Case Study – The Hawkins family:
Case Study – The Hawkins family Referred by Social Services
Living in a LA tenancy
Family
Mum Jane
James 19
Kyle 16
Jordan 14
Sam 12
Chloe 9
Presenting Issues:
Presenting Issues Anti-social behaviour
Intimidation of shop owners
Criminal damage
Noise nuisance, excessive shouting and arguing
Violence
Assault on a PC
Affray
Assessment – the root causes of ASB:
Assessment – the root causes of ASB ADHD in Kyle and Jordan
Cannabis smoking
Excessive drinking
Kyle self-harming
Kyle and Jordan not in school for over a year
Intergenerational violence
Domestic abuse towards mum
Mum out of control of family and lacking in parenting skills
No house rules, boundaries or routines
Large amounts of debt
Significant event – father committed suicide I prison prior to SHSS involvement
Interventions:
Interventions Work with mum around setting boundaries, rules and routines
Set up behaviour contracts and all curfews with children
Support worker attended debt counselling with mum and advocated on her behalf with lenders
Arranged a referral for children to receive bereavement counselling
Worked with whole family around respecting each others opinions – one-to-one and as a family unit
Encouraged mum to spend quality time with the children as a family and with each child individually
Arranged Family Therapy sessions and attended with family to support them
Interventions continued…:
Interventions continued… Organised multi-agency meetings and formulated an action plan to get children back into school
Referral to Youth services to get diversionary activities in place
Advise client on noise reduction and tenancy management issues
Signpost to drug and alcohol service – provide ongoing support and advice
In addition….
Early morning visits to help with routines
Evening visits to check the children sticking to curfews
Visits to local shops to monitor ASB
Accompany children to school once they were re-enrolled
What happened next!….:
What happened next!…. Mum paying off debts
Children in school and attending regularly
Eldest child in employment
ASB and criminal activity stopped
Neighbour complaints stopped
Family happier, spend time together, respect each other