Early Help Services included in the EHA
The Early Help Assessment (EHA) is a simple, easy to use assessment, which captures all of a child/young person’s and family’s needs at the earliest opportunity, and with consent. It is a shared tool which can be used by all agencies in Somerset who are delivering early help in a co-ordinated way, so that they understand and respond to the needs of children/young people.
It is a tool for practitioners to identify the needs of children/young people and their families and make ‘request for services’ involvement where required, if services already involved are not able to meet the identified needs.
If a child or young person reveals they are at risk of suffering actual or likely significant harm, the practitioner should follow the local safeguarding process immediately.
Useful Documents
If you currently have the EHA in the previous .docm format, please redownload the form. Each time you wish to complete an EHA please download the form, so you always have the most up to date version.
Additional Adults Form Section 5 (Please complete this if you need to name more than three adults on the EHA.) Additional Children and Young People Form Section 4 (Please complete this if you need to name more than three children/young people on the EHA.) Early Help Assessment (EHA) and Child Protection Form (Please ensure the form is downloaded in .docx format.)
Early Help Cross Border Protocol
Effective Support for Children and Families in Somerset – Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership
Young Person Led Early Help Assessment (EHA) Form (Please ensure the form is downloaded in .docx format.)