Early Help

‘Early Help’ means providing support as soon as a problem emerges, at any point in a child or young person’s life.  Providing ‘Early Help’ is more effective in promoting the welfare of children than reacting later.  

Early help is available to lessen any potential risks to safety and increase the health and wellbeing of children and families.

Sources of Support for Parents during COVID from Sheffield’s Parenting Team

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Short clips with parenting tips and techniques will be posted here every week, as well as Family Centre information and activities. 

Facebook – Sheffield Family Centre

https://www.facebook.com/SheffieldFamilyCentres/

Twitter – SheffFamilyCtrs

https://twitter.com/shefffamilyctrs

Instagram – SheffieldFamilyCentres

https://www.instagram.com/sheffieldfamilycentres/?hl=en

You Tube

Short videos of the parenting team discussing parenting topics are posted here by Sheffield Family Centres.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYnErRUpkjQ_GhejRZnzhQ

Topics include:

• Descriptive commenting to develop language in children

• Praising your children and positive attention

• Developing your new baby’s brain

• Sleep

• Messy play activities and other early years topics.

Triple P Short videos:

These cover topics such as, helping children feel safe, keeping busy, routines, tolerating uncertainty, taking care of yourself. 

Follow this link:   YouTube 

Triple P Tips and Blogs

Parenting During COVID-19 - the Triple P Parenting Guide –Top 10 tips - read or download here

Blog post – How to manage when you’re all at home (including working from home) - Read the article here.

Online Groups and direct support

If you have access to Zoom, parents in Sheffield can access a free Triple P On-Line programme.

If you wish to access this, email sheffieldparenting@sheffield.gov.uk

Please give details of what you would like support with, and give your name and contact details - someone from the parenting team will contact you.

You can also see more information here:  https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/social-care/positive-parenting

Effective early help relies upon local organisations and agencies working together to:

• identify children and families who would benefit from Early Help

• undertake an assessment of the need for Early Help

• provide targeted Early Help services to address the assessed needs of a child and their family which focuses on activity to improve the outcomes for the child

The diagram below shows all the areas that Early Help can be targeted at to improve.

School prides itself on the Early Help advice and support provided to improve outcomes for our children and families. 

Here you can find all the support available and know who to talk to in school if you feel additional support may be needed to help your child and family. 

More Information

More information on early help can be found in the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019’, statutory guidance for schools https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2

and

Chapter 1 of Working Together to Safeguard Children. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779401/Working_Together_to_Safeguard-Children.pdf

The Positive Parenting Guide:

Spring '20

Student Wellbeing Resource:

Understanding Anxiety Retated Behaviours In Children:

Presentation

Triple P - Positive Parenting Program

Presentation

Contact Information

Our Parent Workshops 2019/20 - Helping Parents & Carers To Support Their Children At Home

Date	Year Group	Subject
17/9/19	Y2	Forest School - English
2/10/19	YR	Phonics
8/10/19	Y1	Phonics/Maths/Reading
13/11/19	YN	Forest School - Storytelling
14/11/19	Y2	Spelling
14/11/19	Y1	Maths
27/11/19	YR	Numicon
4/12/19 & 5/12/19	All	Understanding Anxiety Retated Behaviours In Children
20/1/20	Y1	Reading
28/1/20	YN	Phonics
30/1/20	YR	Reading
10/2/20	All	Sheffield Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Drop-In