London Borough of Sutton Partnership Working

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London Borough of SuttonPartnership Working

• Community Group Programme for Children Exposed to
  Woman Abuse

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Identifying need

• 2000 Multi agency Matching Needs and Services
  Audit
• 2002 Childrens Fund Mapping
• Both confirm need for services for children
  affected by Domestic Violence

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The programme

• Originates from London Ontario Canada
• Supports children aged 4 16 who have been
  exposed to woman abuse

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Outcomes for the programme are

• Children are clear about what abuse is
• Children are able to safety plan
• Children learn they are not responsible for the
  violence
• Children have better problem solving skills
• Children can identify safe and trusted people to
  talk to

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Every Child Matters

• Being Healthy Supports childrens mental health
  and emotional well being
• Staying Safe Enables children to keep themselves
  safe from harm
• Enjoy and Achieve As many as four children in
  every class are affected by DV. This programme
  helps children to begin to heal from the effects
  of this, which in turn helps them achieve
  academically

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• Making a positive contribution Helps build
  childrens self esteem and supports children to
  develop positive relationships and teaches them
  to manage conflict

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The benefits of a collaborative working..

• Raised awareness of the impact and issues for
  mums and kids
• Increased individual expertise and knowledge
• Transferable skills
• Enhanced gendered approach to this type of work
• Shared responsibility for this type of work

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• Better communication across agencies
• Better relationships between agencies
• Staff from different agencies jointly collaborate
  to achieve best outcomes for mums and kids
• Cost effective

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Funding

• Support from the Childrens Fund
• Support from Health
• Support from Social Services
• All agencies involved give staff time free of
  charge

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Inter-agency Collaboration
Programme Coordinator
Behaviour Support Team
Probation Service
Voluntary Sector
School Nurses
Education Welfare
Health Visitors
Social Services
CAHMS
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Recognition for our approach to partnership
working

• 2006 winner of the LGC award
• 2006 Runner up for the MJ award
• Mayors Domestic Violence Strategy
• Audit Commission report