Our pastoral officer
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Liz Grosse is our Early Help Officer at Deer Park Primary School. Her role is to support children and their families within the home or at school to help remove any barriers to learning and general well-being. She works with families for various reasons to encourage positive and sustainable outcomes for children and their families.
During sessions in school children can discuss issues affecting them in a safe and confidential space. Working together with the children and their families, Liz identifies any key issues they are experiencing and helps resolve them using suitable strategies for that family. In addition, she supports families with appointments and meetings and signposts to other agencies if needed. She is a parent herself and she wants to reassure you that she is here to listen and support where needed. |
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what is early help?Early Help is about taking action to support a child or young person and their family at the time that a problem first emerges and before it becomes a crisis.We can never predict when help will be needed; it can be at any stage in the development of a child. Help might be needed pre-birth through to adulthood and supports any issue that the family cannot deal with or manage on their own.
Early Help is all about safeguarding the young person but it is not Child Protection. Appropriate early help at the right time can help to prevent situations escalating into the need for formal Child Protection. 
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Supporting FamiliesEarly Help can support families to navigate the most complex of situations as well finding simple solutions to more straightforward issues. Early Help may require multi agency working or a single agency response. It may be a complex, long term relationship or a simple ’signpost’ to the right person. |
Why is Early Help needed?There are multiple benefits arising from Early Help provision to enable children to thrive and develop better social and emotional skills, improved communication, the ability to manage their own behaviour and nurture robust mental health. It enables a stronger foundation for learning at school, an easier transition into adulthood, better job prospects, healthier relationships and improved well-being. Early Help can reduce the need for, or prevent, specialist interventions unless they are absolutely the correct response to meet the need and resolve the problem. How do I contact Early Help?Early Help support can be requested via the school. We we speak to you about your needs and make a referral to the service on your behalf. If we feel that any of our families would benefit from Early Help support, we may also approach you to talk about next steps. |
our External Partners & Referral PathwaysWe offer children and their families the right support to the right professional services. Supporting families
Supporting pupils
Signposting to other services We have access to further professional services if needed:
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