The Application of Significant Harm Thresholds for Intervention

Applications should be no more than 2000 words.

Previous research on the  Consistency of the Application of Significant Harm Thresholds  for Intervention has established that the UNOCINI tool of assessment of children’s’ needs was being used to determine the level of service offered by Family Intervention Teams. The research was conducted in one HSCT and used a mixed methods approach involving focus groups, semi structured interviews, case file analysis and quantitative analysis of referrals to the Gateway team. This proposal would seek to extend the research to other HSCT’S in Northern Ireland with a view to gaining a comprehensive picture of current service delivery, determining  the consistency of the application of significant harm thresholds and the challenges involved in the use of the UNOCINI tool .