The Early Intervention Service offers high quality early intervention and specialist services to children, young people and families with additional and complex needs, both through our staff and across partner agencies.
All community partner agencies are actively involved in service delivery to ensure integrated, inclusive solutions to best improve outcomes for children and young people from birth to 19 (up to 25 where there are Special Educational Needs). Multi-Agency Early Intervention Service Interface Document (pdf format, 1.5MB). View the hub core offer (pdf format, 13 KB).
Our poster (pdf format, 1 MB) and factsheet (pdf format, 77 KB) can be downloaded and displayed or distributed.
Hub locations and contact details
The hubs are in the following locations. Click on the hub name to view a boundary map of the area that the hub serves.
- Abingdon (pdf format): The Net, Stratton Way, Abingdon, OX14 3RG, EIAbingdon@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029279 / 01865 328400
- Banbury (pdf format): Banbury Youth Centre, Hilton Road, Banbury, OX16 0EJ, EIBanbury@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029288 / 01865 328440
- Bicester (pdf format): The Courtyard Youth Arts Centre, Launton Road, Bicester, OX26 6DJ, EIBicester@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029298 / 01865 328470
- Didcot (pdf format): The Vibe Youth Centre, Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QX, EIDidcot@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029299 / 01865 328480
- East Oxford (pdf format): Union Street Centre for Young People, Union Street, East Oxford, OX4 1JP, EIEastOxford@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029315 / 01865 328490
- Littlemore (pdf format): Oxford Academy Campus, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 6JY, EILittlemore@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6416424 / 01865 816202
- Witney (pdf format): Witney Youth Centre, Witan Way, Witney, OX28 4YA EIWitney@oxfordshire.gov.uk, 0845 6029284 / 01865 328730
The hubs are a base for direct work with children, young people and families locally. They also provide a venue for others to work with children, young people and their families and through which youth sessions can be delivered in the evenings and weekends.
Children's Centres
Children’s Centres are for children under five and their families and are places where they can find a variety of activities, play, information and support from professionals working in a wide range of fields, whatever their background or circumstances. Visit www.oxonchildrenscentres.org.uk for locations and contact details.
Satellite services
Satellite sites and outreach services will operate away from the hubs to meet local needs. Satellite sites will be in the following locations:
- Barton: Barton Neighbourhood Centre, Underhill Circus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9LS
- Rose Hill: Rose Hill Youth Centre, The Oval, Oxford, OX4 4UY
- Blackbird Leys: Blackbird Leys Youth Centre, Blackbird Leys, Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, OX4 6HW
- Riverside: Riverside Centre, Donnington Bridge Road, Oxford, OX4 4AZ
- Berinsfield: The Campus c/o Abbey Sports Centre, Green Furlong, Berinsfield, OX10 7NR
- Kidlington: The Forum Youth Centre, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AB
Youth provision will also be delivered at Gloucester Green.
Referral process
We have created a single request-for-service system with all partners and agencies building on integrated assessment processes including Common Assessment Framework and Team around the Child/Young Person/Family to ensure processes make it easier to access services quickly. People making a referral to the early intervention service will be asked about the existing support in place for the family and what additional services or support may be needed from the early intervention service to improve outcomes for the children, young people and families involved. See the draft referral flow chart. Further details to follow shortly.
Hub consultation/advice line
Each hub operates a consultation/advice line whereby professionals can seek advice and support about vulnerable children, young people or families in their hub area. This consultation advice line is available Monday- Friday from 9am- 5pm. During busy periods, messages may be left on the answerphone and then a member of staff will contact the caller at the earliest opportunity.
Safeguarding concerns
The consultation service already provided by Children's Social Care will continue. This service offers 'no names' consultations to staff working in universal services through the Assessment teams' duty desks or through identified link social workers and Locality Senior Practitioners. The aim is to support staff by sharing their concerns and providing advice and guidance in relation to children and young people where there may be child protection issues.
Volunteer youth mentors
Volunteer youth mentors are matched with a young person with whom they build a relationship over the course of a year. Usually they will meet up once a week for a couple of hours and occasionally doing something special such as a trip to the cinema or bowling.
Our vision
Our aim is to support children, young people and families to reach their full potential and improve their life chances by providing accessible services that target the most vulnerable.
The Early Intervention Service will do this by:
- targeting vulnerable communities and children, young people and families with additional and complex needs, aged pre-birth – 19 years and up to 25 years for young people with Special Educational Needs and care leavers;
- working holistically and intervening early to assist family members to develop skills and resilience to resolve existing concerns;
- working with our community partner agencies to ensure we develop integrated, inclusive solutions taking into account local strengths and local needs identified by children, young people and their families
- delivering high quality, responsive support through specialist central services, our seven hubs, seven satellites and forty-four Children’s Centres to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
Monthly performance reports
We publish monthly performance reports, you can download them below:
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