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Early Support Key Workers

Early Support Key Worker Team

The Early Support Key Workers are part of Salford Early Help Service. Early Support Key Workers are in place to support families with disabled children under five years of age and support with a coordinated response with other professionals working with them.

It was developed by parents, carers and practitioners to ensure families are kept at the heart of decision making about their child.

The aim of early support is to provide:

  • good information for parents
  • a multi-agency approach with families at the centre
  • designated key workers

Working together is the key to providing the best care and support for disabled children. The Early Support Key Workers provides information, resources and support.

The Early Support Key Workers act as a single point of contact and can reduce stress by encouraging everyone who is in contact with a child to work in partnership. The aim is to support better co-ordinated packages of help and advice and to keep parents and carers at the heart of decision making about their child.

To request the support from a Early Support Key Worker you must meet the following criteria:

  • The child is under five years old; and
  • The child has a complex special need or Disability (additional needs); and
  • The Child with additional needs has a complex support package which involves four or more active professionals (please note universal services such as GP or Health visitor are NOT counted for this purpose. Active professional is defined as a professional who has an open case and is regularly seeing the child)

If you still feel you or a family you are working with would benefit form support, you can make a request for other early help support services.

Making a request for a Early Support Key Worker

Request are preferred from professional working with families, with supporting information such as an Early Help Assessment. However, families can make request for the service in the same way.

Requests are made through the council's Children's Portal.

Make a request on the Children's Portal

Comments from parents for the Early Support Key Workers

“L.. and I want to thank you for all your support over the past few years. Your guidance and encouragement has helped us to bring out the best in L …and has given her a great start in life. At the beginning it was very much a whirl wind but you have made the whole process so much easier and we thanks you so much for that. The support we have received has been priceless. Thank you. V..L..And L”.

“Words cannot express how grateful we are for all you are doing for our family …… You are god sent and truly a rare gem whose worth is priceless! We cannot thank you enough…. We will FOREVER remain grateful to you B…and N”.

“I would firstly like to thank H.. for making us all feel so comfortable as a family with her personality H.. made every meeting easy that we went to together, she supported me and always made me feel confident with myself. She told me to trust my own judgement and instinct which proved invaluable on many occasions. She helped to organise appointments and liaised between myself and health professionals where I struggled. She really will be missed and deemed a friend of the family I wish I could keep H.. with us for longer, it’s a shame for us to lose her, but I know she will be perfect with other families as she was with ours”.

Early help for families

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