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“Reach Out” – Domestic abuse service in Redbridge

Background  Reach Out is Redbridge Council’s in-house support service for any adult or child aged 16 or over who is experiencing domestic abuse. The service provides practical help and emotional support to victims/survivors, including children and young people who have …

Holistic intervention to support a child with special educational needs return to school and engaging parents as part of the process. A family’s perspective

Family Details  Mum and Dad live with their daughter Jayne aged 12 and son John aged 14.  What happened and what support was put in place?  Jayne attends a Secondary school for pupils that caters specifically for children with learning …

Starting Well in Stockport: An integrated early years model

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has invested in developing an integrated Start Well model which brings together services that work with families to support children’s development from pre-birth to 5 years and help them to get ready for school. Start Well …

Bridging the Gaps in Intensive Support for Expectant Parents in Redbridge

Redbridge Borough Council have a range of support offers for families with babies, from helping those who need some extra community-based support, to others with multiple, complex social problems that may involve safeguarding responses from the local authority. Baby and …

Birmingham Children Trust working with Barnardo’s providing an Early help Autism Service Offer

The Barnardo’s Early Help Autism Service provides a joint working model within the Birmingham Children’s Trust. The service provides direct interventions to children and young people with autism and their families. The specialist interventions are specifically related to support with …

Hertfordshire County Council: key local achievements of the Supporting Families Programme

The Supporting Families Programme is based on the principle of a whole family approach, providing support to all members of the family, including children, parents and grandparents. The programme’s holistic approach helps families to address and overcome multiple challenges they …

Supporting Families working in partnership: A family journey

Family Details  Mum Jo (21) and Dad Mike (22) have a daughter Leah (10 months) and a son Stuart, who was born several months after the work started.  There is a large extended maternal family who supported the parents and …

Rotherham Local Authority "School Attendance Matters Pathway"

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Background Prior to the launch of the Early Help Service in 2016, there was a standalone Education Welfare Service (EWS). The EWS carried out enforcement using Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) when leave of absences was taken during term time and further …

Domestic Abuse - Adopting a whole family approach

Summary System and cultural changes can be challenging. We would like to share how the London Safe and Together partnership, with Waltham Forest as the lead borough, tackles domestic abuse by adopting the Safe and Together model. The partnership has …

Sheffield Council celebrating 10 years of Supporting Families

To celebrate 10 years of the Supporting Families programme, Sheffield City Council have produced an infographic, https://delta.communities.gov.uk/document-repository/public/download?uri=/document-repository/SF-Infographic-10-years-Nov-22.pdf showcasing the journey of the programme in Sheffield including the successes and sustained changes that families have achieved.   Since the initiation of the …