Advice and Support
How do we help families:
- We can support parents & families emergency supplies of hygiene products e.g. nappies, deodorant, washing powder.
- Food bank vouchers – families are only allowed 3x vouchers in six months period within Stoke-on-Trent.
- Targeted Early Help support for families to have support to access services & referrals.
- Sparkles Parent Wellbeing programme. This is 6 weeks programme and is designed to support parents & carers to help them to prioritise their own wellbeing.
- Referrals to health visitor & school nurse for medical support for your child.
- Support if your child needs a care plan for their medical needs.
Does your child need a young carer referral and support in school?
We support Young Carers in school & run young carers wellbeing groups.
If you have a family support worker or social worker, we will work with them & you. We will attend meetings and provide reports on how your child or children are doing in school.
Family Links Nurturing Programme
About this programme
Suitable for
Parents of children aged between 2 and 13 years old.
Programme aims
The programme is a fun and nurturing programme for parents. It benefits both adults and children by:
- promoting emotional literacy and emotional health
- raising self-esteem
- developing communication and social skills
- teaching positive ways to resolve conflict
- providing effective strategies to encourage co-operative responsible behaviour
- managing challenging behaviour in children
- offers insights into the influence of feelings on behaviour
- encourages adults to take time to look after themselves.
What the sessions cover
- ages and stages in child development
- managing feelings and communicating them clearly
- problem solving and negotiating
- how to give children choices and consequences
- setting boundaries and limits
- behaviours to ignore and giving praise
- exploring the ‘time out…to calm down’ method
- the importance of raising our self-esteem and nurturing ourselves
- kinds of touch and appropriate ways to discipline children
- how to talk to children about sex
- helping children stay safe, including the dangers of the internet and social media.
Programme length
2-hour session per week for 10 weeks.
Below is some feedback from parents.
“I really appreciated the personal stories by the course leaders, and the other participants. I felt like I wasn’t alone struggling! The examples of ‘what not to do’ were really familiar and the examples of ‘what to try’ seemed really obvious, but I hadn’t made the connections before the course. The course helped me understand why my kids, and then me and my partner, were reacting negatively, and then how to try positive discipline." Parent A
“The course tutors listen, are encouraging and make you feel comfortable. You’ll find out ideas to help understand your kid's behaviour better, help understand your own parenting style, and how to help the whole family communicate better. The course has been a massively useful wakeup call and I plan to try the techniques we learnt from now on." Parent B
Parent B:
If you need support or advice please contact Ms Cartwright-Davies (Safeguarding Officer)
