Early Support (ES) - Coronavirus

Early Support is keeping communication open with parents and professionals regarding individual child’s health needs which may be impacted on due to Covid19.  They are supporting the most complex families with regular contact and updated information, assessing the level of vulnerability within the family environment during isolation and actioning any needs.

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Wandsworth's Early Support (ES) service is available to disabled children aged 0-5 years living in Wandsworth with complex developmental and medical needs. 

To qualify for ES a child needs to have:

• Currently be under the age of 5 years
• Have the support of three or more specialist services
• Has a referral from one of the professionals working with the family to the Single Point Referral Service (SPRS) or MASH
• A family that is in a time of transition and unforeseen circumstances

Early Support will assist you

• with providing information and signposting where necessary
• advocating on the child’s and family’s behalf where appropriate
• help with coordinating services and practitioners around the child and family
• Facilitating multi agency meetings
• Providing emotional and practical support

Early Support can provide a designated key worker as a single point of contact for a family and their child. Alternatively, Early Support can offer assistance and information when a family needs it most. For more information, please see our leaflet under 'Downloads'.

Early Support will always work in partnership with the parents/carers, and the Early Support ethos is to keep the family and child at the heart of discussions and decision-making processes.