Early Help Assessment and Plan
South Gloucestershire’s Early Help Strategies aim to support children, young people and their families at the first signs of need to help improve outcomes and ensure they are safe, happy, healthy and well educated.
This information is written for professionals using the Early Help Assessment and Plan (EHAP) process in South Gloucestershire. For information about EHAP for families, please see our Find information website.
In South Gloucestershire we have an agreed Common Business and Delivery Process (CBDP) to use to assess the needs of children, young people and their families, and intervene early to improve outcomes. We want to ensure children, young people and their families are provided with integrated, accessible and equitable services which are designed to keep them safe, healthy and inspired to do the very best they can.
After agencies have used their own internal assessments and interventions, the next stage is to use the Early Help Assessment and Plan in order to involve partner organisations or support services in the wider assessment of need, and planned interventions in an integrated action plan and review.
Used in connection with the The Right Help in the Right Way at the Right Time (Threshold), the needs of a child, young person or family can be clearly identified and the process of providing or accessing support services can begin.
More detailed information can be found in the Early Help Strategy 2019-2024
Parents, carers and family members living in South Gloucestershire have free access to expertly designed online learning and resources on nurturing emotional health and wellbeing so that our children can thrive as kind, sociable and emotionally aware people throughout their lives. For the full details and information on how to access the online learning, please visit:
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- 1b. EHAP Checklist – September 2023
- 2a. EHAP (Initial) for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 2b. EHAP Review for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 2c. EHAP Closure Form for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 3a. Initial EHAP- A Guide to What’s New for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 3b. EHAP Review- A Guide to What’s New for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 3c. EHAP ‘Top Tips’ Poster – August 2022
- 4a. Example EHAP (Initial) for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 4b. Example EHAP Review for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 4c. Example EHAP Closure Form for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 5. EHAP Process Flow Chart – September 2023
- 6a. EHAP Guide for Parents and Carers – September 2023
- 6b. EHAP Poster for Parents and Carers – September 2023
- 6c. TAC TAF Guide for Partner Agencies – September 2023
- 7a. Early Help (EHAP) Funding Application Form V5 – September 2023
- 7b. Early Help (EHAP) Funding Info V5- September 2023
- 7c. Early Help (EHAP) Funding Examples – September 2023
- 7d. Early Help (EHAP) Funding – FIF Criteria V1
- Request for Help Form July 2023