What is Early Help?
Early Help is a term describing a range of interventions by agencies with an individual child or family which aim to offer support to make sure all of their needs are met so they can flourish.
Interventions can be ‘early’ in terms of the age of a child, and ‘early’ in terms of an issue arising in the life of a child – from pre-birth to eighteen.
Early Help is everybody’s responsibility: together we will make sure that children, young people and their families are safe, happy and ready for school, work and life’s challenges.
Early Help means better outcomes for children and families. Effective Early Help will resolve problems before they become overwhelming and require high cost, reactive services. Early Help enables children to be ready for school and more likely to achieve their full potential.
Early Help Report
Each year we evaluate and review our Early Help services and produce an annual report. This is a chance to celebrate our successes in achieving positive outcomes for children and young people.
Family Toolbox website
The Wirral Early Help Alliance has developed a Family toolbox website for families and professionals. The website lets you search for services which might be able to help. It includes tools you can try, people who can help, and places you can go. The toolbox prevents the need for complicated referrals and puts you in charge of accessing the support you need.
Early Help Resources and Further Information
For more information regarding our Early Help Offer, please visit the Wirral Safeguarding Children Board website.