An Early Help Hub is set up and linked to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub in Children and Families Directorate to ensure children and families receive the right support, at the right time, in the right place and reduce the amount of families requiring statutory interventions from Children’s social care. This is a reorganisation of current service provision and integration of front line resource within the MASH.

The cost of the running hub will be up to £209, 650 per annum. Initial set up costs for IT and Smart phones is £6,000 plus DBS costs of £420. There is a budget transfer of £82,700 from the Safeguarding Family Support team making the additional budget needed for the annual running costs £126,950. This is within the overall revenue budget identified for the children and families directorate and specifically fulfils the getting to good and preventative services agendas set out in the budget setting process.