Children and families are supported most effectively and efficiently when services and information sharing are planned and delivered in a coordinated way. The vision across Birmingham is to deliver the right service to the right child supported by flexible and responsive professionals. Our early help pathway will deliver Birmingham’s right services right time model agreed by BSCB and our wider partners: •Level 1: Universal Needs – Children, Young People and Families are generally progressing well and achieving expected outcomes. Their core needs are being met effectively by universal services without any additional support. Professionals will work with families, to make sure all general needs are being met. •Level 2: Universal Plus Needs – Children, Young People and Families are experiencing emerging problems which result in them not achieving expected outcomes. They are likely to require early help/intervention for a time limited period to prevent their needs escalating and seek to help them move back to Level 1. This support is best provided or co-ordinated within a universal setting by those professionals already working with them. •Level 3: Additional Needs – Children, Young People and Families who are experiencing significant additional needs which may be numerous or more serious/complex in nature. This is having a significant impact on their achievement of expected outcomes and is likely to require more targeted support, potentially from a number of agencies. This may require the identification of the lead professional to co-ordinate the range of responses across all relevant agencies to support the child and family. •Level 4: Complex / Specialist Needs – Children, Young People and Families who are experiencing very serious or complex needs, where the child is suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm or impairment and this is having a major impact on their achievement of expected out4comes. Their needs will be such that they require intensive support from one or more specialist services. The following table gives further information on the outcomes, the needs and the services that typically might be represented at each of the right service right time levels.
Children and families are supported most effectively and efficiently when services and information sharing are planned and delivered in a coordinated way. The vision across Birmingham is to deliver the right service to the right child supported by flexible and responsive professionals. Our early help pathway will deliver Birmingham’s right services right time model agreed by BSCB and our wider partners: •Level 1: Universal Needs – Children, Young People and Families are generally progressing well and achieving expected outcomes. Their core needs are being met effectively by universal services without any additional support. Professionals will work with families, to make sure all general needs are being met. •Level 2: Universal Plus Needs – Children, Young People and Families are experiencing emerging problems which result in them not achieving expected outcomes. They are likely to require early help/intervention for a time limited period to prevent their needs escalating and seek to help them move back to Level 1. This support is best provided or co-ordinated within a universal setting by those professionals already working with them. •Level 3: Additional Needs – Children, Young People and Families who are experiencing significant additional needs which may be numerous or more serious/complex in nature. This is having a significant impact on their achievement of expected outcomes and is likely to require more targeted support, potentially from a number of agencies. This may require the identification of the lead professional to co-ordinate the range of responses across all relevant agencies to support the child and family. •Level 4: Complex / Specialist Needs – Children, Young People and Families who are experiencing very serious or complex needs, where the child is suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm or impairment and this is having a major impact on their achievement of expected out4comes. Their needs will be such that they require intensive support from one or more specialist services. The following table gives further information on the outcomes, the needs and the services that typically might be represented at each of the right service right time levels.