Early Intervention and Prevention Commissioned Services
Acting now, before problems occur or get worse, will help strengthen families, build confidence and skills and enable children and young people to achieve their full potential.
We have commissioned a number of providers to deliver early intervention and prevention support to children, young people and their families across the borough. We are also offering support and training to Barnet’s childcare providers and play settings.
All of the services offered are listed in the early intervention and prevention services table below . If you would like to find out more, including how you can refer, please get in touch with the providers listed in the table by clicking on the web link in the right hand column.
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| Activities and support for children and young people | |||
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A range of support and activities including mentoring support, counselling and respite clubs.
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Young carers
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Range of activities, term time and holidays at Norwood
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Disabled children and young people (18 months - 18 year olds)
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School holiday scheme at Action for Kids
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Disabled children and young people (14 - 18 year olds)
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Take a Break enabling services providing support to families to access services in the community at Barnet Mencap
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Disabled children and young people (0 - 19 year olds)
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Range of art based programmes at Community Focus
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Disabled children and young people (12 - 19 year olds)
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Range of term time and holiday schemes for CYP with Autism at Resources for Autism
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Disabled children and young people (8 - 18 year olds)
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Afterschool club running 4 nights per week, term time only at Oakleigh School
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Disabled children and young people attending Oakleigh Schools (4 - 11 year olds)
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| Support for parents and families | |||
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A Moving Up service for disabled children and young people aged 5 - 18 and their family carers. The service will be provided across the whole borough.
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Parents / carers of disabled children and young people
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Evidence based Strengthening Families and Strengthening Communities parenting programmes
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Parents/carers
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Engaging with families from traveller communities whose children are in difficulties with school, social workers or the youth justice team, and delivering evidence based parenting programmes to these families.
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Families of Irish Gypsy and Roma Traveller (GRT) heritage
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Family Group Conferences
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Support children to live within family where at risk of breakdown
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Referral through Social Worker
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Women's Support Group & Play Therapy
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Women exposed to DVDA and for children in DV environment
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Peri-natal coaching provided by volunteers within the community to support mum to be, preparing them to motherhood, accessing relevant services for their health & well-being
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Expecting mothers
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Family Health Coaches provided by volunteers within the community to support families/individuals in crisis, helping them to identify barriers preventing them from achieving their goals.
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Families/individuals
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| Raising the standards of childcare and delivery of activity clubs | |||
| Support and training to providers to help ensure high quality and sustainable provision. | Private, voluntary and Independent childcare providers and parent and toddler groups | Barnet Pre-school Learning Alliance | |