About early help

If you or your child need more support than the universal early help services we've listed can offer:

• talk to the service or professional that you feel knows you or your child best
• refer yourself or your child to a service

The professional could be:

• someone at your child's nursery or school
• a health visitor
• a youth worker

They can discuss your concerns and support you to access other services.

If more than one service needs to be involved, the professional might:

• work with you to make an early help plan, which will describe the support you and your family need, and what needs to happen
• arrange a meeting for you and the services supporting you

This helps everyone work together, share information and agree on the next steps.

If you or the professional supporting you feels you need more support, they can refer you to our Family Early Help service.