Early intervention tackles the causes of poor outcomes for children and their families, shifting the focus from dealing with the consequences of difficulties to preventing things from going wrong in the first place. There are four locality teams within Salford. Each team is made up of staff from different professional backgrounds including Early Help Practitioners, Brief Intervention Officers and Skills & Work specialists.

We can provide: ▪ Parenting advice (parenting courses) ▪ Home safety (assessment & equipment where certain criteria is met) ▪ Welfare rights, advice & support ▪ Debt support & advice ▪ Support and signposting for more complex issues such as domestic abuse and substance misuse ▪ Support to prevent family breakdown (including brief intervention programme and family group conference) ▪ Reducing the risk of permanent exclusions from school