Care and support
Where to look for help and advice
Care and support for children and families
Here you'll find a whole range of information on your child's welfare and taking care of children. This is the first place to look to find out who you can speak to for more help and what support we can provide.
Building new homes for children- Child Protection
Protecting children from harm
- Children with Special Needs
Support and advice if you have a child with special needs
- Childcare and Young in Herts
Early years, pre-school and childcare information
- Children and young people's health and wellbeing
including behaviour and discipline, drug abuse, sexual health, mental health, disabilities and support groups
- If your child isn't attending school
including information about attendance, behaviour, bullying, and truancy
- Children Looked After
including information about fostering, adoption, shared care, leaving care and the education support service
- Parenting and family support
including information on Family Centres, Outreach Services and Specialist Intervention for Specific Needs
- Comments and complaints - the Customer Focus Team
How to comment or complain about any Children, Schools & Families service including school places and exclusion appeals.
- Youth Justice Service, and youth offending
Young people at risk of offending.
- More about Young in Herts
About the Young in Herts partnership and what we do...
- Support for young people
Where your teenager can get specialist help from us.
- A Communication Point with Children Schools and Family
- Understanding Assessments
What happens when CSF is asked for help with some difficulty which affects your child?
CSF4239 eligibility and threshold guidance for children in need : 106KB
Guidance for practitioners for working together to meet the needs of children
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