Our early help offer for families in Bromley
Early help is about supporting families who are struggling with the day-to-day challenges they are facing.
Services are provided by the Council and by our key partners, such as schools, health services and voluntary sector organisations.
To support families and professionals to access the right support, at the right time, from the most suitable agency, the Council has introduced a new contact point, called the Children and Families Hub.
What is available?
Bromley Council
Early Intervention and Family Support Service (EIFS)
The Council’s Early Intervention and Family Support Service (EIFS) takes a leading and proactive role in this provision. This support consists of –
- Bromley Children Project parenting hotline
- Children and Family Centres
- Children and Family Centre activities
- Bromley Children Project
- Parenting courses
- Parenting support
- Reducing parental conflict
- Children Overcoming Domestic Abuse (CODA) programme
- Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS)
Our teams work in three localities spread across Bromley, each locality has two of our six Children and Family Centres and because we are based in the community we have a good knowledge of the local area and can make better connections with the families we support.
The NHS and Bromley Healthcare
Bromley 0-19 Public Health Service
The Bromley 0-19 Public Health Service also takes a leading and proactive role. This support consists of –
- Health visitors
- Well baby clinics
- Healthy Start vouchers
- Infant Feeding Clinics
- School Nursing
- Family Nurse Partnership
The Bromley 0 to 19 Public Health Service offers tailored guidance and support to families and partner services who work with children and young people.
Other services
Primary and community healthcare,
consisting of:
Community pharmacists
Dental practices
Sexual health Bromley
Talk Together Bromley
Education and learning,
consisting of:
Early years settings
Primary education
Secondary education
Education Welfare Service
Further education
Free school meals
SEN and disabilities
School avoidance
Community, care and safety,
consisting of:
Youth support programme
Youth Justice Service
Bromley Housing Portal
Drug and alcohol service
Bromley Well
Outreach service (Mottingham)
Cotmandene Community Resource Centre
Bromley Children and Families Hub
To support families and professionals to access the right support, at the right time, from the most suitable agency, the Council has introduced a new contact point, called the Children and Families Hub.
The Hub provides services that protect, care for and support the most vulnerable children and young people in the borough.
Who can get support
Most children and young people’s needs will be met through universal services, for example by schools, youth services, GP surgeries as well as from support within the family.
A relatively very small number of children and young people require specialist support from children’s safeguarding and social care. This will include children and young people who are suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm and those whose development will be significantly impaired without the provision of services.
In Bromley we use our Threshold of Needs to identify the child’s level of need and to inform the multi-agency partnership what services would best meet these needs.
Contact the Hub
Call
020 8461 7373
020 8461 7379
(Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5pm)
Out of hours, weekends and on public holidays, call:
0300 303 8671
If you are seriously concerned about a child’s immediate safety, call 999 and ask for the police.
Information for people working with children
All the information for professionals working with children and families in Bromley is available on the Bromley Safeguarding Children board website.
