Interactive Threshold Tool

  • Level 1
    Universal
    • Needs are being met through universal services. May have additional needs that can be met within existing services.

    • Circumstances and key features
    • Parent/Carer capacity and engagement
    • Family and environment
  • Level 2
    Early Help
    • Has additional needs that can be met through partnership working led by existing service.

    • Circumstances and key features
    • Parent/Carer capacity and engagement
    • Family and environment
  • Level 3
    Early Help
    • Has multiple needs that require an active and coordinated responseĀ involving multi-agency working.

    • Circumstances and risks/key features
    • Parent/Carer capacity and engagement
    • Family and environment
  • Level 4
    Statutory Intervention
    • Has a high level of unmet and complex needs that require statutory intervention or is in need of protection.

    • Circumstances and risks/key features
    • Parent/Carer capacity and engagement
    • Family and environment
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Circumstances and risks/key features

  • Persistent absence from school
  • Permanent exclusion/no school place
  • Missing from school/home regularly with no explanation
  • Social exclusion
  • Poor attachments
  • No access to core services
  • Significant disabilities
  • NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)
  • Developmental milestones not being met due to persistent parental failure/inability
  • Chronic/recurring health problems
  • Regular missed appointments affecting developmental progress.
  • Teenage pregnancy
  • Drug/alcohol misuse impacting negatively
  • Risky sexual behaviour
  • Offending/anti-social behaviour /risk of entering Youth Justice System
  • Emotional/mental health problems