Every week, the support advisors and 'community connectors' at Northfield's early help scheme hear stories of families and children right on the edge. Sometimes literally. They've just picked up the ...

Amid rising demand for child protection services over the past decade, early help support for children and families with emerging or less severe problems has been largely left on the political, policy ...

Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care referrals, the case for spending on early help has never been so important, yet investment in prevention services has been falling, fuelling late ...

A rescue plan has been announced to save ten early help projects supporting thousands of struggling families across Birmingham, amid a backlash. The potential loss of support and help for children and ...

This month marks one year since the publication of the Department for Education’s (DfE) Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy to reform children’s social care. A core objective is improving early help ...

A review has been launched into getting early help for families before they reach "crisis point" as demand increases for children's services. Stockton Council's people select committee has started the ...

Ofsted has praised improvements to an ‘inadequate’ local authority’s front door and early help services, in the face of ongoing workforce instability and rising pressure on social workers due to high ...