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Early Help and CART Barbara Egan – Principal Manager IWST Sandra Douglas – Principal Manager CART. All our work in Halton for both Early Help and CART is set against the Halton Levels of Need Framework. Early Help.
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Early Help and CART Barbara Egan – Principal Manager IWSTSandra Douglas – Principal Manager CART
All our work in Halton for both Early Help and CART is set against the Halton Levels of Need Framework
Early Help • Overall Aim – to identify problems early and provide the right support to prevent needs from escalating. • Focus and Scope – Level 1 and Level 2 of the Halton Levels of Need Framework.
Early Help • Established in Halton in April 2010. • Key priority of both Halton Children’s Trust and Halton Safeguarding Children Board. • Staged multi-agency approach to it’s development – next stage to be launched in September 2014.
Contact And Referral Team (CART) • CART is the single front door for access to all Children’s Social Care services and advice. • Launched on 30th September 2013 • All contacts for advice and support from any agency or service, or from speaking to the family themselves, is recorded.
Contact And Referral Team (CART) • Information is considered alongside the Halton Levels of Need Framework and guidance is offered in line with the level that the case meets: • At Level 3 – CART will direct the case appropriately to the appropriate Social Worker in all circumstances – new cases; existing cases; or cases where family know but no current involvement. • At Level 2 - CART will refer the case to the appropriate multi-agency support. Cases are discussed at weekly Working Together meetings when a lead agency will be identified to initiate a CAF • At Level 1 – CART will refer to appropriate service(s) to meet the lower level additional needs.
When needs increase and statutory interventions become necessary (Step Up) , there has to be a smooth transition to specialist services. Equally, where needs reduce, Early Help plays a key role in ensuring a seamless transition down (Step Down) the continuum of need to ensure a successful move from statutory to preventative services, and prevent a Re- escalation in the future. Step Up and Step Down
Multi-agency case study Louise Evans, Health Visitor
For each case study, consider, discuss and decide which level of the Framework would be most appropriate • Options are • 0 – Universal Services • 1 – Universal Plus • 2 – Multi-agency Planning • 3 – Multi-agency Plan to Protect from Harm Case Studies Exercise
Case Study 1 • Universal Services • Universal Plus • Multi-agency:Planning • Multi-agency:Plan to Protect from Harm
Case Study 1 (Answer) Level of need: 2 Support that could be offered: • CAF assessment needs to be undertaken • Voice of the child needs to be embedded • Any safeguarding concerns identified to be discussed with CART
Case Study 2 • Universal Services • Universal Plus • Multi-agency Planning • Multi-agency:Plan to Protect from Harm
Case Study 2 (Answer) Level of Need: 3 Support that could be offered: • Single Assessment Process required on both the unborn child who may be at likely risk of significant harm due to mother being a late booker, no ante-natal care to date, exposure to drugs and an assessment of mother’s parenting capacity. 17yrs old is a child in need in her own right, will need support, advice re parenting, housing and impact of lifestyle on this unborn.
Case Study 3 • Universal Services • Universal Plus • Multi-agency Planning • Multi-agency:Plan to Protect from Harm
Case Study 3 (Answer) Level of Need: 2 Support that could be offered: • CAF assessment to be completed including gathering of information from school etc. • Voice of the child to be embedded into the CAF. • Any safeguarding concerns identified through the assessment or from professional’s discussions with CART.
Case Study 4 • Universal Services • Universal Plus • Multi-agency Planning • Multi-agency:Plan to Protect from Harm
Case Study 4 (Answer) Level of Need: 3 Support that could be offered: • Single Assessment required asthe child has made a disclosure of abuse by a parent.
Case Study 5 • Universal Services • Universal Plus • Multi-agency Planning • Multi-agency:Plan to Protect from Harm
Case Study 5 (Answer) Level of Need: 3 Support that could be offered: • Child has made an allegation of inappropriate touching by friend of his father • History of the alleged perpetrator needs to be explored • Voice of the child need to be gathered during the assessment
Case Study 6 • Universal Services • Universal Plus • Multi-agency Planning • Multi-agency:Plan to Protect from Harm
Case Study 6 (Answer) Level of Need: 1 Support that could be offered: • Single agency support at this stage via school, directing family to local services and support agencies.