Children whose parents/carers need support with finances in order to meet their needs Children whose parents/carers who need support to improve hygiene or safety in the home Level 3: Targeted: Coordinated approach Description Examples of what you see Action to take Desired outcome Children and young people living in The indicators listed below are Professionals make an Early Help The overall outcome is that the child families who need multi-agency support examples only and not intended to Enquiry into the Early Help Hub. and family gain resilience and are to meet their needs coordinated by a be a comprehensive list. The Professional support and advice enabled to be safely supported by the lead practitioner model. indicators can never replace about thresholds can be accessed provision of early help and prevention or professional judgement and through the Hub and the locality supported and thrive through universal If an authority determines following analysis. based Early Help Coordinators. provision following the early help assessment that a disabled child needs support. support under Section 17, it must first Children and young people The Early Help Hub will screen the consider whether such support is of the with multiple Level 2 enquiry and agree a lead practitioner type outlined in Section 2 of the indicators to coordinate the Early Help Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Children and young people Assessment, undertake a TAC/TAF Act (CSDPA) 1970. with increasingly severe and establish a holistic plan for the Where there is an EHC needs behavioural, emotional and family that is aimed at reducing the assessment, it should be a holistic social difficulties level of need. assessment of the child or young Children and young people person’s education, health and social with prolonged or acute the Doncaster Neglect tool will care needs. EHC needs assessments absence from school assist in identifying the family’s should be combined with social care Children and people who needs and should be undertaken to assessments under section 17 of the are at immediate risk of ensure neglect is not an issue. Children’s Act 1989 where appropriate. becoming homeless If services are to be provided following Children who have The Doncaster Risk & Resilience an assessment there should be a previously been subject to a Frameworks and similar tools can ‘child in need plan’ which sets out who is going Child in Need or Child support the measurement of changes to do what, where and when to help the Protections Plan and whose in risk and resilience. These are child. parents need support to help embedded within the Early Help them sustain progress over a Module. planned period Children and young people who are consistently not
Children whose parents/carers need support with finances in order to meet their needs Children whose parents/carers who need support to improve hygiene or safety in the home Level 3: Targeted: Coordinated approach Description Examples of what you see Action to take Desired outcome Children and young people living in families who need multi-agency support to meet their needs coordinated by a lead practitioner model. If an authority determines following assessment that a disabled child needs support under Section 17, it must first consider whether such support is of the type outlined in Section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (CSDPA) 1970. Where there is an EHC needs assessment, it should be a holistic assessment of the child or young person’s education, health and social care needs. EHC needs assessments should be combined with social care assessments under section 17 of the Children’s Act 1989 where appropriate. If services are to be provided following an assessment there should be a ‘child in need plan’ which sets out who is going to do what, where and when to help the child. The indicators listed below are examples only and not intended to be a comprehensive list. The indicators can never replace professional judgement and analysis. Children and young people with multiple Level 2 indicators Children and young people with increasingly severe behavioural, emotional and social difficulties Children and young people with prolonged or acute absence from school Children and people who are at immediate risk of becoming homeless Children who have previously been subject to a Child in Need or Child Protections Plan and whose parents need support to help them sustain progress over a planned period Children and young people who are consistently not Professionals make an Early Help Enquiry into the Early Help Hub. Professional support and advice about thresholds can be accessed through the Hub and the locality based Early Help Coordinators. The Early Help Hub will screen the enquiry and agree a lead practitioner to coordinate the Early Help Assessment, undertake a TAC/TAF and establish a holistic plan for the family that is aimed at reducing the level of need. the Doncaster Neglect tool will assist in identifying the family’s needs and should be undertaken to ensure neglect is not an issue. The Doncaster Risk & Resilience Frameworks and similar tools can support the measurement of changes in risk and resilience. These are embedded within the Early Help Module. The overall outcome is that the child and family gain resilience and are enabled to be safely supported by the provision of early help and prevention or supported and thrive through universal provision following the early help support.
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