Family support

For more information about how to access our Family Support services, please contact Lian Pitt, Deputy Better Start Area Manager on 07561 820 608 or email us at the Centre: [email protected]
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HOW OUR BETTERSTART WORKERS CAN HELP YOU

• Finding out about local groups for you and your child
• Support in getting your child a place in nursery or school
• Support around transition points i.e. birth, settling into pre-school, school
• Positive parenting such as managing your child’s behaviour and setting boundaries
• Help with benefits, debt and financial difficulties
• Housing problems and homelessness
• Relationship difficulties
• Parent’s well-being and mental health
• Finding work, training and volunteering
• Support for children with disabilities and their families

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM A BETTERSTART WORKER

• To be respected and listened to in friendly and approachable way
• To meet you 1-1; usually this meeting lasts about 1 hour
• The Betterstart worker will discuss your family’s needs and agree a plan to support you which may involve referrals to other agencies.

HOW CAN YOU USE OUR SERVICES

• You can self-refer by booking an appointment with a Betterstart Worker
• You can ask a health visitor or other professional to refer you to a Betterstart Worker

WHERE CAN WE MEET*

• At home
• In the children’s centre
• In the Community
• Any other place that you feel comfortable

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*All meetings are subject to the government's guidelines around Covid-19 and may therefore be subject to changes in accordance with the current permitted forms of contact for Children's Centres.