Birmingham Early Help and
Safeguarding Partnership
Implementation of Early Help Strategy and Partnership systems
Background
The Early Help Vision for Birmingham
Early Help is everyone’s responsibility;
we want children, families, communities and agencies to work together
so that families are assisted to help themselves and are supported as
soon as a need arises, thereby improving the overall wellbeing and
quality of life of all Birmingham’s Children and young people.
• The Early Help strategy & vision was agreed and adopted by
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board on 31st March 2015.
• The strategy embeds the Right Service Right Time framework and
is a citywide partnership approach to improving outcomes
Birmingham Early Help and
Safeguarding Partnership
Strategic Leaders Forum
Birmingham
Safeguarding
Children Board
Performance
Reporting
Early Help and
Safeguarding Partnership
Early Help
Development
Think Family
MASH
Task & Finish
Activities
Think Family
Operational Group
MASH
Operational Group
7 key priorities for 2015/16
Establish Leadership who will drive forward outcomes, performance and quality
Further develop front door to early help and safeguarding services and improve self-help
online information for families and professionals
Early Help Assessment and Tools
Information Sharing & Communication between agencies
Pathways and processes to support early help
Workforce development
Commissioning Framework
Workstream
Imperatives
Themes
Dependancies
Develop an Early Help and Safeguaring
Partnership and Governance for the
ownership and development of Early
Help in the City.
Strategic Early Help and Safeguarding
Partnership - ESTABLISHED
Agree the partnership Terms of
Reference and Governance Structure AGREED
Integrate the Think Family Early Help
and MASH priorities and establish
effective workstreams
Develop a set of performance
indicators that measure outcomes for
children and their families.
Map the governance, responsibility
and ownership for outcomes,
performance measures and quality
assurance arrangements.
Identify key performance indicators
and measures to demonstrate priority
areas and outcomes for vulnerable
children
Develop and review outcomes and
performance measures for Think
Family and MASH
Develop online Early Help Information
advice and guidance and service
directory for families and
professionals
Develop online partnership
information and advice for families to
enhance self-help. Review other
methods of partners offering
information and advice to families.
Develop online partnership
information for professionals
Develop an online Service Directory
Effective, streamlined front Door,
supporting access to Early Help and
Safeguarding services
Review of purpose and function of
Children's Information Service and
streamlining the pathways into level 2,
3 and 4
Align the triage and access to level 3
Think Family services to the MASH
front door.
Improve locality access to multiagency infomaiton
Assessment and
Interventions
Develop and implement an early help
assessment and a suite of intervention
tools for Early Help.
Develop an effective online Early Help
Assessment and integrated support
plan in order to steamline the number
of assessments
Agree and develop a set of early help
effective interventions and distance
travelled tools
Agree approaches that evidence
working in partnership with children
young people and their families
Information
Sharing
Develop speedy and effective process
for sharing information between
agencies
Develop effective Information Sharing
arangements
Make better use of IT systems and
portals through aligning information
accross the partnership
Explore using partnership data to
forcast needs and demands
Develop and define the Family support
offer based on Right Service Right
Time
Ensure a consistant Think Family and
family support offer in each locality
Define the familiy support offer at
Levels 2, 3 & 4
Review Pathways into Services
Redefine partnership working at a
locality level
Review Team around the Family
panels and step-up, step-down
arrangements
Map and develop integrated
partnership working in each area,
exploring co-location opportunities.
Design Early Help pathways for
vulnerable groups
link to front
door to Early
Help &
Safeguarding
Workforce
Develop a skilled and competent
workforce accross the partnership
Implement the Right Service Right
Time training
Develop strengths-based tools to
enhance effective practice
Design Early Help multi-agency
training embedding evidenced based
approaches
links to all
other
workstreams
Commissioning
Develop a joint commissioning
Framework accross early help
Refresh of Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment for Early Help
Review of current partnership
provision to identify PERFORMANCE,
gaps and opportunities
Influence a strategic approach accross
the partnership to encorperate Early
Help principles.
link to the
family support
offer. link to
outcomes and
performance
Leadership
Partnership
Working &
Governance
Strengthen and
clarify the Early
Help and
Safeguarding
front door
pathway
Localities and
Pathways
link to BSCB
Quality audits
link to
partnership
wotking at a
locality level
link to JSNA
and
performance
indicators
Strengthen and clarify the Early Help
and Safeguarding front door pathway
Priorities
Themes
Develop online Early
Help Information
advice and guidance
and service directory
for families and
professionals
Develop online
partnership
information and advice
for families to enhance
self-help. Review
other methods of
partners offering
information and advice
to families.
Develop online
partnership
information for
professionals
Develop an online
Service Directory
Effective, streamlined
front Door, supporting
access to Early Help
and Safeguarding
services
Review of purpose and
function of Children's
Information Service
and streamlining the
pathways into level 2,
3 and 4
Align the triage and
access to level 3 Think
Family services to the
MASH front door.
Improve locality access
to multi-agency
information
Assessment and Interventions
Priorities
Develop and
implement an
early help
assessment and
a suite of
intervention
tools for Early
Help.
Themes
Develop an
effective online
Early Help
Assessment and
integrated
support plan in
order to
streamline the
number of
assessments
Agree and
develop a set of
early help
effective
interventions
and distance
travelled tools
Agree
approaches that
evidence
working in
partnership
with children
young people
and their
families
Localities and Pathways
Priorities
Develop and
define the
Family support
offer based on
Right Service
Right Time
Redefine
partnership
working at a
locality level
Themes
Ensure a
consistent
Think Family
and family
support offer
in each locality
Define the
family support
offer at Levels
2, 3 & 4
Review
Pathways into
Services
Review Team
around the Family
panels and stepup, step-down
arrangements
Map and develop
integrated
partnership
working in each
area, exploring colocation
opportunities.
Design Early Help
pathways for
vulnerable groups
Think Family, MASH, YOS update
MASH update
• Children’s Service Operating Model in consultation to strengthen
and include Early Help front door. Schools involvement is key
Think Family - www.birmingham.gov.uk/think-family
Send requests for support to [email protected]
• Phase 2 outcomes over 5 years for 14,000 attracting £13m in
Payment by results achieved in partnership and including School
Attendance above 90% over three terms
• New commissioning arrangements including MST citywide and
citywide response to Child Sexual Exploitation
Youth Offending Service (YOS) update
• Youth Offending Service have committed to provide interventions for
any child involved / found carrying a knife on school premises
regardless of involvement in Youth Justice
• Piloting provision for Domestic Abuse/Violence against parents
How can we collaborate further?
• Strong school membership in the BEHSP
• Information directly to schools through Heads and Dedicated
Safeguarding Leads as well as forums like Police and School
Panels or Consortia Chairs
• Participation from school members on relevant work streams
• Greater presence in MASH
• School offer available through MyCareinBirmingham
• Continue to complete requests for support for Think Family
and Family Support at additional needs
• We can give regular updates on Think family and include Youth
Offending, family Support and other key partner offers in a
newsletter and through the schools notice board