Parent Support Services
Helping you to be the best parent you can be through the Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities Parenting Programme, Workshops and 1:1 Support
Parenting courses
A weekly meeting for parents and carers who would like to increase their parenting skills and improve adult/child relationships at home and in the community.
Contact Sally Williams for more information
0117 9556971 ext 161
Parenting support team
Our parent support team is able to offer parents 1:1 support and information on any issue or concern. Please call in for a chat or call 0117 9556971 Ext 161.
Sally Williams
Parenting courses
Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities Parenting Programme
is currently running an SFSC 4 week course via Zoom sessions starting soon!
Our 13 Week Programme will be starting in September 2021 - Places will be limited so book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment or to secure a creche place
Contact Sally Williams for more information
0117 9556971 ext 161
What we do
Parenting Support Team. This team delivers Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities Parenting Education Programme and offers 1:1 support (this includes support for Somali parents). We can deliver workshops to support parents on family and community issues.
Over a number of years, we have developed workshops based on parents concerns and deliver these to groups of parents who would like to come together and support each other.
Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities Parenting Programme
SFSC provides an opportunity for parents to explore parenting issues in a supportive setting. The programme provides a chance to get information on the development of children and to look at how our own experience of being children has influenced our parenting methods. There are many opportunities for an in-depth exploration of parenting skills, with attention paid to how children can be helped to develop self-discipline and self-esteem. You can find some tools and resources here.
One to One Support for parents on any issue affecting their family
We work with all families, whether parents are parenting together or separated. Our main focus is on families in East Central although we are happy to discuss referrals from other areas.
Some of the Workshops for parents:
- What is anxiety?
- What is depression?
- Children’s Emotional Wellbeing
- Keeping Children Safe (IT/Internet)
- Keeping Children Safe (Gangs/Crime/ASB)
- Talking to Children About Sex
- Drugs & Alcohol
- Talking to Teens
- Parent & Sibling Abuse
- Parenting Styles & Boundaries
- Getting to Know Computers
- Parenting Together
- Improving Self Confidence
- Time verses Things
- Child Development
- Domestic Abuse
- Healthy Relationships
- County Lines & Trafficking
Training for Practitioners
Good Practice in Signposting and Information – Signposting Services can be very empowering for parents and enable them to gain the support that they need to have happy healthy family lives. Done well Signposting can improve parent’s access to support and community resources, done badly Signposting can send parents around in circles and dissuade them from seeking help in the future. We have to be very careful not to be offering what could be perceived as ‘advice’ unless of course, we have advice qualifications. Good Practice in Signposting and Information looks at the skills set needed to provide a Signposting and
Information Service and enables workers to provide a quality service using minimal resources.
Parent Abuse Workshops - A workshop aimed at professionals to improve understanding of domestic violence and abuse perpetrated against parents (and siblings) by their children. The workshop aims to support practitioners understanding of the dynamics of parent abuse and its impact on parents, siblings and the children/young people who are potentially perpetrators and victims. It also supports identifying parent abuse and understanding how to respond to a disclosure and to be aware of the support needs of parents and children and the current local and national support services available.
Wellbeing Workshops – Aimed at Practitioners supporting families to deal with some difficult, complex and serious issues. Why do we do what we do? How does it impact on us professionally and personally? It is really important for the parents we support, the practitioners that do the work and for the organisations that we work for that we work efficiently and effectively and that we are aware of how our work affects us. Burn out affects us, the families we work with, our own families and the organisations we work for that cannot afford staff cover in times of austerity.
Sally Williams – sally.williams@wsb.org.uk
For further information, you can contact Sally on 0117 9556971
Support sessions for Somali parents
We currently have 3 sessions a week for Somali parents and carers to come meet with our Somali Worker Saada to access parenting, wellbeing and conversation groups.
For further information contact Saada Jumale 0117 9556971 ext 161
Ready to find out more?
Telephone: 0117 9556971
