In North Lancashire, we are very fortunate to have many exceptional partner organisations who can support children, young people, their parents and carers with a range of issues and behaviours. 

 

If you have come to this page, you may have been thinking about some of your child's problems or behaviours.        There are  a few different ways you can get help and support.

1. If you have a concern about your child's physical or mental health, please speak to your GP, health visitor                   or school nurse. 

2. If you have a concern around your child's behaviour, you can speak to your health visitor, school nurse or seek advice from your local Children and Family Wellbeing Service who will be able to support and advise you and your family. You could also talk to your child's nursery or school about any help they can provide.

3. To get support from a key worker, you may need to complete something called a CAF (Common Assessment Framework). These forms help the people who support you understand what the problems are that you are facing so you get the right support at the right time for you and your family. 

4. If you are worried about your child's progress, please speak to your child's key worker (in nursery), class teacher (in primary school), form tutor or head of year (in secondary school) tutor (in college). 

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You may start a process known as "Assess, Plan, Do, Review" which aims to

• Assess the needs of the child or young person 

• Plan what steps are needed to meet their needs 

• Do whatever actions you have planned to meet the needs of the child or young person 

• Review how that support is working and address any issues .

This is a cycle that is meant to be in place as long as the child or young person's issues need support. 

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