EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES- MENDIP

What is Early Intervention

• Early Years Intervention

to prevent poor attachment-

(As in Graham Allen

report 2011)

• Preventative services

(preventing what?)

Prevention of significant harm

• Preventing Costly servicesor more difficult to manage behaviour

–Care (Accomodation by Local Authority)

–Exclusion

–Crime

–Prison

–Mental Health

–Health inpatient care

Early intervention Services• Early Years

• Health Visiting• Children's centres• Pre-school provision aimed at school readiness

• In schools• PFSA’s in schools• SEAL programme• Learning Support Units• Integrated Therapy Resources• Team 4 /exclusion prevention

• In Local Authority• Early intervention team• Short breaks• Young Carers• YOT/Team8/

• In Health• School nurses• Right Steps Team –for mental health• GPs

PFSA’sParent and Family Support Advisors

• Liaison Home / school• Parenting help

– Triple p parenting programme– Signposting to other agencies

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– Support re easy separation issues

• 1:1 Emotional health work with child (Short term targeted work)– with bereavement – separation– friendships– transition

• Co-ordination of Team around the Child meetings-TAC• CAF- Common Assessment Framework• Support to attendance officers-EAO’s

Early Intervention team Type of work undertaken by the EI Pod- 3 Workers in Mendip

The EI Pod’s broad remit is to provide parenting support and advice/ individual help to young people.

This may be to prevent family breakdown or escalation to other services

The EI Pods are likely to work with the following groups;•Families where children are being exposed to a very low level domestic abuse / domestic

dispute•Teenagers exhibiting difficult behaviour•Under 5s with young or single parents who are struggling to cope•Vulnerable YP with emotional problems who are isolated within their families•Keep safe work•Where a PFSA is not involved with the family

The above should not be regarded as a definitive list.

Parenting Support•The EI Pods provide Triple P Parenting individually and sometimes in groups, in conjunction with other

professionals including Children’s centres and PFSA’s •We are also working to develop some volunteers who can provide short term support.

The EI Pod team leader is available to PFSA’s for consultation / group supervision

and can provide training in the use of CAF.

When you have a concern.• Discuss with SENCO

– Is the child at risk?

• If so someone in school needs to discuss with parent unless it is a crisis CP

issue, and refer to Somerset Direct

• Consider referral for Speech and language assessment

• Consider Raising at Ed Psych Consultation

• Consider Referral to PFSA / CAF - (If PFSA cannot be involved –refer to EI

team via Somerset Direct)

• Consider calling a TAC meeting and inviting EI team leader if

required

SAFEGUARDING CONCERNS• Physical Abuse• Emotional Abuse• Sexual Abuse• Neglect

• Witnessing Domestic Violence• Parental drug/alcohol/substance misuse

You need to consider what evidence there is to support your concerns (bruises / child’s reliability) and what evidence

would be required to support your concerns. Who when and how should you approach the parent

If in doubt discuss with Somerset Direct

Useful links

‘What to do if you are worried a child is being

abused’ (DfES 2006) https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/6840-DfES-IFChildAbuse.pdf

www.somersetsafeguardingchildrenboard.org.uk

SOMERSET DIRECT- 0845 345 9122