SIP is a multi agency panel seeking to reduce social exclusion and ensure a coordinated approach to planning across agencies for very vulnerable children and young people who are at risk but do not meet thresholds for statutory intervention.

In all these cases there is an expectation that agencies will already be working actively with the child and family as a Team Around the Child, but that concerns remain. The panel looks at the eEHA, which should clarify why advice is required, what has been tried previously and what extra support is required.