West Belfast Family Support Hubs

Locality Planning Group

West Belfast Family Support

Hubs

April 2015 – December 2016

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Coverage of West Belfast

Greater Shankill Family Support Hub : Greater Shankill Partnership

Upper Springfield / Whiterock Hub : Whiterock Children’s Centre

Greater Falls Family Support Hub : Blackie River Community Group

Outer West Family Support Hub: Community Restorative Justice Ireland

West Belfast Family Support Hubs How much did we do?

1303

1774

1024 1099

Number of Families Referred Child / Children (C) Parent / Parents (P) Telephone enquiry/advice only

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Household composition

874

377

11 10 10 9

7

3 1 1

Home (one parent)

Home (both parents)

Guardian

Home (one parent + partner)

Kinship Carer/s

Young person over 18

Parents-living separately

Young mum living at home withparents

Widow /Widower

Separation throughimprisonment

West Belfast Family Support Hubs

Children’s Age & Disability

541

661

424

131

17

0-4 age range

5-10 age range

11-15 age range

16-17 age range

Parent under 18 years

118

317

165

Physical

Learning

Sensory

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Children’s profile

1543

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

White

46

29 29 28 30

25

19

7 5 4 4

2 1 1 1

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Parents' profile

36

26

21

14 12

10 9

5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

877

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

White

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Referring agency

7

2

2

3

13

17

19

30

31

32

32

34

41

53

69

87

115

318

398

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

Other

Political Party

Statutory Agency not stated

Adult Mental Health Services

Allied Health Professsionals

Statutory Agency - Housing Provider

Other Social Work Services

CAMHS

Gateway

Education Welfare Service

Re-Referral

Hostel

GPs/Nurse

Voluntary organisation

Health Visitor

School

SureStart

Community organisation

Self referral

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Reasons for referral - 1

111

111

116

122

139

151

193

195

209

269

343

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Counselling services for children/young people

Youth activities/support

Adult Mental health Issues

EBD support for parents

Child care support

One to one support for young people

Parenting programmes/parenting support

Financial support

Practical support e.g. food, clothes, furniture...

Disability support

EBD support -children &YP

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Reasons for referral - 2

1

7

10

4

8

9

15

19

24

28

30

32

39

39

44

49

50

54

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Imprisonment

Illness

Trauma

Young carer

Domestic violence

Homelessness

Self harming (child)

School attendance

Offending for children and young people

Emotional support for child (bullying, separation etc.)

Drug/alcohol related harm/abuse by child or young person (0-18)(parents)

Housing

Education and employment support

Self-care support

Bereavement support Adult&Child

Counselling services for parent/s/families

Family breakdown

BME Support-reintergration prog

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Unmet Need

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

3

4

4

4

4

5

6

10

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Adult Mental health Issues

Drug/alcohol related harm/abuse by child/yp (0-18)

Financial support

Medical Reasons

Specialist Advice

Bereavement support adult/child

Youth activities/support

Summer Scheme

Emotional&behavioural difficulty support for primary children

Child care support

Disability support

Emotional&behavioural difficulty support-parents

English Classes

Parenting programmes/parenting support

Counselling services for children/young people

Afterschools Support

Total unmet need : 51

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Gaps/services on demand

Asd/Adhd assessment / support : ASD referrals diagnosed and yet to be diagnosed- requests around emotional regulation and behaviour management, parent support while awaiting asd assessment. Financial support Mentoring / personal development for 7-10 year olds (not counselling) Childcare support while parents attend support services (education/ training/ specialist appointments), or for integration purposes. Afterschool services English classes for new comers

West Belfast Family Support Hubs Is anyone better off?

1. Parent stated they very relieved that services were available- mum felt alone & very concerned that her son was becoming out of control. 2. Parent asked for help with her child`s “uncontrollable behaviour” and was referred for one to one support. Mum said “I think it was great, glad we were referred to it, I can see the difference in him, and my son hugs me now. Asks if I’m alright.” 3. A family with 4 children were referred to the Hub as mother was suffering from anxiety struggling to cope with her 13 year old son`s risk taking behaviour. The family attended a Strengthening Families Parenting Programme and mum reports that “so far the outcomes are positive and the experience with the Hub was very beneficial to their family”. 4. A family with 3 young children. Dad was terminally ill and subsequently died. They received support from a range of organisations with regard to child care, food, parenting and bereavement. The parent fed back to the health visitor that she was very pleased with how kind and supportive the hub was to her family.

Family feedback