{"id":350,"date":"2023-09-01T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T11:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2024-02-27T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T13:41:32","slug":"initial-response-team-irt-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/initial-response-team-irt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial Response Team IRT"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/dennyhighips\/uploads\/sites\/3302\/2024\/02\/27134038\/Social-Work-IRT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/dennyhighips\/uploads\/sites\/3302\/2024\/02\/27134038\/Social-Work-IRT.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/dennyhighips\/uploads\/sites\/3302\/2024\/02\/27134038\/Social-Work-IRT-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u201cFrom 21<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">st<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0June 2021 Children\u2019s Services will be introducing a new Social Work Team.<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0\u00a0The Initial Response Team (IRT)\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">is a central point for all new concerns about children and young people. The service aims to get children and families help when they need it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our overarching principles<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The response to concerns\u00a0\u00a0will be\u00a0appropriate,\u00a0proportionate\u00a0and\u00a0timely<\/li>\n<li>Service users will be signposted to the most appropriate service to meet their needs<\/li>\n<li>The most vulnerable children and their families will get the help they need when they need it<\/li>\n<li>Falkirk Council and its partners embrace the principles and practice associated with the Getting It Right for Every Child agenda (GIRFEC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Team\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Team is made up of one Team Manager, one Senior Social worker and eight Social Workers.<\/p>\n<p>Team Manager is\u00a0Leanne Wilson\u00a0and Senior Social Worker is\u00a0Lee Allan<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0Leanne.Wilson@falkirk.gov.uk\u00a0\u00a0 Mobile:\u00a007483904543<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to get in touch\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We can be contacted via the Falkirk Council Call Centre on\u00a001324 506070, a call handler will take basic details from you who will then forward your call to the appropriate team. If the child you are calling about does not have an allocated Social Worker will come the Initial Response Team.<\/p>\n<p>We can also be contacted on our email address:\u00a0irt@falkirk.gov.uk<\/p>\n<p>We encourage open communication with our partner agencies, we are happy to have informal discussions and provide advice and guidance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-3\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFrom 21st\u00a0June 2021 Children\u2019s Services will be introducing a new Social Work Team.\u00a0\u00a0The Initial Response Team (IRT)\u00a0is a central point for all new concerns about children and young people. The service aims to get children and families help when they need it. Our overarching principles The response to concerns\u00a0\u00a0will be\u00a0appropriate,\u00a0proportionate\u00a0and\u00a0timely Service users will be signposted &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10415,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-350","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/dennyhighips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}