Brighton
& Hove Daybreak Programme
Daybreak in Brighton & Hove is managed by Lis
Gohrisch,
our project manager, and Rachel Barry,
our Senior Practitioner. The Brighton & Hove programme has been running
since September 2003. It is funded by the Brighton & Hove Children & Young
People’s
Trust to take referrals. Families can also contact the project themselves
to ask for a FGC. Download a Brighton
& Hove Programme Referral Form.
The aim of the project is to:
Enable
families to make their own plans to help keep everyone safe.
Promote
reunification of existing looked after children with their families.
Provide
a FGC for a child or young person who is at risk of becoming looked after
by the Local Authority.
To
divert children from the court process where possible in accordance with
the Public Law outline.
The Brighton & Hove
Daybreak project places a big emphasis on the children and young people
having their views heard at the meeting that
is planning for them. Children having an FGC in Brighton & Hove
have the option of having an independent advocate and about 70% of
children
over five choose this option, other children presented their views
themselves or with the support of family friends or known professionals.
In
2007 we commissioned some independent research about the impact of
advocacy on all particpants experience of the FGC process and on
outcomes. Copies of the research document Under
the Table or at the Table are available directly from daybreak.
 Some
of the project's outcomes include: FGCs have
supported families and professionals in tackling both “major” issues
such as where children should live, how they can be safe, basic
issues of physical care, and more “minor” issues
that greatly affect children’s emotional well being such
as good contact with family members and the detail of how family
time and care is organised. All children for
whom emotional and/or physical health was an issue and all children
for whom safety was an issue had their plans agreed by attending
service providers. The project continues
to receive a high number of referrals for unborn babies and are able
make plans for these children to remain safely within their families. 100% of children
referred because of a request for LA accommodation remained within
their immediate or extended family while 95% of children already
accommodated had plans to return to live with the immediate or extended
family. |
"Everyone presented their thoughts and was given every opportunity to be heard." - A relative. "My views were included a lot, because the plan includes my worries which were drinking, arguments, housing, patience, money and writing." - A child. |
Contact
the Brighton & Hove
Daybreak Programme:
Brighton & Hove
FGC Project - Lis Gorisch
Maritime House, Basin Road North,
Hove, East Sussex BN41 1WR
Telephone 01273 384900
Email admin@daybreakfgc.org.uk
Or contact Lis
Gohrisch on 07739716126
Email lisgohrisch@daybreakfgc.org.uk
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The
name 'Daybreak' is translated from the Maori word 'Puao-te-ata-tu'.
This was the title of the report from which the concept of family group conferences
first began.
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