Grosvenor House

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Grosvenor House High Street Stockport 0161 480
5939
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The MOSAIC ServiceMOSAIC offers a number of
FREE CONFIDENTIAL services to under 25s, and
parents, carers, family members, children and
friends who are worried about drug or alcohol
use.
Stockport Young Peoples Drug and Alcohol Service
Counselling
COSMP
Family Service
Stop Smoking Service
Drug Alcohol Services
School Based Services
Complimentary Therapy
Specialist Medical Service
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Stockport

• Population 284,000 (2001 Census)
• Stockport amongst the worst areas in England for
  alcohol related harm according to Profile of
  Alcohol Related Harm DoH

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Families?
Parental alcohol misuse damages and disrupts the
lives of children and families in all areas of
society, spanning all social classes. It blights
the lives of whole families and harms the
development of children trapped by the effects of
their parents problematic drinking.
There are up to 1.3 million (one in
eleven) children in the UK living with parents
who misuse alcohol (Alcohol Harm
Reduction Strategy for England, 2004). The
problems are widespread and well documented, yet
children and parents are still neglected by
services.
This issue challenges a number of Government
agendas. Yet despite the damage that it causes to
individuals and society, it is an area that
remains hidden. The effect of alcohol misuse
within families has been relatively overlooked
and under-recognised by Government and severely
neglected in terms of specific service development
for children and families affected.
Bottling It Up The Effects of Alcohol Misuse on
ChildrenTurning Point 2006
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Where does the funding come from?

• Family team of five workers.
• Childrens Fund - Funding 2.5 workers for 3
  years.
• Complex Funding streams Funding 2.5 workers
  (DAT, Social Care, Health)
• Health Innovation Fund Group work funding.

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Family Services
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Parent/carer service

• Service users normally self refer and receive
  support over the telephone before an initial
  appointment is made. Clients who access the
  service for more than 4 sessions complete a full
  assessment and a care plan is developed.
• Interventions include-
• Face to face structured appointments
• Telephone support
• Support group
• Family work
• Complimentary therapy
• Service users are reviewed on a regular basis (6
  10 sessions) and if appropriate a further
  programme of work agreed.

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Children of Substance Misusing Parents Service

• Service users are normally referred via social
  care, self referrals or through Mosaic School
  Based Service. One to one appointments are made
  where all children/yp complete a full assessment
  (self assessment) and are care plan is developed.
  Intervention includes-
• One to one appointments (structured and
  semi-structured)
• Family work
• Structured group work (3 programmes per year) in
  partnership with Signpost
• Fantastic Friends group work ( 3 programmes per
  year) age 9 12
• Phoenix Friends group ( 3 programmes per year)
  age 12 15
• Activity days
• Kooth (yp online counselling service)
• Structured case closure

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• Primary Project
• Training pastoral staff in primary school to
  screen and assess young people affected by
  parental substance use.
• Provide low threshold interventions to build
  resilience.
• Ongoing advice and support from link worker.

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Working together

• Joint working agreement with safeguarding
  childrens unit.
• Clear pathway in place with Social Care.
• Joint working agreement with Education Welfare
  and Parent support advisors
• Work closely with treatment team.
• When reporting to meetings/processes use the
  child/young persons words.

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Statistics 2007-2008

• COSMP - Mosaic received 99 new referrals and 80
  children fully engaged.
• Parents/carers significant others -178 referrals
• Primary Project - trained 53 staff who supported
  37 Children, 18 parents and 2 grandparents 57

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Gaps Identified Locally

• Referrals from adult alcohol services very low
  training of staff from CAT identified as
  priority.
• Dedicated staff to work with parents who have
  alcohol/drug issues around their parenting and
  the impact it has on their children.

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• It is time ..to take the next step and
  prioritise support in order to meet the specific
  needs of children of alcohol-misusing parents, as
  well as providing support directly to parents
  themselves.

Bottling It Up The Effects of Alcohol Misuse on
ChildrenTurning Point 2006