Early Help Assessment

The Early Help Assessment is the single assessment used by Darlington’s multi agency partnerships that includes Schools, Colleges, Health, Childcare settings, voluntary sector and across all Children’s Social Care teams. The Early Help Assessment provides a standard and coordinated approach for practitioners across agencies and services and is designed to ensure that children, young people and their families receive the right support at an early stage to reduce the chance of escalation to a specialist services. This tool should be used at the earliest opportunity when a family’s needs are not being met by universal services. 

If you have any queries about the families involved, the processes or have any training requests, please contact the Early Help Coordinator Kelly-Ann Reay on 01325 405635.

Forms and Documents

Safeguarding Referral

• CAP Referral Form [Word document]
• Threshold Indicators [PDF document]

Early Help Assessment

• Early Help Assessment Part A [Word document]
• Early Help Assessment Part B [Word document]
• Team Around the Family Plan [Word document]
• Families Guide to Early Help Assessment leaflet [PDF document]
• Service request guidance [Word document] 

Toolkit Documents

• Early Help Assessment Strengths and Needs [PDF document]
• Frequently Asked Questions [PDF document]

Voice of the Child

• Voice of the Child Booklet (Word document)
• Voice of the Child Feelings Tool (Word document)
• Voice of the Child Guidance (Word document)
• Signs of Safety - 3 Houses (PDF document)

Service User Feedback

• Service User Feedback (Child) (Word document)
• Service User Feedback (Parent and Young People) (Word document)

Practitioner Self-Assessment

• Early Help Practitioner Self-Assessment (Word document)

Auditing

• Early Help Assessment Audit Tool (Word document)
• Early Help Quality Assurance Framework (PDF document)