Get help from the Family Support Service
The Family Support Service offers support to children, young people and families with children and young people aged 0 to 19 or up to 25 years with a special educational need or disability (SEND)
This support includes:
- advice through the Family Information Service
- open-access sessions and health services at Family Centres
- support with issues affecting families
Support with issues affecting families
The Family Support Service offer a number opportunities to access help within groups for:
- Parenting support
- Early years developmental issues
- Youth work programmes
- Family Learning
The Family Support Service can work with families, children or young people who need help because they are:
- Excluded from school or having difficulties engaging with education
- Currently or at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)
- Affected by domestic abuse or parental conflict
- Demonstrating risk-taking behaviour
- Impacted by the consequences of substance misuse
- Affected by poor mental health
- Impacted by poor attachments or relationships within the family
- Having difficulty parenting in a consistent way
- Impacted by financial problems and debt
- Having difficulty maintaining boundaries and expectations within the home
- Involved with the criminal justice system
- Young carers
- Vulnerable to exploitation
- In a home environment impacting on the health and well-being of a child
Request support online
You can request support for a child, young person or family online if you are:
- A professional, requesting support on behalf of a family or child
- A family member, requesting support for you or your family
- A young person, requesting support for yourself
Need help to decide what support you need? Our supportive team is here to help. Contact us online, by email, or phone: 01296 383 293 between Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.