Our Early Help Offer
What is Early Help?
At Parklands Infant and Nursery School, we understand that family life can have its complications and sometimes families may need some extra help. To support and advise you at such times we have an Early Help Offer.
We believe that by working together we can better support children and families. Sometimes, families need support from a wide range of agencies or people such as health services, housing services, family support workers, social workers, and local police.
As a school, we may be able to signpost a range of services to support families beyond the educational setting.
Early Help services aim to provide advice and/or intervene where there is evidence of emerging needs and to make sure that appropriate plans are in put in place. This will require families to work with school staff and possibly other agencies.
What can we help with?
Mrs Light our Early Help Practitioner can support with a wide range of issues such as:
Boundary Setting,
Domestic Abuse,
Mental Health Issues,
Housing Concerns,
Financial Worries and Debts,
Morning Routines, poor sleep hygiene/habits,
Hygiene difficulties, managing screen time,
Bereavement and loss,
Cyber bullying - in fact, any concerns which you are worried about and that might be having a negative impact on your child.
How does it work?
Mrs Light will complete an Early Help Assessment form with the family which will go to our internal team to be triaged to the best service. It will either be shared with the relevant supportive agencies or simply kept on record at school.
Once the support has been identified with you, we will organise regular meetings where we will review the actions from the assessment and identify new actions if needed. Actions could be for school, for the family or anyone else involved. The meetings will continue for as long as you feel the support is needed.
Who are the team?
What are the next steps?
If you think your family might benefit from Early Help, please speak to any of the people listed above, contact us on 0115 9732667 and speak to Mrs Callaghan or come into the front office and ask to see Mrs Light, Mrs Callaghan or Mrs Etchells.