HARPENDEN PLUS PARTNERSHIP | sauncey-wood-primary

HARPENDEN PLUS PARTNERSHIP

01582 623676 familysupport@saunceywood.herts.sch.uk

The Team

Partnership Manager

Helen Fitzakerly

Family Support Workers

Donna Marsden

Hayley Andrews

Team Assistant

Julie Potter

PARENTS

We are here to offer a free and confidential services to parents/carers of families of children who attend our partnership schools. We will support you and your families with any concerns you may be facing with your child at home or school, however large or small the problem. We can offer anything from one conversation to a longer period of support. We also run various courses and workshops on a variety of topics that give you ideas to try at home.

Your issues may be varied such as:

Changing schools
Relationships and communication
Family routines
Managing behaviour emotions
Managing anger
Dealing with anxiety
Internet safety
Smoking, drinking, alcohol, safe sex
Understanding teenagers
Finding time for yourself
Housing
Financial difficulties
Employment and work skill
Benefits advice
Bullying

Sometimes these concerns are too complex and need specialist support. Our Family Support Workers can guide and support you to the right specialist services such as:

School Health Nurses
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Specialist Emotional and Behavioural Support
Bereavement Support

Parenting Workshops and Courses

Below is a selection of the course we offer.

Boundary setting- 2 hour workshop
Understanding pre-teens- 2 hour workshop
Developing confident kids- 2 hour workshop
Positive Parenting- 2 hour workshop
Developing confident kids- 2 hour workshop
Managing Behaviour- 5 hour workshop
Parenting Boys- 5 hour workshop
Parenting Girls- 5 hour workshop
6 week course combing elements of the above
Nurture Programme- (Parenting Puzzle)-10 week parenting programme
Family Toolkit- 4 week parenting programme
My Teen Brain- 4 week parenting programme
Protective Behaviours (Helen and Jess are accredited and Protective Behaviour Champions)
Families Feeling Safe- 9 week Protective Behaviours programme for adults
4 My family and Me- 4 week introduction to the Protective Behaviours programme
Families Feeling Safe Network- monthly meetings
Parenting Network to meet every half term

If you need our help please fill out one of our referral forms which can be found here.

PARTNERS

Harpenden Plus Partnership work in partnership with a number of local and countrywide partners and services such as:

Useful Information

Our Parenting facilitators are qualified and trained to OCN level 3 or 4 and can deliver a variety of courses and workshops on request. They are also trained to HCC Safeguarding standards and hold enhanced DBS certificates.

All courses and workshops are hosted in schools or community venues which are safe and comfortable. They are offered to small groups to encourage participation.

OUR SCHOOLS

Below are the schools that Harpenden Plus Partnership work in with:

Primary:

Batford Nursery

Beech Hyde Primary and Nursery

Crabtree Infants

Crabtree Juniors

Harpenden Academy

High Beeches

Kimpton

Manland

Redbourn Primary