embracing family led safety planning for an injured...
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Embracing family led safety planning for an
injured babyPauline Barrett, Group Manager and
Stephanie Snow, Practice Manger, Children Looked After – West Sussex County Council
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Our Journey
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2013 Whole Systems
Implementation
2015 Full Service
Redesign
Billy’s Story § 7 months old§ Previously unknown to us – hospital
presentation with fracture§ Not a single issue case§ Parents hostile and isolated § Previous safety planning not successful
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Anxiety and Challenge§ Challenging the existing
trajectory of the care plan§ Safety planning and family
networks in high risk case work§ Fear and anxiety – what if it all
goes wrong?§ Don’t panic – use of supervision
and professional challenge
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§ Holding the risk –knowing your plan
§ Is it good enough? Is it safe enough?
Common Language and Practice
§ Handing over to North Yorkshire
§ Understanding each other and common challenges
§ Positive working relationships
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A word from Sandra …
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It was clear on my first meeting the family/friends
network that they were fully on board with the
Signs of Safety process, they own the safety plan and they constantly talk and look for safety or
solutions. I have learned so much from working with
them.
On flicking through the pack I saw Danger
Statements and then a Safety Plan and then
Words and Pictures … how very exciting I thought….
The handover phase and talk about worries for future
harm/risk helped to consolidate in my head the SOS work you had already
done and by the time it came to NYCC fully taking on the case, to me it felt like an
ongoing stage of the process rather than everything
starting again or even going backwards.
Impact on Family Network
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Impact on Family Network
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Reflections on Billy’s Case
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• Realistic about what success looks like
• Networks that work
• Use what works for you to hold the risk
• Make the work expected notexceptional
Impact of Billy’s case§ Reflections on past practice§ Our commitment to family led safety
planning
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