A combination of these factors has resulted in decisions being taken by local and national government that has changed the nature of early intervention and seen the closure of some of the services and facilities that delivered support.
However, as recognition has grown recently of the need to reduce demand on children's social care services, new approaches to early help are emerging resulting in a wider range of organisations becoming involved.
Early help and its origins
Early help is a public policy approach that encourages preventative intervention in the lives of children or their parents, to prevent problems developing later in life. Interventions can be targeted at children deemed to be at higher risk of disadvantage, or can be universal in scope.
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