Working with schools, health and social care agencies and the voluntary sector, our Family Support Service supports children and families to overcome adversity and disadvantage they face, particularly where these are affecting a child’s emotional wellbeing, mental health and educational achievement.
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Family Support workers help children and young people who are experiencing difficulties in school or at home.
The support:
When children and young people are experiencing problems, these can present themselves through changes in behaviour, low educational attainment, absence or poor self-esteem. Working with the family, school and other agencies, Family Support workers identify the underlying causes and support families to address them.
Through one-to-one and group work, the support offered by our Family Support workers empowers families to effect lasting change.
Support work is child-centred and led by the needs of the individual family. It has a lifelong effect by improving attendance, behaviour, self-esteem and confidence, overcoming obstacles to learning, and raising aspirations.
Students who are vulnerable or experiencing challenging situations can take up a significant amount of staff time and impact adversely on school targets for attendance, behaviour and student attainment. Even experienced pastoral support staff may struggle to deal with the range and complexity of issues they present. Further, teachers with pastoral responsibilities may be unavailable because of teaching commitments.
Our Family Support workers are a dedicated, experienced and professional resource, whose interventions have been proven to:
We work holistically, assisting families to overcome a wide range of adversities and barriers. Some of the most common areas we support with are:
We offer safeguarding support, individual casework, group sessions and more. Full details about the interventions we use can be found in the Family Support Service leaflet.
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Contact us
To find out more about our Family Support Service contact
Zena Wedgwood, Schools’ Family Support Team Manager
Tel: 07823 526789 / 01675 434000
Email: zenawedgwood@fatherhudsons.org.uk
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