Early Help training sessions available to practitioners working with children, young people and families across Sandwell.
Introduction to Early Help in Sandwell
This is currently a virtual classroom based course. The training will cover the following:
- Introduction to Early Help in Sandwell
- Overview of Information Sharing and the Lead Professional role
- Understand when, why and how to share information in order to do so confidently and appropriately
- An overview of Sandwell’s Thresholds and continuum of support
- The Early Help Process
- The Strengthening Families Service (SSF)
- The Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
Lead Professional
This is currently a virtual classroom based course. The training will cover the following:
- Role of the Lead Professional
- Selecting the appropriate Lead Professional
- Taking notes and recording information
- Skills required to be a competent Lead Professional including dealing with difficult situations and accountabilities
Early Help Module (EHM)
This is a currently a virtual classroom based course and is split in to Basic and Advanced.
Basic training will cover the following:
- How to navigate around the Early Help System
- The difference between an open and closed episode
- See who the lead professional is, or the lead professional for previously open episodes
- How to search for and create a child/young person
- How to add family
- How to add involvements (key agencies working with the family)
- How to open and the steps to follow in order to complete and Early Help Assessment
- How to create a case note
- How to record a family visit
- How to attach and restrict documents
Advanced training will cover the following:
- A refresher of the basic training
- How to organise & create Team Around the Family meetings
- How to record Team Around the Family plans
- How and when to open Short Term work and what can be recorded there
- How to record Outcome Star and Family Star
- How to open and record a GCP2 assessment
- Closure process
Dates and booking details can be found here Event List : Early Help (sandwelllscb.org.uk)