AYRSHIRE FAST TRACK PILOT

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AYRSHIRE FAST TRACK PILOT

• 05 FEBRUARY 2003 SEPTEMBER 2005
• Partners East, North and South Ayrshire
  Councils
• Childrens Panel Members
• Training Staff and CPACs
• N.C.H. (Scotland)
• Police
• Scottish Childrens Reporters Administration
• SACRO (Ayrshire)
• Scottish Executive

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WHAT DID WE DO?

• September 02 - Notified participation in the
  Pilot
• October 02 - Established Ayrshire Implementation
  Group
• Agreed Lead Authority
• Core Membership
• Timetable for meetings
• Established Sub-groups
• Process
• Community Resources
• Training
• ISSC Unit
• Media
• November 02 - Advertising/Recruiting Staff
• November/December 02 - Training Programme
  agreed/commenced
• February 03 - Pilot Launched

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WHAT DID WE AGREE

• Lead Authority - South Ayrshire Council
• Comprehensive Assessment Report
• Action Plan/Working Agreement/Contract
  Format
• Review System
• Training
• Media Announcements
• Community Resources

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HOW DID WE DO IT?

• Models of Intervention/Resource
• EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL
• Dedicated Youth Justice Team
• Fast Track located within this team
• Staffing 2 Fast Track Social Workers
• 2 Support Workers (N.C.H.)
• additional Youth Support Staff
• Management Youth Justice Fast Track
  Children and Families

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NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL

• Integrated model within existing services
• Children and Families Team
• Young People Support Team
• Crisis Intervention Project
• Screening - Area Resource Group Weekly meetings
• Staffing - 12 Fast Track Workers
• 4 Resource Workers
• Management Children and Families
  Criminal Justice Service

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SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL

• Dedicated Fast Track/Youth Justice Social Workers
  located within Children and Families Team
• Parallel working - Children and Families Team
• - Youth Support Team
• - Throughcare Team
• Screening - Young Offenders Resource Group -
• multi disciplinary weekly
• Staffing - 2 plus 1 Fast Track Social Workers
• 1 Support worker (N.C.H.)
• Management Children and Families Fast
  Track Criminal Justice
• Team Meetings Monthly

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WHAT HAS OUR EXPERIENCE BEEN?

• Source Implementation Group
• Operational Front Line Staff (Scoping
  Exercise)
• Operational Managers
• Planning Critical/essential that key players
  are at the centre of the Project
• Background Research
• Profile of young people e.g. age, gender,
  anticipated
• nos
• Timeframe realistic to task
• Resources Timescales for ISSC (not available
  for much of Pilot)
• Forensic Psychologist (not available)
• Training Needs to be disseminated to all staff
• Referrals Initial Bulge (overwhelmed)
• Numbers have greatly exceeded expectation
• Children already known subject to SRO/SW
• Intervention/robust care plans in place Fast
  Track
• offered access to shared assessment/additional
  resources/assisted in meeting gaps in
  provision
• Threshold for entry age/category of offence
  to low?
• Exit Criteria too rigid
• Reporter Discretion needs to be expanded

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FAST TRACK REFERRALS AS AT 4 MARCH 2005In
October 03 South Ayrshire had 28 case which
resulted in an overall total of 66 Report Requests
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• Communication Strategy - Staff identified that
  they would have benefited in having access to
  an information sharing system/structure
  (in some areas)
• Not all staff are aware of the
  Pilot/purpose/expectations (e.g.
  teachers, careers, Health, Residential
  School)
• Inter/Intra Agency Practice Forum
• Multi Disciplinary Issues - Policy/Practice
  impact on task e.g.
• Education/Police
• Data Sharing SCRA
• Key Partners support essential
  e.g. Health/Education

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WHAT WERE THE RESOURCES?

• Utilised and built on existing resources and
  services
• Established additional posts (Social Work,
  Voluntary Organisations, Reporters)
• Resource Officer (data collection, admin and
  communication support for the Partnership)
• Education/Training/Project North Ayrshire
  Council
• NCH Community Support Team Education/Traini
  ng and Mentoring Project
• SACRO (Ayrshire) - Restorative Justice (60
  places)
• Change Project - Social Worker to work with
  sexually aggressive young people
• Forensic Psychologist
• Intensive Structured Supported Care Unit (ISSC)
• 5 bedded unit
• Family Placements
• Outreach
• Mentoring Project
• Structured Intervention Programme

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WHAT WAS THE TRAINING?

• Children Panel Members all trained in take Fast
  Track Cases (inter agency)
• YLS (Risk Assessment Tool) all Children and
  Families, Youth Justice, Criminal Justice
• Crime Pics II
• Youth Offending Programme(s) (inter and intra
  agency)
• Tim Chapman Time to Grow Cascade Model
• Robert Ross Pro Social Modelling
• Talking Heads Teen Talk.Just Like
• CONSULTATION/DEVELOPMENT
• Jan/Feb 2003 - Initial 4 day training Inter
  Authority front line staff
• Oct 2003 - Tim Chapman facilitated follow-up
  processMar 2004 - Communication Strategy Inter
  Authority/Inter Agency
• Nov 2004 - Scoping Exercise

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WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED? - WHAT WORKED?

• High Level of Commitment from Staff
• High Quality Core Assessment Reports
• Detailed Care and Action Plans with support
  services and resources agreed
• Identified key staff responsible for tasks
• Improved timescales
• Established internal review systems
• Improved relationships - Multi/Inter Agency e.g.
  better relationships have developed with Courts,
  Criminal Justice Teams and Childrens Hearing
  System
• Significant improvement in Partnership working
  because of the expectation of the Pilot and new
  resources
• Improved Inter/Intra communications
• Closer relationships between the three
  authorities
• Sharing of Best Practice
• Inter agency forum (Childrens Hearing/Social
  Work/Reporter)
• Inter agency meeting between Local
  Authority/Reporters/SCRA/Practice Team/Staff
• Pan Ayrshire commissioning of resources
• Pan Ayrshire joint training
• Panel Members quote Fast Track works, I have
  seen children whom I thought nothing would work
  with respond to Fast Track and change their
  behaviour completely"

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TAKING FORWARD

• Joint Communication Strategy Action Planning
• Planning/Sharing Best Practice/Practitioners
  Forum
• Joint Training/Programmes