If you're a practitioner completing an early help assessment with a family, the following documents can support you with this.

Early help assessment and guidance

• Early help assessment form
• Early help assessment guidance
• Early start and families privacy notice
• Early start and families service information sharing and storage agreement
• Family network review meeting template

Other early help assessment forms

• Early help assessment closure reporting form
• Early help assessment change of lead professional form
• Early help assessment additional persons information sharing and storage agreement
• Request for copy of the early help assessment

Resources

• Supporting families introduction pack
• Early help guide for parents and carers
• Barnsley Children's Services request for service form
• Early help assessment safety plan template
• Early help assessment frequently asked questions
• Early help assessment briefing presentation (December 2024)
• Branching Minds Barnsley referral guidance