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Early Help guidance for professionals
Early Help guidance for professionals is here to provide information and guidance for Early Help agencies so they can support families to make positive change
Submit an Early Help Assessment
Please note this is not a referral or a request for service. You MUST attach an Early Help Assessment or a Closure Summary to this form.
Early Help Assessment and guidance
Our approach to early help and support pathway.
The Early Help Process
Our approach to early help and support pathway.
What is Early Help?
A guide to Early Help and the agencies within the service.
Training and events
We also provides a dedicated training programme for practitioners working with children, young people and their families in the county.
FAQs and guidance
We have produced a question-and-answer section based on questions partner agencies have asked to support you with your Early Help offers to children and young people in the county.
Children missing education
Information and contacts for children who are unable to attend school due to an illness or exclusion.
How to set up your settings Early Help Offer
Early Help is a pathway to supporting parents/carers and their child as they grow up when they may need further support or guidance.
Early Help mental health and emotional wellbeing
Useful resources to help you support families struggling with mental health.
Family Plan
What we strive for is our families to continue with the good work they have hopefully achieved within their child’s plan.
Process for partner agencies and professionals
For when they have safeguarding concerns for families who are open to Early Help family support team.
Supporting children without parental consent
When working with young people it is important to understand that they can ask for help and support for themselves and may choose to ask you not to share this with their parents.
Early Help in the Early Years
Informative webcasts to help early years settings and childminders deliver early help to children and families.
Medical Education Team (MET)
MET provides support for pupils of statutory school age when a medical condition seriously compromises a pupil’s attendance that being physical, emotional and psychological.
Requesting help and support from a family support worker
If you are a professional working or have been in contact with a family or young person who wants or needs help and support from a family support worker and you assess them as needing support, request via our online request for family support form.
30 hours and tax-free childcare
Find a range of communications tools to help you promote 30 hours and Tax-Free childcare. Such as useful email templates, leaflets, posters and social media content.
Gypsy Roma Traveller Education
Gypsy Roma Traveller Education support.
Suicide prevention and support
Where to get help and support to prevent suicide.
Strategies
Domestic abuse strategy
Read our domestic abuse strategy.
Early Help strategy
The document outlines the Early Help strategy for how the partnership will work together to help and support children, young people and families living in the county.
Keep Me Safe Strategy
Read the Keep Me Safe Strategy.
Guidance and resources
Download our Early Help booklet
Document containing some of our Early Help services and support available across the county for families.
Guidance for Schools dealing with explicit materials
Managing risk and trauma after online sexual offending.
Levels of need guidance
This document sets out the local criteria for action when an early help response and the criteria for making a referral to local authority children’s social care.
Practitioners guidance for families affected by parents drinking
Advice and guidance from NACOA.
Posters and resources
Some useful resources and posters that can be downloaded and printed.
Supporting Families outcomes update
Supporting Families outcomes update document.
Support for Youth Service Providers
Youth service provider information for support.
Team Around the Family information and guidance
A Team Around the Family is a meeting between a child, young person, their family and the group of professionals who are working with them.