Evaluation of a Multi-Agency Abuse and Trauma Recovery Service
1. Evaluation of an Abuse
and Trauma Recovery
Service: A Multi-Agency
Collaboration
Evelyn Cook – PhD Researcher, University of Stirling
Bryan Evans – Assistant Director, Children 1st (West of Scotland)
2. Argyll and Bute Recovery from Abuse and
Trauma
…local services help children to heal, and their families to recover,
from abusive experiences.
Who it is for … children and young people between 5 and 18 years
who have been affected by either domestic abuse or sexual abuse.
What we do … offer young people a safe environment … build a
trusting relationship
… through a range of therapeutic supports … counselling skills, art,
play
… help them understand and cope with their feelings.
…to take charge of their healing and recovery … encourage them
to develop trusting relationships with safe boundaries in the future
3. Evaluation of an Abuse and
Trauma Recovery Service
Quality/Impact of the service
Accessibility of the service
Partnership Working
4. Evaluation of an Abuse and
Trauma Recovery Service
How effective is the ATR Service in providing an
integrated service for children and young
people who have difficulties with mental health
or wellbeing as a result of experiencing abusive
or traumatic events?
6. Source of Referral Total
Health
Community Health Nurse 1
GP 2
Health Visitor 1
Psychiatrist 1
School Nurse 1
Education
Educational Psychologist 7
Head Teacher 4
Social Care
Family Worker 1
Social Care Worker 1
Support Worker 1
Social Worker 18
Social Work Assistant 3
Third Sector Young Carers 1
Total 42
8. Resource and
Screening Panel
Educational Psychology
Social Work
Management
Practitioners
Children 1st Management
Joint
accountability
Reduction
in waste
Effective
signposting
Shared
focus
9. Independency
Non-Clinical Work
Consultation
Training
Local Authority Practitioner Forum
Policy Development
Trust & consistency
Additional choice
Reduced stigma
Increased accessibility for referrers
11. 42% of referrals for Looked After Children
A service for Social Work?
Support for Families and Foster Carers
Therapeutic Framework/Approach
Service Remit & Focus
12. Benefits
Shared professional
expertise
Range of therapeutic
approaches / paradigms
Flexibility in delivery
Challenges
Opportunities for
partnership working
Referral criteria
Service Structures and
Context
Integrated Working
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