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Early Help in Sandwell
Defining Early Help
• Early Help a core part of the Sandwell Improvement Plan.
Delivering services at the right time and in the right way to help families help themselves to meet the needs of their children.
• This definition to be used by all staff across all partners
• This means working with, children and families who are below the threshold of social care, that stops problems emerging and supports families to improve their situation.
• Work in neighbourhoods
• Share information
• Work within the planned resource base
• Help families improve their daily lives
= KEEP IT SIMPLE
Our Sandwell solution
Four very basic principles
Intervene early to prevent escalation of needs
Social Care/ Statutory
interventionEarly Help
Section 17 Assessment(Children In Need)
Early Help Assessment (CAF)
Universal services meeting needs
Lead professional co-ordinating necessary
support
Key Worker delivering intensive interventions
Social Worker managing the case
Build resilience in families and de-escalate needs
‘Early Help’ refers to needs and services before statutory interventionThe entire model is designed to de-escalate and prevent escalation of need
Children’s Services Prevention Model
Questions and Answers
What is a COG?
• Assist the Early Help Family Support (Tiers 1-3) by helping to resolve issues and frustrations
• Ensure the right partners are engaged, the appropriate Lead Professional is identified and supported and action plans completed
• Monitor performance, feed into corporate scorecard and provide data for partners
• To spot purchase support and inform commissioning
A Community Operating Group is a multi agency meetingwhich will:
Practical details
• Seven COGs, based on the learning communities - 1 per town, 2 for West Bromwich
• Meet monthly
• Chaired by Senior Early Help Coordinator
• Admin support from Family Services Team
• Paperwork and details available electronically via Early Help Information System (eCAF)
• Twelve cases per meeting/10 minutes per case
When to refer to a COG
• The family are not engaging
• A new Lead Professional is required or one cannot be identified (responsible for monitoring the action plan, coordinating partners and acting as the family’s point of contact)
• Needs are escalating
• There are gaps in service provision
• A partner is not engaging properly
Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
Partners signed up …West Midlands Police
Local Police Units
Public Protection Units
Health
Safeguarding nurse
Adult mental health
Sandwell & W Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust – Health Visitor
Children’s Social Care
Adult’s Social Care
Public Health
Education
Housing
Probation
Youth Offending Services
Family Support Services (inc. CAF)
Domestic Violence
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub
• Combined high-level information sharing, early help and child in need screening, and DV screening team
• Continuing to develop Multi-Agency Enquiry Team model with Police (note MAET not MAIT)
• Sandwell MASH and MAET now being considered as a pilot within a regional model
SMBC Contact Centre
Multi Agency Referral Form
Early Help Assessment
Part 1
WMP
Domestic Violence
Notification
Multi-Agency Safeguarding
Hub
Multi-Agency
Enquiry Team
SMBC Children’s Social Care
Sandwell Early Help Services
Sandwell Early Help Services
COG
Questions and Answers