Early help
Early help toolkit
Useful contacts and links for Early Help Resources and Tools
What have you considered prior to opening an Early Help
Have you looked at community support, how long have the issues been going on? Is this something you could explore with our Family Advisors for example. Have a look at the link to establish whether Early Help is needed
Information coming soon
The ‘how to’ process of Early Help:
How to identify level of need Threshold Document
How to engage with children and families:
- Engaging with children and families
- Working with families where engagement is challenging | Research in practise
What is an Outcome Star?
What an Early help assessment looks like. An early help assessment can be undertaken by any practitioner working with a child, young person, or their family regardless of the area of need. Family Star Plus 2nd edition star chart.
Integrated Front Door- Safeguarding concerns are managed by Integrated Front Door service via the online portal (formerly ChAD). See link to access portal if you are concerned about a child. Children and Families
What happens next once the referral is received? Referral flowchart
What does a plan look like? Family Star plus edition 2 action plan
How to run an Early Help Meeting- An Early Help meeting aims to identify and address potential problems early on, providing support to prevent situations from worsening and promoting positive outcomes for individuals and families. These meetings involve the individual or family, alongside professionals, to assess strengths and needs, identify potential issues, and create a plan for support. A breakdown on how to run early help meetings
Guide to direct work with children and young people. Link to free resources online to use when completing direct work. Free social work resources
Early help registration form. Early help level 2 registration and closure form
Referring to Local Trusted Organisation’s Level 2
When you are considering further support from a Local Trusted Organisation a referral form is to be completed and sent through to the relevant Team. LTO referral
Training
Safeguarding, Early Help Outcome Star, Restorative practice: Staffs events bookings
Trauma informed approaches: inourplace.co.uk
Safeguarding
Recent documentation relating to communicating with children: CSA centre documentation
Parental conflict
Building Healthy Relationships Team: information coming soon
CCE/CSE-
Completing a risk factor matrix: Risk factor matrix
Violence Reduction Alliance have produced information that can be shared with parents and carers around knife harm: Guide for parents and carers on knife harm
Referral to Communit Drug and Alcohol Service (CDAS) Referral form
Referral to Youth Offending Team Youth crime prevention referral form
Groupwork
The Group Pathway gives an overview for Start for Life and provides what groups can be accessed to enhance parent and carers care and knowledge of their child’ growth and development. Group pathway
Solihull Offer: Free wellbeing online courses
Early life workers: Free groups for under 5s
Young carers team
A young carer is someone age five up to their 18th birthday who regularly provides care and emotional support to a family member (parent, brother or sister, grandparent or other relative) who is physically or mentally ill, disabled or misuses alcohol or drugs. Referral form
Community directory
Online link to what is on offer within Stoke community as well as citywide information:
SEND
Citywide Effective Practice Co-ordinators
The Effective Practice Co-ordinators work within the Supporting Families service. The team work to embed the Early Help and prevention strategy within Stoke on Trent.
The Team offer training, groupwork, quality in practice development and support locality partners in their delivery of whole family Early Help.
Early years team
Advisory team for Early Years supporting Childminders, Private and independent nurseries