Bromley’sEarlyIntervention andFamilySupportService
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EarlyInterventionandFamilySupport
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 CastlecombeRoad SE94AT 02088571185
BLENHEIM BlenheimRoad BR69BH 01689831193
COTMANDENE CotmandeneCrescent BR52RB 02083002548
COMMUNITYVISION WoodbineGrove SE208UX 02087782970
BIGGINHILL SunningvaleAvenue TN163TN 01959571694
BURNTASH RangefieldRoad BR14QX 02086974503
LearnandPlay
LearnandPlay
'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.
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StrengtheningFamilies, StrengtheningCommunities
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: selfesteem, 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.
PositiveParentingSkills
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.
TheNurturingProgramme
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.
TalkingTeens
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.
UnderstandingAngerinthe FamilyUnit
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.
ImprovingYourFamily’ 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.
NewForestParenting 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.
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.
ReducingParentalConflict
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.
Parentingcourses
DomesticAbuse FocusedSupport(CODA)
Evidence based programme
For children aged from 4 to 16 years.
Who have witnessed abuse against their female carer.
Helps the child heal after witnessing violence in the home.
TheGroups
The Mother’ s Group
Runsinaverysimilarway. Samethemeseachweek,allowing motherstounderstandwhatthe childrenhavebeenlearningand discussingandhowbesttosupport themathome.
The Children’ s Group
Thisisasupportiveenvironmentwhere thechildwillmeetotherchildrenwho haveexperienceddomesticabuse.
Theprogrammewillsupportthechildto processthefeelingstheyhaveabout theviolencetheyhaveexperienced.
ProgrammeThemes
Feelings Safety
Responsibility
SexualAbuseand
Criteria
The child must have:
Permissionfromtheirschooltoattend.
Beenimpactedbyexposuretothe violence.
Beenawayfromtheviolenceforat least6months.
The child must not:
Belivingwiththeperpetratorofthe violenceorhaveovernightcontact. Becurrentlyexposedtoviolencein thehome. Currentlybeatrisk.
UsefulLinks
CODA form
Challenging Behaviour
Parenting Strategies
Parenting Courses
Education
Domestic
Signposting
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
Handyguideto1-1support
What is Light Touch?
WhoisLighttouchfor?
Young mums
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)
Nextstepsguide
Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS)
Childrenandyoungpeople withspecialeducational needsordisabilities aged0to25
Childrenandyoungpeople withSENDaround transitionsbetweeneach educationalstage
*You must be a Bromley resident.
Parentsandcarersof childrenandyoungpeople withspecialeducational needsordisabilities(SEND)
www.bromleyiass.org.uk
ReducingParentalConflict
Studiesfoundchildrenexposedtofrequent, intenseandpoorlyresolvedparentalconflict canbenegativelyaffectedintheshortand longerterm
Itcanimpactachild's: Mentalhealth
Earlyemotionalandsocialdevelopment Educationalattainmentand employability
Limitingchancestoleadfulfillingandhappy lives...
In2019to2020,12%of childrenincouple-parent familieswerelivingwithat leastoneparentreporting relationshipdistress
ReducingParentalConflict
Thereisstrongevidencethatconflict betweenparents,whethertogetheror separated,canhavesignificantnegative impactonachild’smentalhealthandlong termlifechances.
Notallconflictisdamaging,butwherethis isfrequent,intenseandpoorlyresolved, itcanharmachild’soutcomes.
Aimstoimprovefamilyrelationships andprovideresourcesthatcanhelp anindividualcopewithstress,engage inhealthierbehavioursand improveself-esteem.
Session1:Communication
Session2:Relationships
Session3:Removingtheconflict
The RPC Resource Pack
TheReducingParentalConflictBromley Resourcepackisdesignedaroundthe three-stephealthyrelationshipsmodel: STOP.THINK.CHANGE.whichfocuseson...
Child’sWellbeing
Identifyingthestepstotake toimproverelationships 1 3 2
Impactonunhealthyrelationships onachild’soutcomes
QRcodes
Video:howharmfulParental Conflictnegativelyimpactschildren
RPCBookletforprofessionals
BromleyRelationshipThought Promptcards
TheGuideforRelationship ThoughtPromptcards
The RPC Resource Pack
info bookletsfor Familiesand Professionals
RPC Champions Network
RPC Newsletter
RPC Trainingfor Professionals
Child’ s Outcomes
Bromley Parenting HubWebsite 10 Relationship Thought Prompt cards
RPC Parent Webinars Coreand enhanced Resource Pack
A guide for Professionals
CommunityEngagement andOutreach
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
Childrenhave...
accessedcounsellingservices
returnedtoeducation
stayedineducation
accessedtuitionservices
movedtofurthereducation
beensupportedaroundfinances beensupportedtomoveoff-site intobricksandmortar accommodation