Agenda item

Alex Hawley, Public Health Consultant, to present

Further to Minute No. 52 of 22^nd November, 2023, Alex Hawley, Public Health Consultant, gave an update on the work that had taken place since November, 2023, with the aid of the following powerpoint presentation:-

 

The current Family Hub Network

-        Rotherham Family Hubs

The Place Family Hub

Brookfield Family Hub

Maltby Stepping Stones Family Hub

-        Family Hub Network – RMBC and Contracted Sites

Arnold Nursery School and Childrens Centre

Aughton Early Years Centre

Dalton Family and Childrens Centre

Dinnington Early Help Centre

Dinnington Family and Childrens Centre

Ferham Family and Childrens Centre

Rawmarsh Childrens Centre

-        Family Hub Network – Voluntary Community Sector

Swinton Lock

JADE Youth and Community

REMA

Activate

Rotherham United Community Trust

Kimberworth Park Community Partnership

Grimm & Co

Rotherham Parent and Carer Forum

YWCA Yorkshire

CLP (Clifton Learning Partnership)

The Learning Community

Bright Stars

The Fun Hub

Rotherham Minster

 

What is a Family Hub

-        A Family Hub is a place where all children, young people and their families can go when they need help, advice and support.  You can get support across a wide range of areas including parenting, debt, housing and health and wellbeing.  There are 3 Family Hubs and a wider Family Hubs Network in Rotherham

 

What is in a Family Hub

-        Front-of-house staff now located in the Family Hubs

-        Following services were currently co-located in a Family Hub site or were delivering a service at a Family Hub site:-

 

0-19 Health Service	Sexual Health (MESMAC)
Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)	Midwifery
Child Bereavement UK	Perinatal Mental Health
Children’s Social Care	Portage
Early Help	Rotherham Alcohol and Drug Services (ROAD)
Employment Advisors	Rotherham Rise Domestic Abuse
Evidence Based Hub	Substance Misuse Workers
Holiday Activity Fund (HAF)	Voluntary Action Rotherham (VAR)
Healthy Weight Management	Youth Justice Service
Home Learning Workers	Youth Services (Universal and Targeted)
Intrahealth	Early Help Attendance Team
Job Centre Plus

 

Parent Carer Panel and Start for Life

Panel	Giving your child the best start in life
Five sessions to date	Co-designed by the Panel
Focus groups between panels (with hard to reach communities)	Imagery was Rotherham-based
Membership was diverse	Format was intended to fit with the Red Book
Online surveys and monthly ‘Challenge Questions’	Launched with the Panel

 

Parenting Support

-        The Solihull Approach series – Ante-natal, postnatal, children and young people

-        Continue to see an increase in Solihull on-line course registration and active learners

-        Content of Triple P Baby was reviewed, assured by partnership expertise and reinstated

-        Increased capacity for ante-natal education offered by 0-19 infant feeding team (workshops offered in the evenings)

-        Parenting courses now delivered by wider partners

 

Parenting Support – Workforce

-        Comprehensive training programme for FH practitioners and multi-agency partners

-        Additional training for Family Hub practitioners

 

Infant Feeding

-        Comprehensive training programme in place for all Family Hub practitioners and multi-agency partners

-        A number of sessions were also open to all Family Hub practitioners

-        There were 11 active volunteers (BF Peer Supporters and Family Hub Group Support).  Each had access to a range of training with a mentor pathway and mentor training in place across the Family Hub Network

-        There were 11 more potential peer supports within the recruitment process

-        A progression pathway was being explored to recruit Parenting Peer Support volunteers to be in place by the end of the programme

 

Home Learning Environment

-        47 families had completed PEEP to date (51 parents, 31 x 2 year olds and 23 x 3-4 year olds)

-        Home Learning Officers were now PEEP accredited Train and Trainers

-        Library Service agreement to deliver PEEP in libraries across the Borough

-        HLOs arranged to deliver PEEP in Early Years settings and schools from September

-        Deliver PEEP on a Saturday as from September

-        12 more PEEP facilitators to be trained in September and 12 more in November

-        Summer programme of PEEP stay and plays

-        Consultation during the summer to ensure Saturday delivery was family-led

 

Perinatal Mental Health and Parent-Infant Relationships

-        Green, amber and red pathways in place for universal and targeted support

-        Training was offered specific to perinatal mental health and parent infant relationships

 

Still lots to do

-        Transformation

Increase co-location and co-delivery in Family Hubs

Maximise building use, room bookings and partner collaboration

Hybrid meeting technology at each Family Hub

Installation of public access PCs in Family Hubs

Development of LiquidLogic portals

Further growth of Family Hub network

Programme of communications and further promotion

-        Parent-Carer Panel

Panel will continue to meet on a 8 weekly cycle

Further engagement between Panel sessions

-        Start for Life Offer

Printed documents within Baby Packs when live

-        Parenting Support

Improve reach through evening appointments

Analyse feedback to improve future training offer

Identify any gaps in practitioners’ training needs

-        Home Learning Environment

Increase number of PEEP Facilitators

Deliver PEEP outside Family Hubs

-        Infant Feeding

Achieve UNICEF accreditation Stage 1 by March

Have 3 breastfeeding champions in place

-        Perinatal Mental Health and Parent Infant Relationships

Further embed the evidence-based toolkit

Develop a framework for PNMH and PIR pathways

-        Sustainability

Carry out evaluation of 3-4 month universal pilot via PHIRST Light Programme

Consider Family Hub programme continuation options in light of any funding announcements in the Autumn

 

Discussion ensued on the presentation with the following issues raised/clarified:-

 

•         Family Hubs were a fantastic development with the public loving the joined up services

•         There was a national evaluation of Family Hubs ongoing with a survey having been received this week to support that evaluation.  Locally there was a lot of data in terms of success, getting better processes in place and getting a better understanding of the footfall.  There was also a parent survey; once a parent registered they were sent a survey and then 6 months later received a follow-up.  Some of the case studies put together were very powerful

•         It was not known what would happen after October with regard to funding.  There was a need to demonstrate how effective the Hubs were through the case studies/national survey/reporting

•         It was felt that parenting a teenager was just as/even more challenging that parenting a baby and that it should be included within the Hub.  Even though Family Hubs were for 0-19 years in reality the majority of the action plan and DfE funding was aimed at pre-school/the first 1001 days

•         The message needed to be made clear that Family Hubs were for 0-19 years

•         Should the issue of older children and transition points be included in the HWB Strategy refresh?

•         A number of the posts were contingent on funding with staff in short term posts

•         Acknowledgement that there was very little coverage in the south of the Borough and a need to open more sites

•         The key approach in terms of extending access was to identify further sites through the voluntary sector.  Elected Members, who had local knowledge, may be able to identify sites that would be suitable to fill any of the coverage gaps

 

Alex was thanked for his presentation.

 

Resolved:-  That the progress made and the issues to be addressed going forward be noted.