The Children and Families Hub team can provide advice and support to you and your family. This can include working with you directly and coordinating with other children and family organisations to provide the right help at the right time.
Most of the services provided are free of charge, and we will work alongside you to address any challenges you and your family have.
Courses for parents and carers
The Children and Families Hub team offer a range of evidence-based courses for parents. They will help you develop the skills and strategies you need to:
- build a positive relationship between you and your child
- raise happy, confident children
- manage behaviour in a positive way
- set rules and routines
- take care of yourself as a parent
- feel confident in the decisions you’re making
Free online courses for parents and carers
The 'In our Place' online courses are a great way to access support at a time and place which suits you and your family.
The courses:
- are split into short modules, each taking around 20 minutes
- are accessible whenever you like and don't expire
Sign up to understand your child's feelings, as well as your own, as you go through life as a family. Learn to understand the changes in your child’s development and how to support them, whilst also strengthening your relationship.
Group courses offered
All our courses provide a confidential and supportive space for parents and carers to meet others in similar situations and share their experiences. We run face-to-face groups and some are offered as online groups.
To find out more or to request a place, call the Children and Families Hub on +44 (0) 1534 519000 or email childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je.
New Forest Parenting and New Forest Parenting (Teens)
These 6 week courses are delivered face to face or online. They're for parents and carers of children aged 3 to 11 years, and 12 and older who have ADHD or ADHD type behaviours.
These courses will help you to improve your knowledge of ADHD and how it affects your child or teenager. You will learn ways to help:
- accept and celebrate your child or teenager as they are
- support your child or teenager to build their skills
- manage difficulties and reduce your stress as a parent
- understand how physiological and neurological changes in adolescence interact with ADHD behaviours
Early Bird and Early Bird Plus
These 10 week courses are delivered face to face. They're for parents and carers who have a pre-school aged child or a child aged 4 to 9 years with a diagnosis of autism.
These courses are developed by the National Autistic Society. They will help you to understand your child's individual needs and develop strategies to support them.
Teen Life
This 6 week course is delivered face to face, and is for parents and carers of children aged 10 to 16 years with a diagnosis of autism.
This course is developed by the National Autistic Society and aims to support parents and carers to understand how autism is experienced by autistic teenagers.
It will discuss and provide useful strategies of how to support an autistic young person through their teenage years.
Who’s in Charge?
This 8 week course is delivered face to face. It's for parents and carers of young people aged between 10 to 18 years who are displaying unsettled and upsetting behaviour towards parents or other family members in the forms of:
- anger
- physical aggression
- verbal aggression
This supportive group offers ideas to help develop strategies to manage behaviour and rebuild family relationships.
Supporting Parents: Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Coaching
This 9 week course is delivered face to face and is for parents and carers of children aged 11 to 18 years.
With the support of the course facilitators, parents will learn to acquire a position of strength when responding to aggressive or self-destructive behaviours in adolescents. The course offers the opportunity to:
- reduce feelings of helplessness and regain parental presence
- support your child and strengthen relationships
- share your experiences with other parents and carers
Family Transitions
This 5 week course is delivered face to face. It's for parents and carers of children up to 18 years who are experiencing personal distress from separation or divorce, which is impacting or complicating their parenting.
Strength Based Parenting
This 6 week course is delivered face to face and is for parents and carers of children aged 6 to 18 years.
The course will focus on helping you to understand more about strengths and how to spot them in your children as well as yourself.
This approach has been shown to help increase parental wellbeing and help parents feel less stressed which in turn helps to support children's wellbeing and resilience.
Family Links Nurturing Programme
This
10 week course is delivered face to face and is for parents and carers of children of all ages. However, it's best directed at 4 to 12 years.
The course aims to improve the
emotional health of both adults and children and strengthens family
relationships.
Decider Skills
This 2 week course is delivered face to face and is for parents and carers of children up to 18 years.
Using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, the course will teach you how to recognise your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours to help you make effective changes to promote your own wellbeing and cope better emotionally.
Time to Pause in Nature
This 6 week course is delivered outdoors in different locations each week and is for parents and carers of children up to 18 years.
Time in nature is proven to increase our sense of calm and connection, creating a sense of peace and gratitude and improving our mental health and wellbeing.
If it feels like it might be time to hit the “pause" button, and take some time for you, so that you can be your best, whether it's at home, work or play, then this could be the programme for you.
Mindfulness
This 6 week course is delivered online and is for parents and carers of children up to the age of 18 years.
The course introduces the concept and practice of mindfulness by increasing awareness of living in the present moment, it will help you:
- manage stress
- increase resilience
- strengthen relationships
- cultivate a balanced lifestyle
Individual support
The Children and Families Hub team can offer individual support to make positive changes for your family. This can take place in your home or we can meet you somewhere else that suits you, such as a cafe or somewhere outdoors.
You can also call or email the Children and Families Hub to discuss your family’s needs on +44 (0) 01534 519000 or email at childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je.
Early help
Early Help gives children and families the support they need, at the right time.
A practitioner will talk with your whole family to understand your needs. They will listen to any challenges that you or your family are experiencing and summarise the discussion in an Early Help Assessment. This will consider the needs of your whole family and help everyone understand your family’s situation.
If you think you and your family might benefit from some support, you can ask a practitioner who you know. This could be your doctor, health visitor or a teacher at your child’s school. They can tell you more about Early Help.
Sometimes a practitioner may approach you and ask whether you would like to talk about Early Help and how it could help your family.
Short breaks
If your child has a disability and is unable to attend mainstream activities, we co-ordinate targeted short break opportunities for children aged from 4 to 18.
This is provided by Centrepoint Trust and Youth Service, and includes:
- weekends
- after school
- school holidays
You can find out more information about Short Breaks for Children with Disabilities or you can contact the Children and Families Hub on +44 (0) 1534 519000 or email childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je.
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