Providing Early Help

March 14, 2025 - ... there may be low level or emerging needs. The Early Help Assessment Guidance and Assessment Tools for use by practitioners when completing Early Help Assessments can be found in the Documents Library, Guidance Documents and Assessment Tools sections. See: Derby Pre...

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Children with Perplexing Presentations (PP) in whom Illness is Fabricated or Induced (FII)

Early Help

May 10, 2024 - ... Care where there are concerns about a child. An Early Help Assessment is an assessment tool that engages the family to identify the emerging needs of children and young people and to plan and coordinate appropriate support. Some families have participated in an Early Help Assessment by the...

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Safeguarding Children and Young people against Radicalisation and Violent Extremism

Early Help

March 14, 2025 - This chapter contains information on Government strategies to prevent terrorism and violent extremism. It also covers the indicators which can make children and young people vulnerable to radicalisation and violent extremism and explains the different responses available when practitioners have...

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Local Keywords

Early Help Assessment

May 10, 2024 - The Early Help Assessment is an inter-agency assessment. It offers a basis for early identification of children's additional needs, the sharing of this information between organisations and the coordination of service provision. Early help assessments should identify what help the child and...

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Making a Referral to Social Care

March 14, 2025 - ... Children's Meeting (VCM); Submission of an Early Help Assessment, or equivalent assessment, to the weekly Vulnerable Child meeting (VCM) in the relevant locality (direct to the Single Point of Access Clerk in the locality) - ONLY in non-urgent situations. In Derbyshire is...

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Local Contacts

Children's Social Care and Local Authority Early Help Services

September 9, 2024 - ... 256990Email: VCM-IDCS@derby.gov.uk Early Help Advisors can be contacted via their locality based Single Point of Access Clerks as noted above. Derbyshire Starting Point Consultation and Advice Service for Professionals. Tel: 01629 535353 Room 274, North BlockCounty...

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Domestic Abuse

October 24, 2025 - ... about risk. Some children may benefit from an early help assessment to address any emerging needs and co-ordinate support from a range of early help services. Also see Section 5: Assessment of child’s needs section. If the school/college becomes concerned about what a child tells them...

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Investigating Complex (Organised or Multiple) Abuse

May 10, 2024 - ... Social Care) and Assistant Director for Early Help and Children’s Social Care in Derby City or in Derbyshire, the Head of Child Protection and Assistant Director for Early Help and Safeguarding; Detective Superintendent (Public Protection); Designated Nurse / Doctor for Safeguarding...

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Children who Present a Risk of Harm to Others

October 24, 2025 - ... involved, for example Youth Offending Service, Early Help teams, Children's Social Care, Police, Education (including educational psychology), Health (which may include child and adolescent mental health) agencies and the voluntary sector; The needs of children who abuse others should be...