Neath Port Talbot Council has agreed to establish a pilot team to support young people with complex needs.
The pilot team will be developed to improve the process of young people with complex needs moving into adulthood. The initial focus of the team will be working with young people who are known to the Local Authority who have complex emotional, behavioural, or emerging mental health difficulties who are receiving support or care and, who often need continued support when they become an adult.
The new team will consist of a joint working approach between adult and children social services to make sure the transfer of care is in place before they reach the age of 18. Engaging with a young person at an earlier stage in their life will ensure the relevant care services for their needs are allocated well in advance of them becoming 18. This will help to remove the uncertainty of a sudden cut off point of services when a certain age is reached. Other benefits of joint working between the teams will include better use of information, improved planning and better management of outcomes for young people.
The team will be implemented in September for an initial period of 5 months and will work in addition to the Council’s established Transition Protocol for young people with physical and learning disabilities.
Councillor Alan Lockyer, Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Services said:
“We want to ensure the journey for young people moving into adulthood is as seamless as possible. Continuing to find ways to improve our services such as establishing a pilot team to allow services for children and adults to work more closely together is one way of doing this.
“It is a key priority of the Council to make a positive difference to the lives of all children and young people in care.”
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Tîm newydd i gefnogi pobl ifanc ag anghenion cymhleth
Mae Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot wedi cytuno i sefydlu tîm peilot i gefnogi pobl ifanc ag anghenion cymhleth.
Bydd y tîm peilot yn cael ei ddatblygu er mwyn gwella'r broses o droi'n oedolion i bobl ifanc ag anghenion cymhleth. Ffocws cychwynnol y tîm fydd gweithio gyda phobl ifanc sy’n hysbys i’r awdurdod lleol ac sydd ag anawsterau emosiynol, ymddygiad neu iechyd meddwl datblygol ac sy'n aml ag angen cefnogaeth barhaus wrth iddynt droi'n oedolion.
Bydd y tîm newydd yn mabwysiadu ymagwedd gweithio ar y cyd rhwng gwasanaethau cymdeithasol i oedolion ac i blant, gan sicrhau bod y trefniadau trosglwyddo gofal ar waith cyn iddynt gyrraedd 18 oed. Bydd ymgysylltu â pherson ifanc yn gynharach yn ei fywyd yn sicrhau y dyrennir y gwasanaethau gofal priodol i'w anghenion cyn iddo gyrraedd 18 oed. Bydd hyn yn helpu i leihau ansicrwydd pwynt sydyn pan ddaw gwasanaethau i ben wrth iddo gyrraedd oedran penodol. Ceir buddion eraill i weithio ar y cyd rhwng timau, gan gynnwys defnyddio gwybodaeth yn well, cynllunio gwell a rheoli canlyniadau i bobl ifanc yn well.
Bydd y tîm yn cael ei sefydlu ym mis Medi am gyfnod cychwynnol o 5 mis, a bydd yn gweithio ar ben Protocol Pontio sefydledig y cyngor i bobl ifanc ag anableddau corfforol a meddyliol.
Meddai'r Cynghorydd Alan Lockyer, Aelod y Cabinet dros y Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol i Blant,
"Rydym am sicrhau bod y daith o symud tuag at fod yn oedolion mor esmwyth â phosib i bobl ifanc. Rydym yn parhau i ddod o hyd i ffyrdd o wella ein gwasanaethau, ac mae sefydlu tîm peilot er mwyn galluogi gwasanaethau i blant ac i oedolion gydweithio’n agosach yn un ffordd o wneud hyn.
"Mae'n flaenoriaeth allweddol i'r cyngor allu gwneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol i fywyd pob plentyn a pherson ifanc sy'n derbyn gofal." More stories