What we do
Services offered
- Assessment and Individual Family Support for families
- Assessment of families’ needs and difficulties as part of an overall assessment coordinated by Social Work
- Information and advice on stages of child development
- Ideas and strategies in dealing with difficult and challenging behaviour
- Practical advice on routines, mealtimes; bed times
- Direct work with parents increasing their knowledge and skills of parenting
- Direct work with children and young people on a range of issues affecting them at home, school or in the community, for example: offending behaviour, drug and alcohol misuse
- Advice on play and parent / child interaction, using different methods
- Helping with leisure time; outings for families, access to local resources
Individual support for children and young people (aged 8-12 years)
Where appropriate, in conjunction with work with parents, we also work directly with children on issues affecting them, such as;
- Coping with change
- Strategies to aid behaviour in school, at home,
- Self esteem issues
- Social interactions
- Encouraging interest in activities outside the home, e.g sports, hobbies
Group support for parents
- Parent led groups which meet weekly in local communities across Fife
- Groups meet in local community venues which are accessible
- A crèche is provided by the project
- Groups focus on a range of issues such as knowledge of child development and behaviour management, parenting skills and confidence
Group support for young people (8-12 years)
Issue based groups for 8-12 year olds which focus on issues such as
- Relationships
- Peer group pressure
- Anger management
- Anti-social behaviour
- School problems
- Self-esteem and confidence
General Information
- Fully equipped flat on our premises which families can use alongside project staff
- Resource material on different aspects of parenting; health issues; behaviour management; impact of substances, group work
- Newsletter is distributed to families; local forums; professionals; schools
- We have also arranged summer activity programmes for families working with the project
Information and Referrals to us
If you would like more information on our services, you can call our office or obtain information from our project leaflet which outlines our remit
Referrals to the project are considered by a multi-agency group who meet on a 6 weekly basis. To make a referral, the following steps apply:
