The Balanced System® framework
The Balanced System® framework is a way of making sure that in a setting, school or local area, the right provisions are available for parents, carers and professionals to help children and young people. In Southend, we are using this framework to help us ensure that therapies provision is planned and delivered in a structured, coordinated way – across universal, targeted and specialist levels – in the right setting, at the right time for the child or young person.
The system provides:
- continuum of Support: Children can move between the universal, targeted and specialist levels as necessary
- flexible Pathways: Children and Young People can access support from one or more levels simultaneously depending on their need
- integrated Workforce: The system emphasises the importance of a collaborative workforce, including specialist professionals and wider staff members to support all levels.
We will be working across the five strands of The Balanced System® to effect sustainable whole system change:
- family support
- environment
- workforce
- identification
- intervention
More information can be found here: About the framework: The Balanced System® Pathway.