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Single team will deliver early
intervention and youth services
From 1 January, Croydon’s early intervention and youth
services will be merged into a single management
structure. With a focus on family issues, the service will
support people from conception to the age of 19.
There will be five teams working under head of
service Dwynwen Stepien.
- Prevention through partnership (Denise Clements):
supporting families by commissioning early-years
support services, coordinating and signposting
voluntary sector provision and working with children’s
centres. Offering traded services through arts projects
and the outdoor and well-being project.
- Locality early help and support (Debby
MacCormack): building capacity of universal service
providers to carry out thorough assessments and
provide effective support to families with young
children.
- Children and young people’s resilience service
(Simon Townend): reducing the numbers of young
people going into care or becoming involved with
the criminal justice system through the Turnaround
Centre and outreach workers. Leading on triage for
early help on multi-agency safeguarding hub
assessments.
- Family resilience and justice service (Paula Doherty):
Intensive support for troubled families, and support
and advice, through the family justice centre, for
victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
- Youth offending service (Ray Maguire): Reducing
reoffending rates and tackling gang-related
behaviour.
Contact Dwynwen Stepien for more information, or if you
would like a team briefing in January when the service goes
live.
‘…the service will
support people from
conception to the age
of 19.’