Further Information

What are the benefits?

The support will help you gain:

• Help and advice eg. bedtime routines, boundaries, behavioural issues
• New strategies/goals to deal with issues/problems
• Empowerment, visualising a more positive future
• Someone to talk to and to be listened to in confidence, that is independent of the school
• The ability to think differently about your situation
• A positive approach to parenting
• Better links with schools, other parents and professionals
• Access to parenting programmes/learning opportunities
• Signposting to services/information you may need to use.

What is a support package?

A support package is broadly categorised under one of four headings:

• One to one work. Tailored, personal support for your children and family, either working with individual members or the whole family together
• Group work. This could take the form of a parenting programme or a more informal group set up by the early intervention family support worker to address issues such as anger, social skills, protective behaviours or transition with children.  Groups and workshops are established through consultation with schools with identified areas of need.  They bring together a number of parents or children who are all experiencing similar issues or concerns allowing EIFS to address a number of individuals' needs more time effectively 
• Signposting to another service. This could involve some debt management advice, counselling or support from any one of a number of other agencies. Early Intervention Family Support Workers have a sound knowledge of the services and agencies available to support you and your family
• Drop-in sessions. These could be on a wide variety of topics designed to give your family more informal assistance if you do not want or need on-going support.  Families waiting for a service are also invited to attend drop-ins to provide interim support until the Early Intervention Family Support Worker has capacity to work with them on a one to one basis.

Example of a typical support package timeline  (113KB)