1. The Early Help Assessment Journey. Request for Early Help Support Form.
Support for OUR Early Help
Partner Agencies.

2. Early Support with the Early Help Journey.
A strength based conversation that explores the five areas of life enables you and family members to identify where support is required and why
Obtaining the voice of the child/young person reduces the risk of a chance being missed to help a child share something they are worried about.
Your initial Early Help Assessment will provide the young person, family members and potential supporting agencies, with a clear understanding of What is working well, What could be better and What needs to happen next.
For more information on completing an E.H.A please see the relevant presentation in this series, or visit our Early Help Practitioner web page: manchester.gov.uk/earlyhelppractitioner

3. Additional Support for Ongoing E.H.A’s
Help and Support Manchester
Access information on a wealth of supporting agencies/services. This web page can be recommended to families in order for them to explore potential support in areas that they feel things could be better: manchester.gov.uk/helpandsupportmanchester.
All of our resources, for those supporting families via an E.H.A, can be accessed via this web page:
manchester.gov.uk/earlyhelppractitioner
You may be struggling to
Engage a family with an E.H.A
Identify a suitable supporting agency
Have an E.H.A open for more than six months without any improvements.
Please send us a copy of your registered E.H.A with a completed Request for Early Help Support Form. Return details can be found on the form itself. Access a copy of the form via
manchester.gov.uk/earlyhelppractitioner

4. Making a Request for Early Help Support
You may be struggling to engage the family with an EHA.
You and family members may be struggling to identify a suitable supporting agency, or an alternate lead professional.
The young person or family may have given consent, yet struggle to engage with the agreed way forward.
Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic and Timely planning, enables you to identify when further support from your local Early Help Hub may be required.
Your current E.H.A may have been ongoing for a period of time, yet no progress is being achieved and the identified areas of need remain unmet.
Access a copy of the Request for Early Help Support from our dedicated webpage for professionals; manchester.gov.uk/earlyhelppractitionerzone

5. Completing the Request for Early Help Support Form.
An extract from the Manchester Needs and Response Framework, provides a quick reference to support you in identifying the level of need and your appropriate response.
You will find the details on where and how to return the form to us based on the district the family live in. There are also contact details for each of our 3 Early Help Hubs.
Please remember that working in partnership with families begins with ensuring they are aware and have consented to their information being shared in this form.
If you are struggling or have clearly been unable to gain consent, please contact your district Early Help Hub for further advice.

6. Recording the Family Details
It’s important that we get your details correct, so please do provide them. We are intending to get back to you and this can be via or phone call.
The accurate recording of all children's details are required, as we will look to contact those agencies currently engaged in providing services and support to these children. This is part of gaining an holistic picture of circumstance.
Capturing an accurate picture of the make up of the household and those who play a significant role in supporting the children/family, enables us to ensure all those who require support are provided with an opportunity to access support.
We will look to contact any other agencies who are currently providing support or working with family members to ensure we offer support to the right family members at the right time.

7. Your view is important to us.
Tell us what existing support is in place for the children and family. What resources do the family currently access. What do the family feel are the positives of their day to day lives.
Let us know what you are worried about. Is anyone in the family currently or may in future risk suffering harm. What complications are making it difficult for you to deal with your worries.
What changes need to happen to improve things for family members. What do you think would help to decrease any worries you have for members of the family. What type of help do you think the family would benefit from.
It is important that family members are aware of your concerns. Please clearly identify for them and us the type of concern you have. Completing this section supports getting the right services involved.

8. What happens to your Request for Early Help Support
Allocations Meeting
Triage
E.H.A.T
Where appropriate, we will gather additional information from other agencies
We will contact the parent/carer.
We will then decide on one of the following outcomes;
Contact you with advice and information
Allocate to our own Early Help Assessment Team.
List for case discussion at our weekly allocations meeting
The family may benefit from a short period of support from our Early Help Assessment Team.
The team can provide additional support in overcoming barriers to progressing the E.H.A. They can offer
If E.H.A.T become involved, the named worker will contact you.
We may decide that due to the complex nature of the family circumstances, that a more targeted multi agency approach is required.
Your requests will be explored by us, together with other partner agencies at our weekly, multi-agency (allocation) meeting.
If your request is discussed in this fora, we will contact you in writing or by to update you on the outcome

9. Key points to remember along the way.
You can access several steps/stages of support with undertaking and completing an Early Help Assessment. Please make your self familiar with these. This can save you and a family time.
A range of information and advice on progressing an E.H.A journey can be accessed on line via our Early Help Practitioner Zone web pages: manchester.gov.uk/earlyhelppractitioner
When sending us a Request for Early Help Support, please also send us an up to date copy of the current E.H.A. In line with General Data Protection Regulation look to gain consent from the parent/s prior to sending us your request.

10. The Early Help Assessment Journey. Request for Early Help Support Form.
Support for OUR Early Help
Partner Agencies.