Triple P in Brighton

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Triple P in Brighton Hove

• Ellen Jones
• Commissioning Partnership Manager
• Brighton Hove Children Young Peoples Trust

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Background

• Unitary authority since 1997
• Population of 250,000
• 52,000 children young people 0-19
• Small BME population of 5.8- growing
• Thriving cultural media centre
• East Brighton within the 10 most deprived areas
  nationally
• 374 children in care - high nationally
• Children Young Peoples Trust created through
  integration with health October 2006
• Area based multi agency teams

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Background to Triple P

• Strong strategic commitment to parent support
• Parents Forum established October 2005
• Parenting priority in Brighton Hove Children
  Young Peoples Plan
• Parenting Strategy Group from July 2006
• Strong Voluntary Community sector
• Audit of Parent support Services
• No background in Triple P

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Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinder

• DCSF pilot project 18 months
• 20 Local authorities were selected (bids)
• Funding to roll out 1 of 3 Parenting programmes
  chosen by DCSF
• Focus on parents of 8-13 year olds at risk
• Brighton Hove were allocated Triple P
• Only group work component of Triple P was funded
• Parent co-facilitator model

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Progress re Triple P

• Information day attracted 70 participants
• 126 practitioners, 38 parents trained to date all
  accredited successfully
• 39 groups delivered including 3 specialist
  groups (BME, substance misuse, parents of
  children with disabilities SEN)
• 225 parents received group or individual- 80
  parents attended seminars
• Trained bilingual workers

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Flexible tailoring to local needs

• Parent co-facilitator model strong local
  practice from voluntary agency Amaze
• 38 parents trained
• Creation of multi agency Triple P team in each
  of 3 local areas
• Joint work between CYPT and Respect practitioners

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Responding to diverse needs

• Built in interpreting costs to budget
• Worked with local Community Voluntary sector to
  offer specialist Triple P groups
• Trained bilingual family support workers to offer
  Triple P in the familys own language
• Used audit and consultation from Parent Support
  Strategy to address gaps in provision e.g. for
  fathers, parents of teenagers, traveller families

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Use of evidence based tools

• Culture change for practitioners
• Welcomed by parents- not a barrier
• Powerful to have local evidence of impact for
  senior managers and decision makers
• Assessment tools ensure parents get the help they
  need e.g. appropriate level of intervention

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Impact Outcomes

• Over 50 of group participants fall into at
  risk category ( from universal specialist
  groups)
• 54 of parents in clinical range moved to normal
  range ( Group Triple P)
• 79 of parents made some improvement
• 7.6 stayed the same
• 13 deteriorated- offered level 5
• Positive feedback from parents practitioners

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Our experience

• Parenting interventions need to fit within
  context of wider parent support strategy
• Parent co-facilitator model has worked well and
  been a route back into paid employment for
  parents
• Triple P works best as a holistic multi
  intervention model joining up funding streams
  enabled us to address all age ranges and all
  levels of need
• Principle of self efficacy is key

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Our learning

• Dedicated and committed team to lead delivery
• Senior and operational managers need to be on
  board
• Selection process and clear contract ensured
  commitment to delivery of Triple P after training
• Prepare and support practitioners well for
  accreditation
• Programme compliance is vital

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Still learning

• Established one referral pathway for targeted
  families
• Individual work seems to be working best for
  families with intensive needs
• May need to look at current organisational
  structures and roles to ensure childrens
  workforce can deliver parenting interventions,
  especially at intensive level
• Importance of maintaining peer networks and
  support

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Way forward

• Funding for Triple P training delivery remains
  a challenge
• Parenting team linked to CYPT Area teams
• Parent support principles for all services
• Extended Services Clusters can provide funding
  positive re parent co-facilitators
• Joint work with Respect agenda to provide service
  for targeted families

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For more information contact-

• Ellen Jones Tel [phone]
• ellen.jones_at_brighton-hove.gov.uk