Supportive Action for Families in Ealing (SAFE) Team

Southall 0 — 19 SAFE team

SAFE = Sup­port­ive Action for Fam­i­lies in Ealing

The 0 — 19 SAFE ser­vice is a new ser­vice in the bor­ough, which is pilot­ing a new way of work­ing by pro­vid­ing a holis­tic and inte­grated ser­vice for chil­dren, young peo­ple and their fam­i­lies where addi­tional need has been iden­ti­fied. The Southall team is the first of a num­ber of locality-​based teams that will be estab­lished in the bor­ough over the next year or so.

The Southall 0 — 19 SAFE team is based at Tal­bot Road in Southall. The team responds quickly to chil­dren, young peo­ple and fam­i­lies show­ing early signs of need­ing sup­port, thereby reduc­ing the like­li­hood of them requir­ing addi­tional or more inten­sive ser­vices in the future.

The team also offers ser­vices to the gen­eral Southall com­mu­nity, such as par­ent­ing classes, early years play and devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties and a com­pre­hen­sive infor­ma­tion resource that pro­vides advice and spe­cial­ist infor­ma­tion about local ser­vices such as com­mu­nity and faith facil­i­ties, as well as activ­i­ties in the local area.

The team includes social care, edu­ca­tion, health and men­tal health pro­fes­sion­als, work­ing together with chil­dren, young peo­ple and their fam­i­lies to improve out­comes for them.

Par­ents can refer them­selves to the team for help or advice or can be referred by nurs­eries, Children’s Cen­tres, schools, GPs or other professionals.

For more infor­ma­tion about the Southall 0 — 19 SAFE team please con­tact Nick Bid­made, Inte­grated Ser­vice Man­ager on tel: (020) 8825 9725 or email: bidmaden@​ealing.​gov.​uk