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Ofsted's recent inspection report on children's services in Lincolnshire praised the breadth and quality of early help work across the department, which it says is making a "tangible and positive difference to the lives of children and families".
The report details examples of projects and practice that are designed to support vulnerable children and families and prevent problems escalating out of control. This includes work at the front door to children's services, with children on the edge of care and alongside partner agencies including health and education.
Janice Spencer, Lincolnshire acting director of children's services, says the development and implementation of a number of council-wide early help strategies since 2013 have been instrumental in prevention being embedded across the department. The most recent strategy, covering the period 2019-21, is underpinned by a commitment to "identify and provide children and young people at risk of poor health and wellbeing, with the right support, at the right time by the right person".
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