Early Help

All Local Authorities are required to provide an Early Help offer where, if required, familes can be referred for various levels of support as soon as it is needed to help  families thrive and resolve any challenges they may be facing before they become too difficult to manage. 

Early Help can support you with difficulties you're having with:

• school, education or training
• home and life relationships
• health and emotional wellbeing
• work, finances or housing
• domestic abuse
• social isolation
• crime or anti-social behaviour.

You can receive Early Help in Medway from an identified lead practitioner or from Family Solutions. A lead practitioner could be someone you already know well and you have a good relationship with. Examples include:

• someone from your child's school
• a health practitioner
• someone from a partner agency

Early Help is a consent-based service where parents must agree to any support

More information on Medway's Early Help offer can be found via this link