Early Intervention

This week the Council received a report on the early intervention project (http://cpol.edinburgh.gov.uk/getdoc_ext.asp?DocId=88805 ). This project tried to managed the support needed to get some highly dysfunctional families to change their lifestyle so they and those around them have a more peaceful co-existence.

Its not ‘soft touch’ or ‘goodies for the bad guys’. It is a way of challenging behaviour but also guiding folk to new choices and supporting the whole family and not just the ones in trouble.
Its not punitive but the report suggests that it does work and real change happens in these families. It is expensive but if it means these families are not a drain on our resources in future years or destroying their neighbourhoods, it is money well spent in my view.