CHYPS, Early Intertvention, 2013 Convention

1. “Early Intervention”
eif.org.uk
@TheEIFoundation
Carey Oppenheim
CEO Early Intervention Foundation

2. TODAY….
 WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
 OUR OPTIONS
 WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
 EARLY INTERVENTION… AND WHY?
 A CROSS SECTOR VIEW – POLICE, HEALTH
 THE CHALLENGE
 THE EARLY INTERVENTION FOUNDATION
 WORKING TOGETHER…

3. WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG
AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
As a nation we are paying a significant price for failure…
 £70,000 – the cost of each child with untreated behavioural problems, 10
times the cost of children without behavioural problems
 £59,000 - the average annual cost for a young person to be placed in a
young offenders institution
 £10m a day - the productivity loss to the state as a result of youth
unemployment
 £2.9bn – the current total cost of children in care, half of which is spent
with dealing with children who have been abused
 Source: Early Intervention:The Next Steps, report by Graham Allen MP, January 2011

4. WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG
AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

5. OUR OPTIONS
We can either address these problems after they have occurred
or we can take notice of their early warning signs and try to
prevent them – both saving individuals from traumatic
experiences and taxpayers from incurring the costs of
cleaning up the damage.

6. WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
CASE STUDY – FAMILY INTERVENTION
PROJECT
 Police social care and education referred family to
FIP
 4 eldest children not in school for 18 months
 No parental discipline. Father suffered depression,
mother alcohol dependent
 Danger of homelessness
 FIP convened multi-agency conference
 Education and training provision for children
 Tenancy agreements in place
 No further anti-social behaviour and all children

7. WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
CASE STUDY – FAMILY NURSE PARTNERSHIP
 17, pregnant with first child
 Chaotic family life, historical involvement of social
services
 Community midwife referred mum & unborn baby to
social services, due to history
 Worked with FNP to talk through past problems and
complete assessment with social care
 No child protection plan was required, a relief for
Gemma and a considerable cost saving for social
care.

8. EARLY INTERVENTION
Every child needs support to achieve their potential but some children
require extra help along the way.
Early Intervention is about getting additional, timely and effective
support to children who need it - preventing costly, long-term and
traumatic consequences and enabling them to flourish.
 0-18
 Social and emotional skills, language and communication and mental
health
 Targeted

9. WHY EARLY INTERVENTION
So why Early Intervention?
If we use the significant evidence base informing many Early Intervention
programmes to get on the front foot and address potential problems in the lives of
children and families in time, our approach will be more effective and can be
significantly cheaper.
Cost of Early Intervention
Estimated lifetime cost of conduct
Programme
problems/ disorder
Group parenting programme £600900 per child
Cost of conduct problems £75,000
Intensive parenting programme
(going into the household) £4,000
per child
Cost of conduct disorder £225,000

10. A CROSS SECTOR VIEW - POLICE
(Early Intervention) is a far more efficient use of
public funds and there is a wealth of evidence to
illustrate what an effective crime prevention tool it
can be. (It) presents an opportunity to reduce
future demand for many public services including
health, education and the social services…
At a time of contracting budgets, many would say
they cannot afford to take on early intervention.
My view is that we cannot afford not to.
Chief Superintendent Irene
Curtis

11. A CROSS SECTOR VIEW - HEALTH
We need to broaden the way we think so
that the goal is always about prevention
and early intervention over illness and
treatment
Duncan Selbie, CEO Public Health
England

12. THE CHALLENGE
Support for early childhood interventions for disadvantaged
children is a pretty good bet for economies interested in
bolstering long-run growth and economic mobility.
It's not the sort of programme with a strong political
constituency, however, and so in an environment of weak
growth and broad austerity, it's the sort of investment that's
likely to get cut while corporate subsidies and benefits for
retirees are maintained.

13. MAKING A DIFFERENCE –
THE EARLY INTERVENTION FOUNDATION
 Assess, Advise and Advocate
 Convening power
 What Works Centre – “Since resources will always be
limited, we should provide interventions which have been shown
through proper evaluation to be effective.” [Archibald
Cochrane, 1972]

14. WORKING TOGETHER…
We share CHYPS priorities …
 Placing the needs and aspirations of young people as core to our
function
 Improving outcomes for young people
 Young people’s personal and social development
http://www.chyps.org.uk/about-us

15. WORKING TOGETHER…
Effective youth programmes
Who is it aimed
at?
Functional Family
Therapy
LifeSkills Training
11-18, at risk of
delinquency
11-14
Families and
Schools Together
Success for All
What is the impact
of the programme?
How much
does it cost?
Benefit to
taxpayers
Benefit to
society as a
whole
Reduced crime
£2,600
£6,900
£31,500
Reduced crime
Reduced alcohol
and drug use
£27
£110
£290
5-10, at risk
Better behaviour
£230
£240
£700
4-11
Higher attainment
£190
£880
£2,700

16. Thank you
eif.org.uk
@TheEIFoundation