Meeting every Wednesday between 1pm-5pm

The Early Help Multi Agency Panel meets weekly playing a key part in ensuring that needs are identified early, and that services are integrated and tailored to the child, young person or family in need of early help. It mobilises resources swiftly across the partnership, helping to build capacity in families to be resilient and manage their own difficulties and reduce the need for statutory agencies to become involved.

It provides a regular forum for professionals to meet in which:

• Whole system information can be shared to make decisions
• Families can access the resources they need rapidly
• Agencies collaborate to ensure children, young people and their families receive the right help, for the whole family, first time
• Lead professionals are agreed to drive joined up assessments, plans and interventions for children, young people and their families
• The need for children, young people and their families to have to tell ‘their story’ more than once is reduced
• Support plans can be reviewed, support when needs and/or risks change to minimise the risk of children, young people and their families being referred to specialist or statutory services.

We welcome self-referrals from families, please click portal link, ‘Request Early Help’, to refer.
For advice and support regarding Early Help Panel, please contact earlyhelp@torbay.gov.uk