Overview
The family service
The family service provides targeted early help support for families with worries, concerns, behaviours and conflict to help resolve significant problems.
This includes direct support, advice, guidance and signposting:
- To improve attendance or behaviour at school
- To improve behaviour in the home
- To our graduated family and parenting offer
- In finding work, training or re-entering education having left school
- For children missing from home or school
- For homeless 16 and 17-year-olds, or those at risk of homelessness
- To young carers
- To kinship carers
- For drug or alcohol misuse
- For children and parents with a range of significant health problems
- For emotional and behavioural development that does not meet developmental trauma and attachment team criteria
Times and availability
Age Range: 5-18
Contact
Family Service North Bassetlaw, Newark & Sherwood0115 8041465
Family Service South Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe0115 8546438
Family Service West Ashfield & Mansfield0115 8040346
Referral
Referral requiredYes
Referral Process:
- Any child or young person at immediate risk should be referred to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) (opens in new tab)
- Lead professionals seeking direct intervention or looking to step-down at closure for ongoing support should consult the Nottinghamshire County Council Intranet for further guidance.
- Professionals looking to make a referral to the Early Help Unit, to access support for Level 2 and 3 needs can use the new online referral form introduced to replace the previous referral element of the Early Help Assessment Form (EHAF) (opens in new tab) , or to request Attendance Enforcement (opens in new tab) provision
- Members of the public can contact the Early Help Unit by:
- telephone: 0115 804 1248
- email: early.help@nottscc.gov.uk