EIFS Information Presentation 2026

Bromley’s Early Intervention and Family Support Service

Guiding you through the amazing work we do!

Presentation Summary

Early Intervention and Family Support

The goal of Early Intervention is to provide timely assistance with the appropriate support to as many children and families as possible, addressing a wide range of issues.

Our aim is to assist families in overcoming obstacles and implementing lasting transformations, enabling them to feel more optimistic, empowered, and to enjoy a more fulfilling family life.

Our Children and Family Centre Locations CASTLECOMBE Castlecombe Road SE9 4AT 020 8857 1185

BLENHEIM Blenheim Road BR6 9BH 01689 831 193 COTMANDENE Cotmandene Crescent BR5 2RB 020 8300 2548

COMMUNITY VISION Woodbine Grove SE20 8UX 020 8778 2970

BIGGIN HILL Sunningvale Avenue TN16 3TN 01959 571 694

BURNT ASH Rangefield Road BR1 4QX 020 8697 4503

Universal Services Health Checks, Baby Clinics, Learn and Play

Targeted Services

Light Touch Support

Play Sessions, Parenting Courses, Commissioned Services and Family Learning

*Supporting parents to access their local Children and Family Centre

*Referral required

Timetables

Jam-packed timetables...

Learn and Play

Learn and Play

'I Can Play' sessions cater to children needing a simpler, smaller group alternative to standard Learn and Play sessions.

Training sessions in child-led, distraction-free environments.

A guide to all activities

Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities

Aiming to help parents and carers of children 5-18 years, increase their range of parenting skills and improve relationships within the family and community.

Topics: self-esteem, boundaries, family values, communication, self-discipline and managing anger.

Parents and carers will: Learn new skills/ techniques to support their child's behaviour.

Understand the importance of good communication within the family.

Recognise the impact their parenting style may have on their child's behaviour and longer term mental well-being.

Gain in confidence as a parent/ carer.

Positive Parenting Skills

For parents and carers of children aged between 3-12 yrs.

Promotes positive parenting skills to reduce challenging and aggressive behaviour in children.

The course explores building self-esteem and parent support networks.

Parents and carers will: Learn skills to support child behaviour.

Understand the importance of family communication.

Recognise the impact of their parenting style on behaviour and mental well-being.

Gain confidence in their role as parents/carers.

The Nurturing Programme

Helping adults to look at life from their child's perspective, so that feelings and behaviour can be managed more effectively.

Encourages the use of positive discipline strategies to improve relationships.

Parents and carers will: Gain insight into the impact of their parenting on their child.

Learn to set boundaries.

Recognise the value of good family communication.

Understand their child's perspective.

Talking Teens

Helping parents and carers to explore their own feelings as well as their teenagers' and develop approaches to promote positive life skills. Explore conflict, positive boundary setting and problem solving.

Parents and carers will: Enhance existing parenting skills and learn new ones for their developing teenagers.

Recognise their impact on their teens.

Understand how the adolescent brain influences behaviour.

Improve communication with their young person.

Understanding Anger in the Family Unit

Recognise how anger manifests itself, implement rules and techniques for all family members to express anger appropriately.

Parents and carers will: Understand why we can become angry.

Set ‘anger rules’ within the family.

Recognise the signs of anger in themselves and others.

Understand the destructive nature of anger.

Learn some techniques to reduce anger.

Improving Your Family’s Self-esteem

For parents and carers of children aged 0-adult. Designed to help you value yourself more and understand how and why children may have low opinions of themselves

Parents and carers will: Learn how self-esteem develops.

Understand the impact of low self-esteem.

Recognise how they can develop a health self-esteem in themselves and their family.

New Forest Parenting Programme

For parents and carers of children aged 5-14 yrs displaying symptoms associated with ADHD or who have a diagnosis of ADHD.

Parents and carers will: Understand ADHD and how it is affecting their child.

Recognise some of the causes of their child’s behaviour.

Understand some of the difficulties experienced by their ADHD child.

Improve their relationship with their child.

Cygnet and Cygnet PSR

For parents/carers of children with autism aged 2-18 years: Understanding child behaviour.

PSR is designed for individuals who have completed the core Cygnet program, focusing on understanding puberty, sex, and relationships from an autistic perspective.

Parents and carers will: Understand Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) from their child's perspective.

Learn supportive strategies and techniques for behaviour.

Share experiences with others on a similar journey.

Gain confidence in their parenting.

Reducing Parental Conflict

Positive family relationships help an individual cope with stress, engage in healthier behaviours, enhance self-esteem, leading to improved wellbeing.

Parents and carers will: Understand that not all conflict is harmful, but frequent and poorly resolved conflict can negatively impact children.

Gain skills to better cope with stress.

Engage in healthier behaviours and enhance self-esteem.

Webinars

New at Parenting (NAP) What is ASC? What is ADHD? Puberty

Routines, Rewards and Boundaries Parent - Child Relationships Digital Safety Discipline Parenting Styles

Parenting courses

1-1 Family Support We’re here to help!

Challenging Behaviour Parenting Strategies Parenting Courses Debt Unemployment Isolation Education Domestic Abuse Housing (Limited) No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Reducing Parental Conflict Signposting

Even superpowers can be stretched!

