BUDGET HOLDING LEAD PROFESSIONAL PILOT

We are one of only three 'Budget Holding lead Professional Pilots' in the North West. What we are doing has been highly praised by the Government Office in their evaluation of all the pilots nationally. The evaluation says "Trafford's is a good report and an excellent case study demonstrating a strong example of multi-agency working. It is particularly good to see continuing progress with CAF (Common Assessment Framework) assessments and the training strategy running precisely to timescale and the significant numbers of children, young people and families supported through BHLP. We also recognise sound progress with EBHLP". A big well done to Donna Mair, in our Commissioning and Service Development Team, and her colleagues for making this such a successful pilot.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Where staff or visitors with a disability frequent any premises, it is the responsibility of the employer or person in charge of the building to ensure that they can be safely evacuated from the building in an emergency. A guidance document (Guidance on the Emergency Evacuation of People with Disabilities) has been produced by the Council and is available on the intranet under Health and Safety called Fire Safety - People with Disabilities. It gives advice and the procedure to be followed by the person with the disability, the manager and the Responsible Person for the building. Staff members and frequent visitors will need to be assessed individually whereas a building where there are occasional visitors will need to have a standard set of plans. For further advice please contact Barry Smith, Fire Safety Advisor on 912 5842.

PARENTING PRACTITIONERS

We have received funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for two Parenting Practitioner posts to deliver parenting support in the Borough. Their remit will be to "deliver evidence based, structured parenting programmes on a one to one and group basis. They should target the parents of children and young people whom local agencies (e.g. schools, children's centres, housing, health services, anti-social behaviour teams etc) agree to be at risk or those parents with problems that are known to put their children at risk, for example, parents who are offenders (including those in prison and involved in domestic violence), have mental health problems or with drug and alcohol problems".

Chris Pratt Corporate Director Trafford Children and Young People's Service

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