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Disclosures of Personal & Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City & County of Swansea, no interests were declared. |
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Minutes: Simon Jones, Social Services Strategy and Performance
Improvement Officer provided a powerpoint presentation in order
to understand the implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) for
citizens. The presentation
outlined the background and definition of what constitutes an ACE. It detailed how many adults in Wales had been
exposed to each ACE, the prevalence of how many citizens were affected, the
risk to citizens, its impact on citizen well-being and how we could consider
dealing with this differently for our citizens via: Ø Different way of looking at journey into
services / needs / pathways / support roles; Ø Supporting whole system thinking about public
services – currently services are commissioned to deal with a single problem, eg tenancy support, pupil referral, family support; Ø Potential for network of ACE informed / aware
organisations in Swansea; Ø Potential for identifying safe places; Ø Promoting ‘kindness’ / ACE awareness at all
front door / public-facing access points; Ø Just having the ACE’s conversation can make a
difference to citizens. An ACE support hub had been established in 2017 by Cymru
Well Wales to address ACE’s and their impact in Wales through a whole system
approach and to drive the achievement of the collective vision for Wales as a
world leader in ACE-free childhoods. Discussions centred around the following: - ·
Acknowledgement
that the Government are now highlighting ACE’s; ·
Health
& Safety training for Teachers on how to handle children with mental health
issues was highlighted; ·
The need
to be able to identify and quantify the factors in an attempt to ‘break the
cycle’; ·
Bullying
in schools could also be seen as an ACE – schools require consistency of how to
identify and deal with cases; ·
Various
stages to consider: o
Pre-birth; o
The
First 1000 days; o
Transition
to senior / comprehensive school; o
Transition
into adulthood; ·
This has
been ongoing for many years, it is not a new concept; ·
A
partnership approach with Police, Health, etc. is required; ·
Consider
focusing on parents who were due to become first time parents – again in a bid
to break the cycle; ·
Work
already ongoing in Flying Start, Child Protection, Team around the Family; ·
Consider
having a ‘Statement of Purpose’, such as a kindness statement so it can be instilled
into our culture; ·
Perhaps
there could be an ‘add on’ to the Safeguarding Strategy / training which is
mandatory for all staff – everyone’s responsibility to include information on
ACEs; ·
Reiterated
that maternity services and health visitors were the key people who could
identify cases at an early stage; ·
Need to
raise awareness of ACEs to everyone; ·
Public
Health Wales already undertaking much work on ACEs – there is an ACEs framework
in existence; ·
Swansea
Public Services Board has recently signed up to First 1000 days collaborative; ·
The
extremely high cost to public services throughout the life of someone with
ACE’s, which again highlighted the need for early intervention. The Chair thanked the Social Services Strategy and Performance Improvement Officer for his presentation. Resolved that: 1)
The
presentation be noted; 2)
At its
next meeting on 19 September 2018 the Committee consider: a.
The
ACE’s framework; b.
The
concept of a ‘Statement of Purpose’. |
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Work Plan 2018-2019. PDF 93 KB Minutes: The Chair presented the Work Plan for 2018-2019. Resolved that: 1) The Work Plan be noted; 2) The meeting scheduled for 19 September 2018 consider: ACE’s – To what extent is the Council already ACE informed to; · Receive information regarding the ACE’s framework; · Consider a ‘Statement of Purpose’. |