Early success for South Lanarkshire Family Support Strategy

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A transformational approach to supporting families and young people is gaining momentum across South Lanarkshire. Members of South Lanarkshire’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) recently heard about early success and details of next steps for the South Lanarkshire Family Support Strategy at its recent meeting.The combination of health and social care and third sector teams collaborating at community level, married with thorough planning and investment, has seen the successful launch of a number of initiatives..The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Soumen Sengupta, chief officer of South Lanarkshire’s IJB., told Lanarkshire Live : "We know - and can see - the impact that effective early intervention and prevention can and does have on the lives of children, young people and families. “Early progress with this approach demonstrates the wealth of work that goes on at a local level, the active engagement and collaboration between our children’s social work teams, our health care children’s team and the