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The Warrington No Wrong Door service launched on 1 April. It’s a pioneering way of providing support to young people who are within or on the edge of the care system.
The model originates from North Yorkshire County Council where No Wrong Door has helped to reduce the area’s children in care population by 18 per cent in five years and has led to a £2m year-on-year saving.
North Yorkshire are currently working with us, as well as Middlesbrough, Rochdale, Norfolk, Redcar and Cleveland councils to adopt the ground-breaking No Wrong Door scheme, as part of the Department of Education’s Strengthening Families Protecting Children programme.
Young people in need of support will be referred to the No Wrong Door programme internally by social workers from our children’s care service.
The programme will run from our No Wrong Door hub, ‘The Lighthouse’, in the town centre.
The Lighthouse will replace traditional council-run children’s homes with a range of integrated provision. This includes:
The Lighthouse has a dedicated and embedded team. The team will include:
The team will use the model’s five core provocations the service is grounded in to ensure the young person is supported appropriately and there needs are met. The provocations are:
To access The Lighthouse, a young person must have an allocated social worker.
If the young person is aged 8 years or above, a referral can be made by the social work teams to the No Wrong Door service if the young person’s needs are considered to meet one of the categories outlined below.
Category |
Identified need |
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Edge of care |
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Edging to care |
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Placement support (aged 12+ only) |
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