The Early Help Clinic

The aim of the Early Help Clinic is to provide support and guidance to all practitioners who are working with families, children and young people at an Early Help level.

The Early Help Clinic is held on the 4th Thursday of every month.

The clinic is jointly run by an Early Help Coordinator and a Social Worker for safeguarding advice, in line with the Working Together guidance.

The aim is to provide support and guidance to all practitioners who are working with families, children, and young people at an Early Help level, including our partners.

The clinic provides: 

  • Support and advice to practitioners on any Early Help cases
  • Group supervision to partners on ‘stuck’ cases they are leading
  • Encouragement and support with the completion and submission of EHA’s by partner agencies
  • A discussion forum to help identify children and families who would benefit from an Early Help Assessment
  • Support to practitioners to embed signs of wellbeing in their practice
  • Advice to practitioners where there has been ongoing multi-agency support via an Early Help Assessment but there has been no observed improvement to the child’s outcomes, or where there has been an escalation of risk (without immediate danger).

More information about the Early Help Clinic can be found below: