The aim of this project is to facilitate better communication and stronger working relationships between Early Years Providers and other appropriate professionals, in order to better support children and families at an early stage (pre-Early Help or Early Help level).
The outcomes we are looking to achieve are:
- Increased knowledge and confidence around early support amongst Early Years professionals
- Increased number of Early Help initiations and pre-Early Help support interventions in Early Years
- Improved relationships between Early Help professionals and other professionals supporting families and children
The impact of this project will be:
- Families are supported to find solutions to difficulties at an early stage
- Less families with young children reach crisis point
- Less families with young children are subject to statutory interventions
Why is this project needed?
The number of children subject to statutory interventions is skewed for 0 to 5s - there are a high proportion of children on Child Protection and Child in Need Plans but a relatively low proportion of initiations of Early Help assessments for children within the Early Years. This may be partly due to a low number of Early Help referrals and initiations from the Early Years sector. The Council is seeking to reduce the need for statutory interventions for families and children. This project seeks to redress this balance.
Training around Signs of Wellbeing and the Early Help Agenda has been identified as a training need for the Early Years sector and engagement will be strengthened by having some sector specific training and support to access multiagency training
There is strong support from Early Years Providers for increased engagement and joint working with partners in order to better support children and families
Key agencies and their contact details by area:
Early Help Team
The Early Help Team support practitioners to understand the importance of Early Help, provide advice and support the initiation and coordination where necessary. The team can support through one-to-one meetings, group work with a team, training and advice and guidance.
Karen Ross
07885 405708
Early Years Team
The Early Years Team has a responsibility for ensuring that high quality early years and childcare provision is available and accessible to all families with young children. The team provide training, advice and support to early years providers, schools and voluntary sector providers to help each child in Cumbria to receive the best start possible. Early Years SENCOs provide support to individual children with SEND as part of a Team around the Family.
The Early Years Team also support the development of Personal Education Plans (PEPS) for looked after children aged 0 - 5 years
0-19 Children and Family support Service - Family Action
Family Action provide a range of universal and targeted interventions to help keep children safe, healthy and achieving. For children and families in the early years, this includes early play and learning activities, support for children with SEND such as Portage and 'Let's get talking' groups, as well as parenting support, information and advice. The team use an early help approach to provide a range of support at an early stage to help prevent problems developing further.
Allerdale@family-action.org.uk
01900 810869
Family Action Allerdale 0-19 Children and Family Support Service - Home | Facebook
Health Visiting Team
Health Visitors provide a supportive outreach service for children and families under five years. They work in the community and families with children under 5 always have a named Health Visitor that they can ask for advice. Health Visitors often identify children that will need this enhanced support and work with other agencies ensuring the families get the support needed and ensure a smooth transition to school with all the appropriate support required.
Child Health Business support
Contact number: 01900 705253
Email: ncm-0-5admineast@nhs.net
Strengthening Families Team
The Strengthening Families team is made up of nurses, health visitors, nursery and school nurses to provide an enhanced level of support to families living with an enhanced level of safeguarding risk, including those on a child protection plan and those who are looked after.
Interventions are based on level of health need, are flexible to the needs of the family and will be provided within the family home.
Duty phone manned 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday -
Phone: 01900 705221
Email: StrengtheningFamilies-Admin@cumbria.nhs.uk
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service
Speech and Language Therapists (SALTs) work with children and young people up to the age of 19 who have speech, language and communication needs. They can also help if a child has difficulties eating, drinking or swallowing.
North and West Cumbria Advice line open Tuesdays 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Phone: 01228 608177
Email: ncm-tr.NorthCumbriaCommunicates@nhs.net
Children's Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapists help children and young people who have difficulty doing everyday activities. This can be things like getting dressed, school work or playing Footsteps Child Development Centre
Footsteps Child Development Centre
West Cumberland Hospital
Hensingham
Whitehaven
CA28 8JG
01946 68551
Children's Physiotherapy
The Children's Physiotherapy team help to restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability. They work with children and young people up to the age of 19. Footsteps Child Development Centre
Footsteps Child Development Centre
West Cumberland Hospital
Hensingham
Whitehaven
CA28 8JG
01946 68551
Child Centred Policing Team
The Child Centred Policing team aims to identify the need for support and intervention at the earliest opportunity and to improve the lives of children and young people within our communities, to prevent offending and anti- social behaviour, safeguard and understand Adverse Childhood experience's(ACES) adopting a Trauma informed Approach
West Cumbria Child Centred Policing Team
Children's Social Care
This service area includes early intervention and targeted support for children and families; child protection, safeguarding, fostering and adoption services, and services for children looked after.
Allerdale Support and Protection Teams
01900 706444/706333
West Cumbria Safeguarding Hub
0333 240 1727
Midwifery Team
Community midwives contact numbers:
Cockermouth: 01900 705760
Keswick and Penrith: 01768 245558
Maryport: 01900 811840
Wigton: 016973 66609
Workington: 01900 705033
Educational Psychology
The County Psychological Service makes its distinctive contribution through applying psychology to help people solve problems and improve learning, working with both individuals and schools and settings.
Educational Psychologists offer a range of services including consultation to staff in schools and early years settings, and support for specific needs such as following a bereavement.
Early Help Team
The Early Help Team support practitioners to understand the importance of Early Help, provide advice and support the initiation and coordination where necessary.
The team can support through one-to-one meetings, group work with a team, training and advice and guidance.
Steve Kemp
03003 033 896
Early Years Team
The Early Years Team has a responsibility for ensuring that high quality early years and childcare provision is available and accessible to all families with young children.
The team provide training, advice and support to early years providers, schools and voluntary sector providers to help each child in Cumbria to receive the best start possible.
Early Years SENCOs provide support to individual children with SEND as part of a Team around the Family.
The Early Years Team also support the development of Personal Education Plans (PEPS) for looked after children aged 0 - 5 years.
0-19 Children and Family support Service - Family Action
Family Action provide a range of universal and targeted interventions to help keep children safe, healthy and achieving. For children and families in the early years, this includes early play and learning activities, support for children with SEND such as Portage and 'Let's get talking' groups, as well as parenting support, information and advice. The team use an early help approach to provide a range of support at an early stage to help prevent problems developing further.
07734 003 789
Family Action Carlisle 0-19 Children & Family Support Service on Facebook
Health Visiting Team
Health Visitors provide a supportive outreach service for children and families under five years. They work in the community and families with children under 5 always have a named Health Visitor that they can ask for advice.
Health Visitors often identify children that will need this enhanced support and work with other agencies ensuring the families get the support needed and ensure a smooth transition to school with all the appropriate support required.
Child Health Business support contact
Phone: 01228 608157 and 608159
Early Help Team
The Early Help Team support practitioners to understand the importance of Early Help, provide advice and support the initiation and coordination where necessary. The team can support through one-to-one meetings, group work with a team, training and advice and guidance.
Karen Ross
07885 405708
Early Years Team
The Early Years Team has a responsibility for ensuring that high quality early years and childcare provision is available and accessible to all families with young children. The team provide training, advice and support to early years providers, schools and voluntary sector providers to help each child in Cumbria to receive the best start possible. Early Years SENCOs provide support to individual children with SEND as part of a Team around the Family.
The Early Years Team also support the development of Personal Education Plans (PEPS) for looked after children aged 0 - 5 years
0-19 Children and Family support Service - Family Action
Family Action provide a range of universal and targeted interventions to help keep children safe, healthy and achieving. For children and families in the early years, this includes early play and learning activities, support for children with SEND such as Portage and 'Let's get talking' groups, as well as parenting support, information and advice. The team use an early help approach to provide a range of support at an early stage to help prevent problems developing further.
Allerdale@family-action.org.uk
01900 810869
Family Action Allerdale 0-19 Children and Family Support Service - Home | Facebook
Health Visiting Team
Health Visitors provide a supportive outreach service for children and families under five years. They work in the community and families with children under 5 always have a named Health Visitor that they can ask for advice. Health Visitors often identify children that will need this enhanced support and work with other agencies ensuring the families get the support needed and ensure a smooth transition to school with all the appropriate support required.
Child Health Business support
Contact number: 01900 705253
Email: ncm-0-5admineast@nhs.net
Strengthening Families Team
The Strengthening Families team is made up of nurses, health visitors, nursery and school nurses to provide an enhanced level of support to families living with an enhanced level of safeguarding risk, including those on a child protection plan and those who are looked after.
Interventions are based on level of health need, are flexible to the needs of the family and will be provided within the family home.
Duty phone manned 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday -
Phone: 01228 608050
Email: StrengtheningFamilies-Admin@cumbria.nhs.uk
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service
Speech and Language Therapists (SALTs) work with children and young people up to the age of 19 who have speech, language and communication needs. They can also help if a child has difficulties eating, drinking or swallowing.
North and West Cumbria Advice line open Tuesdays 1:00 - 4:00: Phone 01228 608177
ncm-tr.NorthCumbriaCommunicates@nhs.net
Children's Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapists help children and young people who have difficulty doing everyday activities. This can be things like getting dressed, school work or playing.
Springboard Child Development Centre
Orton Road
Carlisle
CA2 7HE
01228 608110
Children's Physiotherapy
The Children's Physiotherapy team help to restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability. They work with children and young people up to the age of 19.
Springboard Child Development Centre
Orton Road
Carlisle
CA2 7HE
01228 608110
Child Centred Policing Team
The Child Centred Policing team aims to identify the need for support and intervention at the earliest opportunity and to improve the lives of children and young people within our communities, to prevent offending and anti- social behaviour, safeguard and understand Adverse Childhood experience's(ACES) adopting a Trauma informed Approach.
Children's Social Care
This service area includes early intervention and targeted support for children and families; child protection, safeguarding, fostering and adoption services, and services for children looked after.
Cumbria Support and Protection Team
01228 226633
Cumbria Safeguarding Hub
0333 2401727
Midwifery Team
Community midwives contact numbers:
Educational Psychology
The County Psychological Service makes its distinctive contribution through applying psychology to help people solve problems and improve learning, working with both individuals and schools and settings.
Educational Psychologists offer a range of services including consultation to staff in schools and early years settings, and support for specific needs such as following a bereavement.
Early Help Team
The Early Help Team support practitioners to understand the importance of Early Help, provide advice and support the initiation and coordination where necessary.
The team can support through one-to-one meetings, group work with a team, training and advice and guidance.
Karen Ross
07885 405708
Early Years Team
The Early Years Team has a responsibility for ensuring that high quality early years and childcare provision is available and accessible to all families with young children.
The team provide training, advice and support to early years providers, schools and voluntary sector providers to help each child in Cumbria to receive the best start possible.
Early Years SENCOs provide support to individual children with SEND as part of a Team around the Family.
The Early Years Team also support the development of Personal Education Plans (PEPS) for looked after children aged 0 - 5 years
Information for Early Years Providers
0-19 Children and Family support Service
Family Action Family Action provide a range of universal and targeted interventions to help keep children safe, healthy and achieving. For children and families in the early years, this includes early play and learning activities, support for children with SEND such as Portage and 'Let's get talking' groups, as well as parenting support, information and advice. The team use an early help approach to provide a range of support at an early stage to help prevent problems developing further. E-mail Copeland@family-action.org.uk
Phone 01946 823896
Health Visiting Team
Health Visitors provide a supportive outreach service for children and families under five years. They work in the community and families with children under 5 always have a named Health Visitor that they can ask for advice.
Health Visitors often identify children that will need this enhanced support and work with other agencies ensuring the families get the support needed and ensure a smooth transition to school with all the appropriate support required.
Copeland Health Visiting Team - 01946 814434.
Early Help Team
The Early Help Team support practitioners to understand the importance of Early Help, provide advice and support the initiation and coordination where necessary. The team can support through one-to-one meetings, group work with a team, training and advice and guidance.
Karen Ross
07885 405708
Early Years Team
The Early Years Team has a responsibility for ensuring that high quality early years and childcare provision is available and accessible to all families with young children. The team provide training, advice and support to early years providers, schools and voluntary sector providers to help each child in Cumbria to receive the best start possible. Early Years SENCOs provide support to individual children with SEND as part of a Team around the Family.
The Early Years Team also support the development of Personal Education Plans (PEPS) for looked after children aged 0 - 5 years
0-19 Children and Family support Service - Family Action
Family Action provide a range of universal and targeted interventions to help keep children safe, healthy and achieving. For children and families in the early years, this includes early play and learning activities, support for children with SEND such as Portage and 'Let's get talking' groups, as well as parenting support, information and advice. The team use an early help approach to provide a range of support at an early stage to help prevent problems developing further.
Allerdale@family-action.org.uk
01900 810869
Family Action Allerdale 0-19 Children and Family Support Service - Home | Facebook
Health Visiting Team
Health Visitors provide a supportive outreach service for children and families under five years. They work in the community and families with children under 5 always have a named Health Visitor that they can ask for advice. Health Visitors often identify children that will need this enhanced support and work with other agencies ensuring the families get the support needed and ensure a smooth transition to school with all the appropriate support required.
Child Health Business support
Contact number: 01900 705253
Email: ncm-0-5admineast@nhs.net
Strengthening Families Team
The Strengthening Families team is made up of nurses, health visitors, nursery and school nurses to provide an enhanced level of support to families living with an enhanced level of safeguarding risk, including those on a child protection plan and those who are looked after.
Interventions are based on level of health need, are flexible to the needs of the family and will be provided within the family home.
Duty phone manned 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday -
Phone: 01900 705221
Email: StrengtheningFamilies-Admin@cumbria.nhs.uk
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service
Speech and Language Therapists (SALTs) work with children and young people up to the age of 19 who have speech, language and communication needs. They can also help if a child has difficulties eating, drinking or swallowing. North and West Cumbria Advice line open Tuesdays 1pm to 4pm - Phone 01228 608177
Email: ncm-tr.NorthCumbriaCommunicates@nhs.net
Children's Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapists help children and young people who have difficulty doing everyday activities. This can be things like getting dressed, school work or playing Footsteps Child Development Centre
Footsteps Child Development Centre
West Cumberland Hospital
Hensingham
Whitehaven
CA28 8JG
01946 68551
Children's Physiotherapy
The Children's Physiotherapy team help to restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability. They work with children and young people up to the age of 19. Footsteps Child Development Centre
Footsteps Child Development Centre
West Cumberland Hospital
Hensingham
Whitehaven
CA28 8JG
01946 68551
Child Centred Policing Team
The Child Centred Policing team aims to identify the need for support and intervention at the earliest opportunity and to improve the lives of children and young people within our communities, to prevent offending and anti- social behaviour, safeguard and understand Adverse Childhood experience's(ACES) adopting a Trauma informed Approach.
West Cumbria Child Centred Policing Team
Children's Social Care
This service area includes early intervention and targeted support for children and families; child protection, safeguarding, fostering and adoption services, and services for children looked after
Copeland Support and Protection Teams
01946 506260/505567
Safeguarding Hub
0333 240 1727
Midwifery Team
Community midwives contact numbers:
01946 523229
Educational Psychology
The County Psychological Service makes its distinctive contribution through applying psychology to help people solve problems and improve learning, working with both individuals and schools and settings.
Educational Psychologists offer a range of services including consultation to staff in schools and early years settings, and support for specific needs such as following a bereavement.