What is Early Help?
Early Help is the support given to children and families at the earliest signs of a problem, to prevent issues from getting worse.
At Meersbrook Bank Primary School, Early Help means working together with families to identify any challenges early on and providing the right support at the right time. This could include help with behaviour, attendance, emotional wellbeing, or family concerns. Our aim is to ensure every child is happy, safe, and able to reach their full potential.
At Meersbrook Bank Primary School, Early Help means working together with families to identify any challenges early on and providing the right support at the right time. This could include help with behaviour, attendance, emotional wellbeing, or family concerns. Our aim is to ensure every child is happy, safe, and able to reach their full potential.
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Family Intervention Service (FIS)
The Family Intervention Service (FIS) in Sheffield is a targeted Early Help programme, delivered by Sheffield City Council, that supports families facing challenges. It’s consent-based and works collaboratively with parents, children, schools, health services, and other agencies to create a whole-family, strengths-focused plan. FIS can provide anything from one-off advice sessions to long-term involvement by an allocated Intervention Worker.
Services range from parenting support and school engagement to help with mental and physical health, housing, finances, substance misuse, safeguarding, and SEND (sheffielddirectory.org.uk).
The goal is to empower families to build on their strengths, improve wellbeing, and maintain positive changes once the support ends .
Services range from parenting support and school engagement to help with mental and physical health, housing, finances, substance misuse, safeguarding, and SEND (sheffielddirectory.org.uk).
The goal is to empower families to build on their strengths, improve wellbeing, and maintain positive changes once the support ends .
Parenting Hub
The Sheffield Parenting Hub is part of Sheffield City Council’s Early Help support framework, offering seminars, discussion groups, and structured parenting programmes grounded in international research that illustrates “what works” for families
They offer:
They offer:
- Seminars & Discussion Groups — flexible, one-off sessions on topics like sleep hygiene, managing relationships, and common parenting challenges .
- Group Programmes — evidence-based courses (typically 5–15 weeks) tailored to different ages and needs, such as:
- Incredible Baby / Toddler for early bonding and behaviour,
- EPEC – Being a Parent and Living with Teenagers,
- Anxiety-focused programmes like Fear‑Less Triple P and Timid to Tiger,
- Support for SEND parents
- Strategies for supporting ADHD & Autism
Self‐referral & professional referral: Parents can refer themselves or FIS workers.
Contact via 0114 205 7243 or [email protected].
Sheffield’s Parent Hub also integrates with the Family Intervention Service, offering deeper support where needed. Peer volunteer facilitators lead many programmes, promoting shared experiences and community. For teens, the Teen Triple P course has helped strengthen parent–teen communication and reduce conflict
Contact via 0114 205 7243 or [email protected].
Sheffield’s Parent Hub also integrates with the Family Intervention Service, offering deeper support where needed. Peer volunteer facilitators lead many programmes, promoting shared experiences and community. For teens, the Teen Triple P course has helped strengthen parent–teen communication and reduce conflict