Early Support for families
On this page you will find information regarding referral opportunities for early support and support for parental conflict.
The Early Help Assessment is an intervention with a family to gather, explore and analyse with them information about all aspects of the child or young person (and their family's) life and then to identify areas where change will address support needs and positively impact on their lived experiences.
This is recorded on an Early Help Assessment form which includes the family's Early Help Plan.
The Early Help Assessment is not a referral form for professionals to complete to access other services supporting children, young people and families. The Early Help Assessment should be completed by the professional supporting the family to identify the family's unmet needs and develop a plan of support with the family.
Your Family's Early Help Assessment is available to all practitioners and professionals working with children, young people, and their families across Lancashire.
Working alongside families from a holistic, strength-based approach when areas of support are first identified will stop escalation towards crisis and the need for more intensive and specialist intervention.
Through the Early Help Assessment, Plan, and reviews via Team Around the Family meetings the wider partnership of services can provide families with the right support at the right time.
At Bretherton Endowed CE Primary school regulary seeks support for families with consent and through the referral, they gather support from counselling, playtherapy, anxiety support etc.
Please speak to a member of staff if you would like to access Early Support. Staff may suggest this to support your child or family whilst they attend Bretherton.