You can find help by:
- visiting Best Start in Life for advice and support throughout your parenting journey
- visiting your local family hub to speak to support staff and health visitors
- dropping into your local FindItOut Centre for support for young people aged 13-25
- talking to someone at your child's school
- speaking to your GP
- speaking to your midwife if you are expecting a child
- speaking to your childcare setting if your child attends one
- searching for local support groups on the Family Information Service (FIS) website
- finding information for young people on Your Space
- visiting our Local Offer website if your child has a disability or additional need
Guidance for support staff can be found in our professionals section.
Additional help with an Early Help Plan
If you want help with a few things at the same time, an Early Help Plan may be put together for you by the professionals supporting you. This makes it easier to know what needs to happen and you can also see how much progress you are making.
You and your family work together with us to help you make positive changes to your life and your circumstances, helping you to be the best that you can.
We give you help with sorting out any problems, with agreed actions and lots of help to achieve them, and help coordinating the different services you receive.
We can help you to:
- sort debt and housing problems
- talk with different services
- look for work
- reduce family rows
- tackle problems at school or college
- build your confidence
- find voluntary work and hobbies
- resolve worries about your children
Your Early Help plan will explain what’s happening for you and has agreed actions. It gives information about support and explains how you will make changes for yourself. You and your family write the plan and a named worker will give you practical support and encouragement.
You can ask about an Early Help plan through our family hubs, or you can contact your closest Early Help Hub directly.
For more information, contact us.
Sharing data
The information you and your family provide may be shared, but only with your consent. Workers who need to know about your family will have the information shared with them.
However, if a child or other person is considered to be at risk of significant harm, people working with you will have a duty of care to share the information with the relevant services. You can discuss this further with those who are supporting your family. View our privacy notice.