Range of Services:  By working in partnership with parents and other agencies, and by utilising the wide range of skills available, we can offer a range of services which are available to all parents and carers (grandparents, childminders etc.) of young children aged 0 - 3 years.

Activity Based Parent Support Groups: A range of locally based groups which provide:

• Opportunities for children's development through play

• Support for families to enhance their understanding of, and their ability to meet, the needs of their child

• Opportunities to develop social networks

• Assistance to parents to access local provision and mainstream services

Focussed Group Work: This may include groups such as:

• Parenting for Teenagers

• Fathers

• Post Natal Mental Illness

• Therapeutic Parenting Courses

• Behaviour Management Parenting Courses

Individual Work:  Parents experiencing difficulties can request individual support (through their health visitor, nursery or social worker) from a range of professional staff on issues which may affect their ability to parent with confidence.

Career Development Advice:  The provision of support to parents of very young children by Sure Start career advisers to develop the educational and employment potential of parents who want to return to work and to advise them on benefits, childcare, options and choices.

Flowchart: Please click here to view a flowchart of how Sure Start operates. 

Annual Report:  Please click here to view our annual report.
 

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