Early Help news

Early Help is a partnership approach, not a provision. It relies on local services working together with families. 

Working together to support families, providing Early Help and eradicating silo working prevents children and young people from entering the care system. It increases their chances to have a good life, reduces the likelihood of involvement in crime and helps families into work. 

Time 2 Talk

Following consultation, we refreshed our focus. The importance of providing and creating opportunities to network was strongly advocated, and we developed our ‘Time 2 Talk: Partnership, Practice and Progress’ forums. 

These forums are a platform for local services to meet together, network and to:

• build capacity to improve the delivery of preventative and targeted services to meet local needs
• create opportunities for integrated partnership at a locality level
• promote the ambition and opportunities we all have for families across the borough to thrive, ensuring we don’t just ‘avoid poor outcomes’
• meet, talk, network 

Come and join us! We meet bi-monthly (virtually) within each of our 4 localities.

ACTION campaign

The Early Help partnership will meet with your service and your teams to deliver awareness and training. Everyone can be part of making Walsall a better place where children, young people and their families don’t just avoid poor outcomes but have opportunities, ambitions and thrive.

Our ACTION campaign will:

• raise awareness
• provide training
• build capacity and knowledge
• help us work together

The offer is across all practitioners in Walsall who work with, support or come into contact with children, young people and families. This includes:

• contractors
• housing officers
• clean and green practitioners
• private companies