Children in need of help and protection (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Unmet needs
- For families with complex needs, seamless access to public services in order to support a holistic service which holistically addresses health, education, early help and social care needs.
- Connecting of pathways for co-occurring factors such as mental health; drug and alcohol misuse; domestic violence; to ensure a coherent, holistic response for children and families that overcomes qualification barriers for service. This is being explored through a partnership project for Integrated Locality Teams.
- Response and intervention for families and young people aged 10 - 16 years who are at risk of being taken into care by the local authority
- Better insight and response to children whose experience includes domestic abuse, including raising awareness and developing partnership response to children and families who have experienced domestic abuse, and to perpetrators. (Domestic abuse evaluation Report to the Community Safety Partnership, 7 December 2016).
- Better insight and response for families and children where neglect is a factor.
