at the centre
• Listening and engaging
• Utilising the strength of extended family
• Coordinating support

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FGC-ECM Early Intervention and Effective Practice

• Solution focused and forward-looking
• Positive reinforcement of good behaviour
• Tackling bullying and victimisation
• Promoting emotional resilience
• Preventing - offending
• Social exclusion
• Anti-social behaviour

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FGC-ECM Accountability and Integration

• Partnership between agencies and families
• Combining resources to find individual solutions
• Better sharing of information
• Agreeing plans
• Sharing responsibility

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FGC-ECM Workforce Reform

• FGC Independent co-ordinators
• Utilising family network and professionals around
  child
• Specialist skills and services focused where
  needed and effective
• Empowering families to develop and implement
  solutions

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Contact Details

• Christine.dale_at_essexcc.gov.uk
• Peter.chittenden_at_essexcc.gov.uk