Are you interested in helping families and children?
Have you got time on your hands?
If so we are looking for new members to join our management team........
We are seeking enthusiastic members to join our board of Trustees. The Board meets at least 6 times a year and are responsible for the strategic management of the organisation and they help to ensure that we continue to deliver a high quality service to the families we support, the volunteers we train and the local community in which we operate.
If you are interested in finding our more about what a role as a board member can offer you please click here for more details.
New contract award for Home-Start!
Staffordshire County Council has awarded a contract to deliver a new Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing Programme. The Programme will be for children and young people aged 0-19 years old and will include the type of support provided by health visitors, school nurses and children's centres to date.
The aim is to give parents the confidence and skills they need to give their children the very best start in life, meet developmental milestones and be happy and healthy.
To do this the programme will ensure that Staffordshire’s families get the right amount of support to meet individual needs. Every family will be offered some core support. Those who need more will get more in a timely and effective way. We are keen to support families to be confident and able to support themselves and for people in communities to support each other.
The new programme will meet the needs of busy modern families by ensuring that the right amount of support is available for every family, using the right balance of self-support, community support and support from professionals.
Home-Start Newcastle Borough
Home-Start Newcastle Borough are delighted to advise that we have been commissioned by Staffordshire County Council to deliver tier 2 family support services in the Newcastle District as part of this Programme.
Home-Start is a charity that has been supporting local families since 1997. We have a team of committed, professionally trained and highly experienced Family Support Workers who deliver Home-Start's unique brand of family support across a range of issues, offering both practical and emotional help to empower families to function more independently.
Tier 2 family support services commissioned by Staffordshire County Council now covers families with children in the 0-19 range.
We take a holistic approach to family support, and work in the home and the school environment to help address the needs of the families we support. Families will receive a minimum 12 week intervention and we also take the responsibility to lead on the Early Help Assessment (EHA) paperwork and Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings.
We also offer support under the Building Resilient Families and Communities (BRFC) programme.
Our practical and emotional support is free, confidential and non-judgemental. Some examples of how we can help are:
• Budgeting
• Cooking
• Managing the home environment
• Support to attend appointments
• Referrals to other partner agencies for additional support
• Guidance and support for managing children's behaviour
• Modeling positive parenting strategies
• Encouraging parental engagement with the children
• Increasing families' social support networks through community engagement
• Providing families with opportunities for activities such as playing and reading
Please contact the office for more details click here
For a copy of our new referral form, please click here
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to discuss a referral or would like more information about the support that we offer families.
If you have any fundraising ideas or would like to donate to the scheme please contact Sarah or Kate on 01782 938912
