Children in need of help and protection (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Evidence for interventions
Government policy has a longstanding focus on the value of early help in preventing more significant interventions: "Early Intervention offers our country a real opportunity to make lasting improvements in the lives of our children and forestall any persistent social problems and end their transmissions from one generation to the next and to make long term savings in public spending" (Early Intervention: The Next Steps - An Independent Report to Her Majesty's Government by Graham Allen MP)
Social care intervention is governed by statute. The LCSB has agreed safeguarding and child protection procedures which all local agencies work to.
South Tyneside Council: Safeguarding Children Partnership
The range of research evidence available to support this topic is extensive and the third sector organisations below offer a range of research-based resources.
Ofsted have a range of thematic reviews available at: GOV.UK: Ofsted Social Care Survey Reports