Amid rising demand for child protection services over the past decade, early help support for children and families with emerging or less severe problems has been largely left on the political, policy ...

Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care referrals, the case for spending on early help has never been so important, yet investment in prevention services has been falling, fuelling late ...

A review has been launched into getting early help for families before they reach "crisis point" as demand increases for children's services. Stockton Council's people select committee has started the ...