/ Leeds Early Help
Action Plan
LEHAP v4.0
EARLY HELP (Person ID) No.
Lead Professional
Agency / Job Title
Email Address / Contact Number
SUMMARY ASSESSMENT
Summarise key issues for the child/young person and/or family from the main assessment.
Strengths:
Needs:
Additional Information (including details of disability):

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DESIREDOUTCOMES
Long Term Goal Statement:Provide a statement of how things will look for the child/young person and family when progress is good enough to close this Early Help Action Plan, based on the needs currently identified. If needs change, a different statement may be required.
Is a Team around the Family (TAF) meeting going to be held?
TAF Meeting Date:
/ Yes / No
If ‘No’ indicate reason:
No further action – Early help closed / Superseded by specialist assessment
Family Action / Single Agency

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MEETING DETAILS
TAF Meeting Date:
  • Please list everyone who was invited to the TAF meetingincluding the family, regardless of whether or not they attended.
  • Please use first names only for family members to ensure security of information.

Professional/Family Member Name / Agency/Family Relationship / Contact Number / Attended? / Update Sent?
Yes / No / Yes / No

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ACTION PLAN
  • Please identify intended short term actions for the child/young person and/or family to meet and who will be leading on each action.
  • Please note a professional/family member cannot be allocated an action if they are not part of the TAF. The Lead Professional must have secured agreement for the activity to be included in the delivery plan.
  • Please notify the Families First Team if the Lead Professional changes at this stage.

What changes do people want to see? / What action is required for this to happen? / Who will lead this? / By When?
Agreed Review Date

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COMMENTS
Please use the boxes below to record any comments or differences of opinion.
Child/Young Person’s Comments:
Parent/Carer’s Comments:
Practitioner’s Comments:
Any Other Comments:

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT
Following this meeting, does this information need to be shared with any additional professionals who the family have not already given consent to share with. Please list below:
Consent to share information with (list agencies):
Consent given by:
Print Name (BLOCK CAPITALS) / Signature (or where held) / Date / Relation to child/young person
The following Data Protection statement is the most current and needs to be replicated in the forms you use:
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 we must inform you that by signing this form you are giving your consent to process the information we collect from you whilst we have involvement with you and your family, for the purposes of providing support. This information may be shared, but only where appropriate, with other relevant professionals and organisations, such as the NHS, Leeds City Council, and Families First programme. Sharing with the Families First programme may allow us to access additional family support and/or funding for you
Each agency is duty bound to follow data protection and child protection policies and guidelines and will ensure the safe transfer and storage of any information they record. I agree that information about my family may be shared, and sought from other relevant agencies to help ensure that my child/ren and family receives the support we need.
If there are changes in family circumstances or our family no longer want support from any of the services involved or offered it is understood by everyone that it is the responsibility of the parent/carer to inform the requesting agency or worker.
The Council may have to give some of the information we collect from you to relevant government departments, such as the DfE or the DCLG, for research purposes and with the aim of making the services of Leeds City Council better. Any sharing will be done only where it is necessary or where we are legally obliged to do so and is strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Act. Your information may be collated or monitored, where possible in an anonymized format, to ensure you receive the correct support and services. Should you choose not to consent to sign this form then please note we may still be required under law to process and share the information in this form without your agreement, for example when we believe a child is at significant risk of harm.

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