Understanding Early Help Assessments

Early help or early intervention involves supporting families when a problem first occurs and can be utilised at any point in a child's or young person's life. Requests for early help require an assessment, formerly known as the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and now known as the Early Help Assessment (EHA). Early help can have massively positive impacts on a child's future development and is therefore crucial that anyone working with children, young people or their families understands the importance of early help. This wide-ranging Early Help Assessment safeguarding course is designed to help all those working with children, adults and families who could benefit from Early Help. It covers information sharing and its ramifications, the definition of early help and how to access it, and is suitable for social workers, youth and family workers, teachers, and anyone working with possibly vulnerable children, young people, adults and families. Topics covered in this EHA training course include: The definition and importance of information sharing, when it is necessary and appropriate Types of information Confidentiality, information security and data protection (GDPR) What can be achieved by information sharing The difference between sharing information about children and about adults, and the specific needs of children The definition of ‘early help’, identifying who might need it, and what assessment involves When and how a child, young person, adult or family might be vulnerable Definition, background and purpose of the Early Help Assessment (EHA) How to use the EHA in practice Legislation covering all the above Numbers and statistics as relevant This EHA online training course includes challenges to test the learner’s ongoing knowledge, videos and interactivity to retain interest, examples of early help in schools and colleges, downloads of relevant reading and reports, including the Victoria Climbieé inquiry, and full details about using the CAF form. Legislation covered in this course includes: The Care Act 2014, Working Together to Safeguard Children and Data Protection (GDPR)