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so Steven tell me about him he's CP
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visits every 10 working days it's a bit
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odd I'm not really sure what to do
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mum's engaging really well the house is
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much better
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Steven school attendance is a little
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better but still not great okay tell me
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a bit more his attendance has gone up
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from 60% to 82% last term mum's always
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there the house looks alright okay what
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are you worried about dad is sofa
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surfing and his new partners pregnant
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and he hits her when they were in town
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last weekend he's still using but he
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goes to his drug appointments and
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they're pleased with him hmm sounds like
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a mixed picture what mutters to Steven
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what are his personal outcomes he likes
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to see his dad he goes to visit his
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paternal nan and sees his dad sometimes
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then on their own or with a man on their
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own what do you think about that I'm not
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sure I've asked Steven about it and he
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says everything's fine mum doesn't seem
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to be worried and I can't reach none to
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ask her would Steven tell anyone if he
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was frightened when he was in contact
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with his dad I don't know he knows why
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were involved and he knows his dad is a
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drug user but he loves him and so I
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don't know that I know enough about the
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situation to be able to say that he
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would or wouldn't say that sounds like
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something you may need to find out more
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about yes okay
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so there's an action there how will you
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go about it first I want to speak to Mum
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and nan I wonder if we should think
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about asking nan to supervised contact
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at the moment although I am a bit
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worried about dad assaulting her if she
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carries on not answering my calls I'll
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have to go run to the house and I'll try
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and get hold of dad as well although he
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is a bit more difficult to
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back down I could go to the drug service
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to see him and what direct work will be
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undertaken with Stephen what safety plan
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will be put in place if he feels unsafe
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for Dad I'll explore contact with
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Stephen and talk to him about what he
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could do if he ever feels unsafe
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maybe there's a member of the family he
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could call but given his age he'll
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probably still try and have contact with
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his dad anyway so it's a good idea to
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explore a safety plan okay that's a good
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idea
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what about an ex CP conference well at
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this point I think I have to recommend
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continued registration even though he's
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been on the register for two years go on
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what specifically concerns you mum's
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doing well but she hasn't come to the
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last six core group meetings I asked her
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about it and she said there was an issue
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with the transport but when I went to
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pick her up she didn't answer the door
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and the next day she asked me where I
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was I wonder what it's like for her to
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come to a call called meeting what do
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core groups mean to her and Stephen well
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when I think about it they are focused
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on the risks so between the school
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talking about attendance and health
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talking about substance misuse and the
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revisiting of the plan and the risks
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maybe they're just not very nice for
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them tell me about the strengths what's
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going well she's done well with the
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school the ewo says the attendance is
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his problem to worry about and she's
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worked well on home conditions she's
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always there she's really interactive
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but it's a shame she won't come to the
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core group meetings it sounds like there
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are some positives here core groups are
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important to identify the risks but it's
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equally important to identify what's
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going well for the family yes maybe I
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should think about having a chat with
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mum and Steven about making the meetings
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nicer and more accessible so that
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everyone's reviewing the outcomes of the
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plan
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there's more reasons for them to come
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let's think about this there's been some
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positive changes from them something has
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led to some change what do you think
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that is well I think the PLO was a
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wake-up call for her to realize that it
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wasn't just about dad's behavior it was
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also about how she was caring for Steven
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as she didn't have a great time as a
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child
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so anything Steven was getting was
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better than what she had but during the
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CP visits we spent some time talking
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about what she and Steven wanted for his
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future and how they were going to be a
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family now and she also heard Steven
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saying things like he wanted to invite
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his friends around but he couldn't
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because of the mess and that he wanted
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to go to school every day but he found
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it difficult to get up in the morning
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and once he hadn't been on a Monday it
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was more difficult to go on a Tuesday
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and so on so it was important for them
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to learn what matters to Steven yes we
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explored this and what she felt her role
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was and she shifted a little what's
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helped her to do this this sounds
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different we tried to focus on what the
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important things were to change at home
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so in terms of risk she could see why
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people were worried she wants the best
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for Steven so we have a shared purpose
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and we've taken things one step at a
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time we're not there yet but I need to
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help support them to see what else needs
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to improve so that people become less
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worried and Steven can invite his
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friends around and go to school every
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day what are you most worried about at
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the moment what are the priority risks
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well I think Dad is an unknown mums
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attendance at the core groups does worry
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me and Stevens been on the register for
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so long
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hundred is worth looking at that maybe
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thinking about a chronology we have got
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a chronology of dates of registration
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drug use and so on does it look at what
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the context was so rather than just
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dates of registration or school
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attendance but including what else was
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going on - I don't
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trying a patent on what it looked like
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when things were going well no not
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really
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what would they like to happen in the
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short medium and longer-term
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I could ask them that question
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it could help clarify the priority risks
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their strengths and what needs to happen
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in the future to improve matters and
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think about what the family have found
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useful in the past and how they can best
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understand what we're worried about yes
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okay yes so you'll consider what the
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priority risks are dad and contacts
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sustaining change and your actions are
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to explore a little more have those
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outcome focused conversations with the
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family to help them identify what
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matters to them in the future should we
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oblate the assessment you think it might
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be an idea so a child assessment and a
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chronology bring all the information
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together speak to who you need to look
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at the strengths and risks and good
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enough outcomes and we'll go from there
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anything else about Stephen no that's
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all okay
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it was next
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you
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