Leicestershire County Council
Family Help / Children and Family Wellbeing service
Family Help is the new name for the Children and Family Wellbeing Service. Family Help provides targeted early help to families – and if more help is needed, the family may be given help from Child in Need services.
Family Help is an early help service for families, where they’re experiencing difficulties that can’t be supported by universal services such as schools or GPs alone.
They provide a wide range of support for children and families, such as: –
- Support for families impacted by domestic abuse, or where any family members are involved with the Youth Justice System
- Groups for young carers or children with special educational needs (SEND), which aim to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
- Groups for parents of SEND children which offer personal support and support around SEND related matters.
- Various groups and personal support, for parents of any children
Sometimes a family’s needs may be more complicated, and they might be allocated a Social Worker who can work more closely with them to help make sure their needs are being met. This would always be explained to the family in the first instance.
If you live in Leicestershire County you can call 0116 305 8727 for advice.
To make a referral for your family you can complete the online form.
Click this link to be taken to the form for families
Young people 11-19 can access this service by completing a Teen Health referral form.
Click this link to be taken to the teen health form
Adults
If you’re aged 18 or over and live in the county of Leicestershire (outside of the Leicester city boundary) and are struggling with your activities of daily living in a range of areas and this is having an impact on your wellbeing, you can request a care and support assessment to find out if you are eligible for help and support.
Click this link to to go to the Leicestershire County Council website
Carers
Carers can also request a carer’s assessment of their own support needs.
Click this link to to go to the Leicestershire County Council website
More information for carers is available on Autism Space:
Click here to read the article for carers
If you do not meet the criteria, then you can still access universal help from a range of services through First Contact Plus
Click here to go to the First Contact Plus website
Please note that these forms are not for reporting abuse.
For safeguarding information click this link
Leicester City
Early Help
Leicester City Council has a range of services for families. Some of these are targeted which means that not everyone can access these , therefore an assessment of a family’s needs is required.
Click here to view a poster on the Early Help offer for families
Click here to view a poster for professionals about Early Help
An Early Help Assessment is usually carried out by various agencies – such as social care, health, and education – and when children, young people and families have multiple and / or complex issues.
A referral for a child, young person or family can be made by a young person aged over 16, a parent, carer or a professional by completing a Multi-Agency Referral Form (MARF). Before completing the MARF, please contact the One Number on 0116 454 1004 to discuss your request.
Click here to be taken to the MARF form
Adults
If you’re aged 18 or over and live in the Leicester city boundary and are struggling with your activities of daily living in a range of areas and this is having an impact on your wellbeing, you can request a care and support assessment to find out if you have eligible care and support needs.
Click here to go to the adult social care portal
Carers
If you are a carer and require more support:
Click here to fill out the carers assessment form
More information for carers is available on Autism Space:
Click here to read the article for carers
Please note that these forms are not for reporting abuse.
For safeguarding information click this link
Rutland County Council
Early Help
Family support is provided by Early Help, this is a range of services, processes and interactions that aim to help children, young people, and their families at the earliest opportunity.
Early Help offers support to families to help overcome any difficulties they’re facing before they become more serious.
These services are available for all families with children aged 0 to 19, or up to 25 if they have a special educational need or disability.
An Early Help Assessment is a way of gathering and sharing information about the things that are working well for your family, and the things you might need help with.
To get Early Help for your family you need to complete a Multi-Agency Referral Form (MARF), or you can contact – email earlyhelp@rutland.gov.uk or call 01572 758 493.
Click this link to fill out a MARF form
Support is offered through a group work programme for families.
Enhanced family support is also available for families facing more difficult challenges and have several issues.
Adults
If you’re aged 18 or over and live in the Rutland County boundary and are struggling with your activities of daily living in a range of areas and this is having an impact on your wellbeing, you can request a care and support assessment to find out if you have eligible care and support needs.
The assessment is free.
The assessment will allow you to share the difficulties you have in looking after yourself, how these difficulties affect your wellbeing and the things you’d like to achieve.
To get Early Help you need to complete a Multi-Agency Referral Form (MARF), or you can Telephone :01572758341
Click this link to fill out an assessment form
Carers
If a friend or family member helps to look after you as an unpaid carer, they can get a carer’s assessment – this looks at whether they need any support to carry on caring for you.
Click this link to be taken to a carers assessment form
More information for carers is available on Autism Space:
Click here to read the article for carers
Please note that these forms are not for reporting abuse.
