Investing in early intervention to improve outcomes for Children and Families Sarah Hylton Service Manager SEND Gloucestershire County Council

What is Early Help?

Key Elements of Early Help Early Identification Accessible information and guidance (Local Offer) Easy access to local support Proportionate assessments and plans Graduated pathway of support Multi-agency partnerships Outcome focused solutions

Gloucestershire’s Early Help for children and young people Early Help Hubs Families First Plus Team - Whole family working - Co-ordinate all requests for additional support on behalf of partnership - Early help assessment and planning - Targeted support – Family Support, Family Intervention, Community Help - Early Help Co-ordinators and Community social workers

Gloucestershire’s Early Help for children and young people with SEND SEND Early Notification with Health Early Help pathway – Families First Plus Team Early Help assessments (My Plan+) Early Help Advisors Workforce Development

Early Help Data and Impact 287 early help assessments (My Plan+) (56.5%) for pre-school children Training delivered to over 2000 professionals Over 250 early years providers supported 60% reduction in need for early years specialist placements 25% reduction in requests for EHCPs 57% of all EHCP requests are for under 4’s 92% of early years EHCP requests agreed

Next Steps Single early help assessment framework Monitoring and evaluation of outcomes for individuals Identifying gaps in provision to inform commissioning Increasing confidence and capacity in universal provision