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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
What is a Team Around the School (TAS) model? Team around the School (TAS) models are developing across the country with the aim of supporting schools to identify and support families earlier when the needs arise by increased collaboration with …
Alison Smith is practice and area lead for Earned Autonomy (EA) areas for the Troubled Families Team at MHCLG. Following a round of monitoring assurance visits to EA areas earlier this year she talks about common themes and how areas are working to ensure their Early Help system is more sustainable into the future.
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Supporting Families helps thousands of families across England to get the help they need to address multiple, complex problems.
