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NEW Threshold of Need Guidance and release of the Early Help Assessment

Threshold of Need

Produced through a collaboration between partner agencies, the new Sheffield Threshold of Need Guidance was released in November with a 9 minute video to demonstrate how to use the guidance most effectively. 

The following short guides accompany this document:

• The Assessment Triangle
• Domestic Abuse
• Parental Mental Ill Health
• Parental Substance Misuse
• Threshold of Need diagram

Early Help Assessment

A new Early Help Assessment form was launched in December 2023. It replaces FCAF, Early Help Part 1 and many other assessment and referral forms. It is designed to include the voice of the child whilst avoiding families needing to have multiple assessments. It also provide better quality referral information and reduces bureaucracy for frontline workers.

Early Help Assessment form

Early Help Assessment Guidance Notes

Early Help Assessment 12 minute briefing video

For further information and to keep up to date on both Threshold of Need and Early Help Assessment visit and bookmark the page when you get there.