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Supporting Leicestershire Families:Leicestershire definition and locality
breakdown
Mother has mental health problems
No parent in the family is working
Family lives in poor-quality or overcrowded housing
No parent has any qualifications
At least one parent has a long-standing limiting illness, disability or infirmity
Family cannot afford a number of food and clothing items
Family has low income (below 60% of the median)
Poor parenting
Truancy, exclusion or low educational attainment
Family in debt
Drugs or alcohol misuse
Marriage, relationship or family breakdown
Domestic violence
Child protection issues
Risk factors attributed to families with 5 or more disadvantages (from) Families At Risk: Background on families with multiple disadvantages, Social Exclusion Taskforce Research Report, 2007
Additional risk factors from families supported through family intervention (NatCen, Mar 2010).
Child Behavioural Problems
Child Substance abuse problems
Teenage Parent(s)
NEET
Child is a carer
Limited support network
Adult with learning difficulties Communications problems
Involvement in crime/ASB
Family Risk Factors
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Local definition for Leics most complex families
Out of 23 potential risks/issues– More than 5 risks/issues = Troubled Family– Any family with an open Child Protection Plan not in the
above = Troubled Family– Add to this any family not in the above but has 2 or more
of:-• Alcohol Misuse• Drugs Misuse• Violence or abuse• Crime/ASB• Mental Health
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Any family presenting 2-4 risks not in the TF category
= a At Risk Familye.g. at risk of becoming Troubled
Sources of Family Data Children’s Social Care – Framework i
CAF – CAF Access database
Free School Meals -CAPITA One
Unauthorised absences from school – CAPITA One
Exclusions– CAPITA One
Family Intervention Projects – Manual return from FIP Records/Key Worker knowledge
Children's Centres Manual return from Outreach Worker knowledge
Pupil Referral Units – CAPITA One
Attendance Improvement Service – CAPITA One
Statements of Educational Needs – CAPITA One
Probation Service – manual trawl through casework files
YOS/YISP - RAISE
District Councils – manual returns from Community Safety
Children’s Centres – manual returns from non-CYPS staff
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12500+ households known
across these datasets
Of 1300 most complex families… 50% are reported to be involved in ASB/crime 25% are proven youth offenders 57% solely or heavily reliant upon state benefits 75% of families in receipt of some benefit 26% are in receipt of Free School Meals 96% have some family dysfunction risk: 66% of families affected by violence and/or abuse in the home 64% have educational risks: 25% have at least one child with >15% unauthorised absence from school 13% have had at least one exclusion in 2011 Only 5% have a child with a Statement of Educational Needs but TFs account for
14% of SENs with BESD/ASD 50% of households have some form of mental health problem 33% have drug misuse problems 28% have alcohol misuse problems 36% of families have a limiting physical health condition 5
Leicestershire’s most complex families Profile: 1300
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1 in 2 families involved in crime / ASB
57% solely or heavily reliant upon state benefits
75% actually in receipt of benefits
96% have at least one family dysfunction risk
DV, Behaviour, Poor Parenting, Safeguarding, unstable relationships etc
64% have educational risks truancy, >15%, SEN, exclusions,
class behaviour, PRU
49% of households have some form of mental health problem
Rises to 81% with Alcohol & Drug misuse
36% of families have a physical health condition
Leicestershire’s 1300 most complex families make up…
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77% of Domestic Violence Casework
Sourced from pilot work Summer 2010
48% of Attendance Improvement Service cases
100% of Probation Casework where probationer is a parent
79% of Youth Offending Service Casework
70% of families assessed by children’s social care
are either TF or Threshold (Initial or Core)
96% of CAF CasesTF (69% of casework)
Threshold (27% of casework)
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Leicestershire’s most complex families – c1300
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Count of Leicestershire’s most complex and threshold families –
c3,300
Threshold and most complex families by postcode
N.B. Each point may represent more than one family