Strategy and policy

Effective Early Help is proven to minimise the risks faced by children, young people, and their families before problems become more significant and entrenched.

Frontline practitioners across a range of sectors should be clear about their responsibility to:

• identify concerns early

• understand how and when to assess these concerns

• how to provide a timely and effective response

Early Help in Gateshead is everyone's business. 

Read our Early Help Strategy (PDF) [1MB]

Ofsted Inspection of children's social care services (2019) (opens new window)

Other organisations

Early Intervention Foundation  (opens new window)
Troubled Families Blog  (opens new window)
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)  (opens new window)
Barnardos (opens new window) 
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP)  (opens new window)
Childline  (opens new window)
Information Commissioner's Office (opens new window) 

Supporting legislation and policies

Early Help: whose responsibility? (opens new window) 
Working Together to Safeguard Children  (opens new window)
Keeping children safe in education  (opens new window)