Early Help Area Officers within the Family Help - Partnership and Assurance Team, provide Early Help consultancy to support any agency undertaking Early Help work. Early Help consultancy includes:
- being the first point of contact for advice and guidance, when an agency is unclear if a contact needs to be made to the Cumberland Children's Advice Support Service (CCASS)
- advising if the child or family is already open to a children and families services
- supporting others to complete an Early Help Assessment
- supporting Early Help Lead Practitioners across the partnership around our strengths-based approach to the effective delivery of Early Help through briefings, workforce development, information, advice and guidance
- providing support and challenge to agencies completing Early Help Assessment to ensure that the work they are completing, alongside children and families, has significant and sustained impact
- identifying and address any drift and delay in Early Help support coordinated by partner agencies
For consultation, advice and guidance, contact CCASS.
Telephone: 0333 2401 727
Training
The Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership offers face to face training. Visit How to Support Children & Families through Early Help - Signs of Wellbeing Training on their website.
Contact us
Contact the Family Help Area Team (Partnership and Assurance).
There is a named Early Help Area Officer (EHAO) for every school and area in Cumberland (former Allerdale, Carlisle and Copeland areas).
The EHAO's are the district officers, you can find their contact details on the Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership website.