Health and Wellbeing
Understanding Early Help
Spot the child whose family is starting to struggle, and know how to get them support before things reach a crisis.
- 14 minutes
- 6 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Explain how early help differs from universal services and statutory intervention
- Recognise signs that a child or family may benefit from early help
- Identify children more likely to need it, such as young carers and children with SEND
- Report concerns to your designated safeguarding lead without waiting for a crisis
- Find out how early help works in your own local area
About this course
Not every worry about a child is a child protection concern. A family in poor housing, a young carer who's always late, a parent who's drinking too much: these children may not need a social worker, but they do need someone to notice.
That's early help, and this course makes clear where it sits, between the support every child gets and statutory intervention. You'll learn which children are more likely to need it, including young carers, children with SEND and those who often miss school, and why it only goes ahead with the family's agreement.
Above all, you'll know your own part in it. Pass what you notice to your designated safeguarding lead without waiting for something serious, because help that comes early can stop a problem getting worse.
- For mental health leads and teachers. Early years, primary, secondary and special.
6 modules
Open in order
- 4 min
What is ‘early help’?
- 3 min
Which children might benefit from early help?
1 question
- 3 min
What kind of things might indicate that a child might be more likely to need early help support?
1 question
- 3 min
What are your responsibilities?
1 question
- 2 min
Wrap up
- 2 min
Introduction