Early Help Plan Early help is about having a good quality conversation with a child, young person or family about different aspects of life such as home, work, school/college, social/community and health and wellbeing. The focus is on what’s working well and what can be done if things need to improve. These quality conversations need to happen as early as possible. Use this form to record the detail of your conversation and to help you to start plan for the future. Once completed, please return to: earlyhelpplan@newcastle.gov.uk

Section 1 – Getting Started

Details of Person Completing the PlanName of WorkerRoleOrganisationE-mail addressBest Contact Number

Details of Person Completing the Plan (if more than one worker)Name of Worker Role

Organisation

E-mail address

Best Contact Number

Date Plan Started: Date Plan Completed:

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Section 2 – Information Gathering

Basic Details: Family Information Family Address: Post code:Best contact number(s):

Basic Details: Children and Young People Name Date of Birth/ Expected

Date of DeliveryGender (F or M)

Ethnic Origin Disability or Additional Needs

Early Help Number

Further information about the Children and Young PeopleChild/Young Person’s first language:Child/Young Person’s Religion:

Is an interpreter or signer needed? Yes ( ) ☐ No ( ) ☐

Has this been arranged? Yes ( ) ☐ No ( ) ☐

Do any of the children/young people have a caring responsibility? Yes ( ) ☐ Details:

Are any of the children/young people privately fostered? Yes ( ) ☐ Details:

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Section 2 – Information Gathering Continued

Basic Details – Parents or Key Adults Name Relationship to the

Child/Young PersonDate of Birth Gender

(F or M)Ethnic Origin Disability or Additional Needs

Further information about the FamilyParent(s) first language:

Parent’s Religion:

Immigration Status: Refugee ( ) ☐ Asylum Seeker ( ) ☐

Is an interpreter or signer needed? Yes ( ) ☐ No ( ) ☐

Has this been arranged? Yes ( ) ☐ No ( ) ☐

Names of those with parental responsibility:

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Section 2 – Information Gathering Continued

Details of other parent, any significant family or friends not living in family homeName Date of Birth Relationship Address (if different to family address)

Any other information about family:

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Helpful HintThe Ecomap is a simple visual assessment tool used to highlight relationship between a child, their family and their social network. The family and the worker together map out the key connections between the child, the family and their environment. Identifying these links will help you organise information, and understand how the family dynamics work. Using the Ecomap the worker can work directly with the child/young person/family in an effort to better identify those relationships that are strong and resilient and those that may be characterised by risk and difficulty.

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Child

Section 3 – Three Houses Child: ………………………………………………….. Date:……………………………….

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House of Worries

House ofGood Things

House of Dreams

Section 4 – Assessment

Brief Summary of what the family need early help with

Services/Worker Currently Working with the Family – What services are already working as a Team Around the Family?Details of workers to involve in the Early Help Plan. Health and Education links are mandatory.Please remember to list any Adult Services workers as well.

Worker Name Role Team and Organisation

Telephone number/ e-mail address

Family Member(s) they are supporting

Lead

School Yes/No ☐Health Visitor Yes/No ☐School Health Yes/No ☐GP Yes/No ☐

Yes/No ☐Yes/No ☐

Yes/No ☐

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Section 4 – Assessment Continued

Family Needs – Signs of Safety

Please specify whose views you are recording and who they are referring to

What are you worried about? What’s going well? How will you know things have improved?(outcome to be listed in Section 5)

Continues over…

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Section 4 – Assessment Continued

Family Needs – Signs of Safety

Please specify whose views you are recording and who they are referring to

What are you worried about? What’s going well? How will you know things have improved?(outcome to be listed in Section 5)

Continues over…

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Section 4 – Assessment Continued

Family Needs – Signs of Safety

Please specify whose views you are recording and who they are referring to

What are you worried about? What’s going well? How will you know things have improved?(outcome to be listed in Section 5)

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Section 5 – The Plan

What do we need to do next?

Please include family actions as well as worker actions

Outcome(taken from Section 4 above)

Action Who By When

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Section 5 – The Plan

What do we need to do next?

Please include family actions as well as worker actions

Outcome(taken from Section 4 above)

Action Who By When

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On a sale of 0 – 10, where 10 means this problem is sorted out as much as it can be and 0 means that things are so bad you need to get professional or other outside help, where do you rate this situation today? (Put different number on scale for all family members).

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Using the scale above please write each person’s name and score in the box below (family members and workers). This is to help you measure progress over time.

Team Around the Family Date:

Time:

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Section 6 – Consent

Sharing information and Consent

I agree to the Early Help Plan taking place, and I am aware that it is voluntary and I can withdraw at any point.

Information that is relevant to my child, children’s or my needs will be recorded and securely stored as a paper or electronic file.

I agree that the practitioners detailed in the Early Help Plan can be contacted to gather information for the Early Help Plan. The information on the Early Help Plan will be shared with practitioners for the purposes of providing services and meeting my child/children’s my needs.Early Help Plan documentation may be used by Newcastle City Council for audit and quality assurance purposes and to track outcomes.

I am aware that practitioners have a legal responsibility to inform Children’s Social Care should there be reason to believe that a young person/child is suffering or at risk of suffering harm.

Parent signature: Child/Young Person signature:

Date: Date:

Parent signature: Child/Young Person signature:

Date: Date:

As a practitioner, I will help you make plans to get things working well. This means I will do the following things: Help you to record what is working well and what could be better. Provide support from my agency. Organise a meeting called a ‘Team Around the Family Meeting’. Use the Community Family Hubs for advice. Request specialise support if needed.

Worker signature:For admin purposes please ensure you log the Newcastle Families Early Help Outcomes Plan with the Early Help Team

Date:

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