Our Family Support programs
are defined as community-based services to promote the well-being of children
and families.
Family Support programs
have the following characteristics:
- Family driven, meaning there
is a true partnership with families.
- Comprehensive,
flexible, and individualized to each family based on their culture, needs,
values and preferences.
- Build on
strengths to increase the stability of family members and the family unit.
- Utilize informal
and formal family supports.
Family Support programs
produce the following results:
- Increased parent
confidence and competence in their parenting abilities.
- Safe, stable,
and supportive families who are connected to their communities.
- Enhanced health,
growth, and development of children and adults in the family unit.
- Specialized and tailored family support services for
vulnerable/marginalized families in a range of areas such as drug and alcohol
issues, homelessness, bereavement, suicidal tendencies, potential eviction,
poor and low school attendance, behavioral issues etc.
- Comprehensive package of care incorporated into care plans
for families via statutory agencies.
- Support provided to family members who are affected by
another family member’s addiction, including kinship carers and their families.
- All services delivered in community based, accessible
facilities so that individuals can access with ease.
Areas/communities covered:
We
deliver these services in North/West Glasgow area – predominately Possilpark.
Staff:
We
have one part time Family Support Worker, We are also able to draw on the other
core and part-time staff who have built up great professional relations with
young people through Y.P.F’s drop in session’s who have expertise and knowledge
of individual support work.
Age range: We
offer these holistic services to families and young people aged 0 to 18 years.
As well as direct family support we can draw on the other elements and
expertise of the organisation such as drop-in sessions Monday to Friday for young people as well as holiday programs.
| Types of support and care provided:
- One to one parenting support tailored to individual needs and
care plans.
- Advocacy work on behalf of individuals ( short term, long
term )
- Parenting programs using Triple P, Triple P for Teens,
Managing Challenging Behavior.
- Preventative and responsive work with families, both adults
and young people, on a range of issues.
- Outreach and home visits providing practical and emotional
support.
- Flexible out of hour’s response, including evenings and
weekends and holiday periods.
- Holiday programs for families to provide fun and respite as
well as helping to build positive attachments and relationships between parents
and children.
Desired outcomes and priorities
include:
- Increase stability, safety and equilibrium in the home and
community environment.
- Reduce the risk of homelessness/eviction
- Families are helped out of debt
- Decrease risk taking behaviors, particularly those displayed
by young people.
- Support to reduce harm associated with parental drug and
alcohol misuse.
- Prevent young people from being accommodated by statutory
services
- Re-integration of young people back into the family home and
community.
- Increase positive relationship building between parents and
young people.
- Encourage and support the educational attainment and
achievement for all young people.
- Decrease in statutory involvement
- Sustained tenancies
- Safer communities
- Enhanced parental control/equipping parents with tools to
manage challenging behavior
Referrals:
Families and young people
can access our services through the following routes – self referral, social
work, schools, health visitors, other voluntary sector and statutory agencies,
as well as internally via other staff members.
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