1.1 Level of Need Guidance, Including Early Help

Sefton ‘Level of Need’ Guidance sets out an agreed approach to provide timely support for children and families. This is for all children irrespective of their care status. It is the local framework to assist everyone working with children. It provides information with examples to support all practitioners from all agencies so that you can identify when it will be appropriate to work individually with a child and family and when it will be better to coordinate skills and call upon other agencies to work together to support children.

The guidance details some of the most common indications of additional needs and risks for vulnerable children. For each level there are identified planning responses and a range of possible services.

Please refer to the Sefton SCP Level of Need Guidance.