What is the early help process?
Early help means providing support as soon as a problem emerges, at any point in a child’s life. Providing early help is more effective in promoting the welfare of children than reacting later. This includes offering advice, identifying emerging problems, liaising with the designated safeguarding lead, sharing information with other professionals to support early identification and assessment and, in some cases, acting as the lead professional in undertaking an early help assessment. All staff are aware of the early help process and understand their role in it.
Some issues we can help with
A wide range of issues such as behaviour management, financial worries and debts, drugs and alcohol, online safety, homelessness, your child’s mental health, your own mental health, domestic abuse, housing concerns, mobility difficulties, parent in prison, gang culture, bereavement and loss, cyber bullying – in fact any concerns about which you are worried might be having a negative impact on your children. Information about support services and local opportunities for children and young people with SEND can be found on Suffolk County Council’s website.
Full details of the Raedwald Trust’s Early Help Offer can be found here.