The county has been selected by the charity Family Rights Group for the 15-month pilot which aims to “create the conditions for families to get the help they and their children need at an earlier stage”.
This involves a focus on partnership working to offer coordinated early help, involving families, social workers, the Dorset Family Court and other local support services.
Another strand of the pilot is to ensure families better understand, and are able to address, social worker concerns “and have their voices heard”.
To shape the pilot families are to work with local social workers, social care leaders and family court workers to identify areas of early help in Dorset that are working well “but also what needs to improve”.
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