SUPPORTING Well-being

Our Ambition...

  • Improved resilience and emotional wellbeing of children, parents and teachers
  • All children in pre-school and nursery are fully prepared for school life
  • Improved access to services for children and young people and early intervention
How we will achieve this…
  • School Nursing Pilot in Abbey Community College
  • Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing approach
  • Teacher support and well-being initiatives
  • Staff training (eg Resilience, ACES, Nurture, Solihull
  • Building consistent links with health services
  • Support for parents and families

Parent Engagement

Barnardo’s Family Connections offers family support to families with primary aged children, helping with understanding children’s behaviour, establishing routines and boundaries, accessing support for children with additional needs, building strong parent child relationships, keeping children safe. Families can request support or be referred from schools, Family Support Hub and other organisations.

 Parents can receive individual family support or can access a parent programme. Examples of programmes are Incredible Years, Incredible Years Autism, UP (support for parents of 8-12 year olds) and Smart Start school transition programme. There is also a family Summer Programme each year where parents and children have opportunities to play and learn together.

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In 23-24 26 parents received individual family support. Outcomes Star data shows that: 100% made progress in 3+ areas 92% had improved wellbeing 100% could better manage children's emotions 92% noticed improved behaviour 77% had improved family routines 69% were more equipped to support children's education
“Engaging with parents of children of similar ages has been extremely helpful and reassuring that we aren’t alone. The main benefit was my confidence in standing my ground with the rules and consistency.”
“I have learned to see a problem early and how to respond to prevent further problems, I know how to work with playtime and be involved with my child and keep things fun and interesting”
"The course has helped me improve my communication and my son’s communication as well as his sensory needs. It made me look differently at how I react to certain behaviours as I now understand them better.”

parent support

Monkstown Boxing Club works with parents of pupils involved in the In Your Corner programme and young people connected to youth programmes, supporting them with understanding their young person and looking after their own well-being.

Meet Mums is a monthly group for mums to get together for support and information. Parents also get to benefit from opportunities within the boxing club for personal development courses, exercise and counselling.

STEPS programme is an evidence-based programme delivered by the club and funded by THRiVE to create opportunity for women to set personal goals, discover their own capability and gain support from other women to make changes in their lives.

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Designated Teachers

Designated Teachers from all THRiVE schools meet regularly with colleagues from Social Services, Education Authority Safeguarding Team and CAMHS to work together on making sure pupils in schools access the support they need.

Staff Training

THRiVE wants the significant adults around children and young people, including teachers and youth workers, to be equipped with skills and support to work in a trauma-informed way. We deliver training in response to identified need.

THRiVE has provided training to build the capacity of local organisations and schools

  • Outcomes Star training for family support and youth workers
  • Intergenerational Trauma conference for school staff and youth practitioners
  • Solihull training for early years and foundation teachers and practitioners
  • Lego therapy training for school staff
  • Y Box training for youth workers
  • Incredible Years training for parents, family support workers and school staff
  • Drawing, Talking and Building Blocks Therapy training for school staff
  • PATHS Social and Emotional learning programme for school staff – training and coaching for implementation

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