New Strengthening Families Service

Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families business unit has a new service which incorporates Targeted Family Support and Child In Need and is called Strengthening Families.

The service is for families with children and young people aged 0-18 years old who need support to improve their life chances or avoid issues escalating to child protection concerns. Depending on the level of need they will either receive targeted
support or child in need support.

Key to the new service will be the joint approach between multi-disciplinary and multi-agency professionals who will be supported by a Strengthening Families Social Worker (advanced social work practitioners who work closely with a small group of family support workers and other professionals within communities to provide the most comprehensive support possible at an early stage).

More detail is included in the attached short briefing from John Coleman, Interim Head of Service for Children and Families, which outlines the new service.