1. Early Help Arrangements Incorporating Turnaround

2. What Are Early Help Arrangements?
The collective terminology for delivering the ‘Early Help Offer’ from each partner
In order that organisations and practitioners collaborate effectively, it is vital that every individual working with children and families is aware of the role that they have to play and the role of other professionals. In addition, effective safeguarding requires clear local arrangements for collaboration between professionals and agencies

3. Early Help Offer
The Early Help ‘Offer’ is about delivering a set of agreed arrangements across the Children’s Trust partnership to co-ordinate and provide a range of services that will improve outcomes for children and young people.
We will do this through commissioning, signposting and directly delivering services.

4. Turnaround Part of a national programme
Criteria – asb, crime, school attendance, work
What works: dedicated worker; practical hands on support; persistent, assertive challenging approach; considering the family as a whole; common purpose and agreed action
Model: dedicated workers; services contribute; newly commissioned services

5. Key messages Shared ownership across the Children’s Trust
Early Help Arrangements: Making best use of partners to deliver ‘The Offer’
Subject to joint inspection arrangements
Key drivers will be
Giving the right help to the child/family at the right time.
Tackling issues at the earliest opportunity
Having clear thresholds for action which are understood by all professionals, and applied consistently
Management of escalation/de-escalation
Considering the family as a whole
Commissioning appropriate services

6. The Early Help Commissioning model ...
Early Help Partners
Early Help Commissioner
Set the priorities through multi agency planning and joint commissioning practices
Early Help
Coordinator
Understand the needs across the market and specify the service requirement, developing the market
Contracts Officer Secure appropriate services through various procurement methods
Monitor and evaluate Services
Early Help Brokerage
Broker services via referral requests Offer signposting & IAG on local services

7. The Bournemouth Model

8. Understanding the Language !
Universal Services – delivery to children, young people and families to access a range of universal and community services/resources available to all
Universal plus – a rapid response, when children or young people need additional help
Plus partnership – to provide multi-agency, co-ordinated support for children and families where needs are more complex. Support will be based upon an assessment (Common Assessment Framework), and coordinated through the lead professional. “Turnaround” sits here
Statutory Services – Children and young people who require statutory intervention or support.

9. Phase 2 (April – September)
Creation of Specialist Family Support Services (SFSS)
Implement the commissioning model through the Access to Resources Team
Write the Early Intervention and Prevention Strategy
Establish Operational and Governance groups;
Quarterly Steering Group Meetings
Bi Monthly Implementation Group
Refresh of the Common Assessment Framework
Refresh the Children And Young People’s Plan (CYPP)
Understanding of service needs
Building the delivery framework

10. Phase 3 – Go Live !