Family Therapy Clinical Support Where specialist support is required Securing Housing Couples Therapy Monitoring the Family CSC Involvement (unless light touch) Out of Borough No Consent SEN Assessment

Family Support and Parenting Practitioners Holistic Assessment and Goal Setting

Building Sustained Change and Resilience

Face to Face andVirtual Support

Typically Working with Families for 4-6 Months

Handy guide to 1-1 support

What is Light Touch?

6 week cycle of support Connects parents to their CFC

CFCSO encourages involvement in activities

If the family have a Social Worker we can offer Light Touch

PLEASE NOTE It’s NOT Light Touch if there are issues with finance, housing, debt, domestic abuse, behavioural problems...

Who is Light touch for?

Young mums Isolated Lacking confidence No recourse to public funds Low mood Lone parents Low level mental health New to the area

Making a referral via the Children and Families Hub

Bromley have one ‘Front Door’ for families who need extra help and support, whether Early Help at Tier 2 or when in crisis at Tier 3 and Tier 4 of the Thresholds of Need.

Please use the referral Portal on the CandF Hub web pages (Scan the QR code)

Link to the Hub Fly straight to the Hub...

Our Parenting Hotline

"I'm in a pickle and need some advice!"

Call: 020 8461 7259

Start your Social Communication Needs Journey here...

Scan the QR code to see the new online enquiry pathway form

Check it out and share our new Flipbook for the Social Communication Needs Targeted Support Service!

Let’s unravel the mystery of Social Communication Needs (inc. Autism)

Next steps guide

Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS)

Children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities aged 0 to 25

Children and young people with SEND around transitions between each educational stage

*You must be a Bromley resident.

Parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)

IASS Family-led service; people can use us as much or as little as they need

You don’t need a diagnosis to receive support

Staff receive legal training from IPSEA – they are not lawyers but receive specific legal training

Volunteers can support at a meeting

Advocate for families…but is not an advocacy service.

IASS’ impartiality means we can challenge families if necessary or try to offer alternative solutions

IASS

Helpline and email support Volunteer Supporter assistance at meetings Help communicating with Professionals

Mediation with schools and the LA Info on Health and Social Care policies and procedures Support with transition between educational stage

Support for positive outcomes at meetings about your child Help understanding reports by professionals Advice on SEN systems, procedures and processes

Support with post 16 options Support with SEND tribunals Signposting to other services Guidance on Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)

How to make an IASS referral

020 8461 7630 text: 07834 106 347

iass@bromley.gov.uk

www.bromleyiass.org.uk

Youth Services Targeted Support Support for Young people NEET (16-19) Support for young people at risk of NEET (15-16) Prevention support for young people (12+) Universal Youth work offer 4 Youth Clubs (map) Detached Youth Project Youth Engagement Project (Youth Council/ YP voice) Bromley Mentoring Initiative Evolve (Education Visit Management Support) Other seasonal/ funded projects HAF Programme [Holiday activities and food] Construction Skills Certification Scheme courses (CSCS) Locality work partnerships (community funded)

Reducing Parental Conflict

Studies found children exposed to frequent, intense and poorly resolved parental conflict can be negatively affected in the short and longer term.

It can impact a child's: Mental health Early emotional and social development Educational attainment and employability Limiting chances to lead fulfilling and happy lives...

In 2019 to 2020, 12% of children in couple-parent families were living with at least one parent reporting relationship distress

Reducing Parental Conflict There is strong evidence that conflict between parents, whether together or separated, can have significant negative impact on a child’s mental health and long term life chances.

Not all conflict is damaging, but where this is frequent, intense and poorly resolved, it can harm a child’s outcomes.

Aims to improve family relationships and provide resources that can help an individual cope with stress, engage in healthier behaviours and improve self-esteem.

Session 1: Communication Session 2: Relationships Session 3: Removing the conflict

The RPC Resource Pack The Reducing Parental Conflict Bromley Resource pack is designed around the three-step healthy relationships model: STOP. THINK. CHANGE. which focuses on...

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Child’s Wellbeing

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Impact on unhealthy relationships on a child’s outcomes

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Identifying the steps to take to improve relationships

QR codes Video: how harmful Parental Conflict negatively impacts children

RPC Booklet for professionals Bromley Relationship Thought Prompt cards The Guide for Relationship Thought Prompt cards

The RPC Resource Pack

RPC Champions Network

RPC Newsletter

info booklets for Families and Professionals

RPC Training for Professionals

RPC Parent Webinars

Child’s Outcomes 10 Relationship Thought Prompt cards

Bromley Parenting Hub Website

Core and enhanced Resource Pack

A guide for Professionals

Community Engagement and Outreach Hard to Reach Communities...

Typically, some of our hard to reach groups include, refugees, asylum seekers, Travellers, people with mental health problems and minority ethnic groups.

Gypsies, Roma and Travellers

EIFS mobile Outreach supporting the Gypsy Roma Traveller Community.

Since 2019, FSPPs have been visiting Traveller sites in Bromley, building relationships and supporting the families.

We're always on site, rain or shine, never skipping a beat, no matter the weather!

Amazing Outcomes!

A family were helped to foster a child from their extended family Children have ... accessed counselling services returned to education stayed in education accessed tuition services moved to further education been supported around finances been supported to move off-site into bricks and mortar accommodation