LOCALITY PLANNING GROUPS/
FAMILY SUPPORT HUBS
Anne Hardy
Children’s Services
Planning
Officer
CYPSP
Aim
to improve outcomes for all children and young people in
this area by –
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Listening to local children and young people,
their parents and local communities
Building on the strengths of families and
local communities
Building on existing social partnerships
Providing a needs led range of leisure, social,
health, educational and housing services in locally
agreed and accessible locations.
What do they do?
The role of each locality planning group is to
be a partnership between children and young people,
families, communities and representatives of agencies
at locality level at a geography that makes sense to the
local community
draw up a locality plan to address priorities identified
through outcomes based planning and to
mobilise local resources from the statutory, voluntary
and community sectors to address these priorities – as
part of the Children and Young People’s Plan
Focus on
Early
Intervention
0-18
Measuring Outcomes
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Indicators have been chosen which link to each outcome
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The information has been gathered together and is available at
three levels, which reflect the three levels of planning
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Qualitative information from local communities, children and
young people, and their parents and carers is essential in order
to address issues at an early stage
Benefits
Consistent framework across Northern Ireland
Planning happens closer to child (whole child model)
Improved outcomes (outcomes monitoring report)
Greater ownership by communities
Local plans supported by strategic framework
Bottom up and top down approach
Reduced duplication of service provision
Greater involvement of children and young people and parents
Greater interagency referrals
Co-ordination between services
Service development to meet locally
identified needs
Membership of Moyle Locality
Group
Moyle Community Action for
Safety Partnership Children
Rural
Community
Network
Bushmills
Primary School
Cushendall
Development
Group
Friends
Group
Dalriada Sure Simon
Start
Community
PSNI
Patient &
Client Council
TinyLife
NEELB Youth
Service
Causeway Rural
& Urban Network
Supporting
Communities NI NIHE
North Antrim
Community
Network
Causeway Home
Start
Cedar
Foundation
NICMA
Parenting NI
Northern HSC
Trust
Moyle District
Council
Ballymoney
Community
Barnardo’s
Resource Centre
MASTS
Northern
HSC Trust
Current lcoality
Groups
linked
to CYPSP
BUSHMILLS
MOYLE
COLERAINE
BALLYMONEY
LIMAVADY
DERRY
BALLYMENA LARNE
MAGHERAFELT
STRABANE
CARRICKFERGUS
NEWTOWNABBEY
ANTRIM
NORTH DOWN
COOKSTOWN
BELFAST
OMAGH
CASTLEREAGH
ARDS
LISBURN
DUNGANNON
CRAIGAVON
FERMANAGH
ARMAGH
BANBRIDGE
NEWRY AND MOURNE
DOWN
AWARENESS
RAISING
ACCESS TO
SERVCIES
SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
TAILORED TO
LOCAL NEEDS
LARNE CSP LOCALITY PARTNERSHIP
Examples of Service
Developments
2000
Increased Interagency
Partnerships working
2002
Services Joined Up
More At Front Line
Increased
Interagency
Referrals
Audit of need
Pyramid Plus
2003
Sharing of
Information
Increased Access &
Knowledge of
External Funding
Pilot Locality Groups
Set Up
Larne Parental Support Project Action For
Children (LEAP)
Range of
Services
needed:
0-4
5-12
13-18
Pyramid Transition Clubs
Larne Peer Education Project
2004
YO – Intergenerational Young People & Older
People - Mentoring
Sure Start – Additional to LEAP (with Carrick
CSP)
2006
2008
Early Intervention For The Prevention
of Offending 8-13 year olds
Slippage – E1
-Community Groups/Parenting e.g. Antiville Computer Suite
Family Support Services
-Adolescents – 10-17
-Learning Disabilities & Sensory Impairment
-Services for Locality Area
2009
Locality worker & Participation Worker
What is a
Family Support Hub
A Family Support Hub is a multi-agency network of
statutory, voluntary and community organisations that
either provide early intervention services or work with
families who need early intervention services.
The network accepts referrals of families who need early
intervention family support and uses their knowledge of
local service providers to signpost families with specific
needs to appropriate services.
Purpose of
Family Support Hubs
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To improve access to early intervention family support
services by matching the needs of referred families to
family support providers
To improve coordination of early intervention family
support services by creating a collaborative network of
providers
To improve awareness of family support services
To assess the level of unmet need for early
intervention family support services and inform the
relevant Outcomes Group
LARNE CSP LOCALITY PARTNERSHIP
Examples of Service
Developments
2000
Increased Interagency
Partnerships working
2002
Services Joined Up
More At Front Line
Increased
Interagency
Referrals
Audit of need
Pyramid Plus
2003
Sharing of
Information
Increased Access &
Knowledge of
External Funding
Pilot Locality Groups
Set Up
Larne Parental Support Project Action For
Children (LEAP)
Range of
Services
needed:
0-4
5-12
13-18
Pyramid Transition Clubs
Larne Peer Education Project
2004
YO – Intergenerational Young People & Older
People - Mentoring
Sure Start – Additional to LEAP (with Carrick
CSP)
2006
2008
Early Intervention For The Prevention
of Offending 8-13 year olds
Slippage – E1
-Community Groups/Parenting e.g. Antiville Computer Suite
Family Support Services
-Adolescents – 10-17
-Learning Disabilities & Sensory Impairment
-Services for Locality Area
2009
Locality worker & Participation Worker
LOCALITY
PLANNING
PLANNING
FOR ALL
CHILDREN
IN THE AREA
FAMILY SUPPORT
HUBS
CO-ORDINATION
OF SERVICES FOR
INDIVIDUAL
FAMILIES
ONE FAMILY AT A
TIME