Families into Work

Northumberland Park is a unique ward with high levels of unemployment, and young people not in education or training. The Families into Work programme has been introduced as a new approach to tackle long term worklessness for families in the area.

The Families into Work initiative aims to:

• Improve the life chances of people in Northumberland Park by working with families to identify and address their barriers to employment.
• Support children and young people to achieve success in education and develop knowledge and skills to gain work with career prospects.
• To increase family aspirations to succeed and gain independence.

Approach

The Families into Work initiative is a multi-agency approach that will be used to work intensively with families and to improve the life chances of all family members whilst addressing the wider social exclusion issues in Northumberland Park.

The team will work with families to:

• Identify barriers to work for parents and young people.
• Identify barriers to educational achievement for children.
• Develop a family action plan that includes a combination of services, that the family is already receiving, which will provide a holistic approach focused to that family’s needs and barriers to work.
• Share action plans for the family across agencies which will support them into sustainable employment.
• Monitor progress against each family action plan.
• Ensure the services the family receives across agencies is provided in a joined up approach therefore meeting the support needs of the family.
• Provide support to reduce the drop out when things get tough and troubleshoot any problems which arise with service provision.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must live in Northumberland Park ward.
• Must have at least one adult who is not working or in education for more than 18 hours per week.
• Must have access to public funds and have rights to work in the United Kingdom.

Contact Details

Tel: 020 8489 2852
Fax: 020 8489 2480
Email: familiesintowork@haringey.gov.uk
Post: Northumberland Park Resource Centre, 170-177 Park Lane, Tottenham, London, N17 0HJ

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