Parenting and behaviour support directory for professionals

If you are a professional worker and you support children or young people in Plymouth, then you may find the following parenting and behavioural support links and resources useful.

Argyle PL Kicks is a programme that links to the core Premier League Kicks programme. 'Breaking the Cycle' is a one-to-one targeted mentoring programme that is funded by the Premier League Charitable Fund and Children in Need. Locally, Devon and Cornwall Police are our key referral partners.

The programme targets 11-16-year-old young people who are at risk of becoming young offenders and have suffered from adverse childhood experiences. Our lead targeted youth mentor works with mentee's, providing regular contact and engagement as well as developing individual development plans that help build pathways for young people who face additional challenges in their development.

The Face 2 Face Befriending Service provides a one-to-one befriending service offering emotional support to parents and carers discovering their child has a disability.

Every Face 2 Face befriender is a parent too, someone whose own child has a disability.

Plymouth's Children's Centres offer a wide variety of parenting support, including activities, parenting programmes, dad's groups, and individual family support. 

Friends and Families of Special Children provides information, support, and services for families with disabled children, many of whom describe us as life savers. Our services give families opportunities to network and create bespoke training and educational environments. We offer individual family support and give advice on relevant issues.

We run social and leisure events, allowing "time out to have fun" away from the stresses and punishing regime of caring. This allows a vital 'recharge of batteries', relieving isolation and providing time for young carers to have fun. Integrated activities enable children with disabilities to experience a huge diversity of sports, arts, crafts, and music not otherwise available to them or their families.

Health visitors are qualified nurses or midwives with additional training in public health. They work in local communities, mainly with children aged up to five and their families, to ensure every child gets the best possible start in life.

The teams are made up of health visitors, community public health nurses, and family health workers.

Across the city, there are child health clinics where families with children can easily drop in and access the health visiting service.

Livewell Southwest provides integrated health and social care services throughout the South Hams, West Devon, and Plymouth, with additional responsibilities for delivering specialist services to people living in certain parts of Cornwall and Devon.

Integrating health and social care means that we can deliver care for people in new ways that are more efficient, with professionals who would have previously worked in individual teams now working together. This way of working helps us deliver the right care to people in the right place at the right time.

The NSPCC Plymouth provides the following services: 

Letting the Future In is therapeutic work for children and young people who have been affected by sexual abuse. The age range is from 4 to 17. All the work is delivered at the child's pace and aims to be child-focused and non-directive, although several key themes are explored within the work. Help is also provided to the child's parent or carer.

Turn the Page is based on current best practices in working with young people with harmful sexual behaviour. It aims to manage their behaviour and reduce the risk of repeat offences by addressing underlying factors.

Together for Childhood is a place-based initiative launched in Plymouth to prevent child sexual abuse. We are working together with the Ernesettle community. 

In Ctrl offers targeted support for schoolchildren to understand healthy and unhealthy relationships, while also offering tailored guidance for carers to help them manage children's screen time amid the pandemic.

Plymouth Information, Advice, and Support for SEND (PIAS) provides information, advice, and support relating to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) for parents, carers, children, and young people within the Plymouth Local Authority area.

PIAS provides parents and carers of children and young people with SEND, as well as the children and young people independently, with support at meetings, education, and training issues.

The Respect Young People's Programme (RYPP) is a programme for families where children or young people aged between 10 and 17 are abusive or violent towards the people close to them, particularly their parents or carers.

The Solihull Approach aims to improve emotional health and wellbeing by supporting relationships. The courses are written by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) professionals and other health and education workers. They are evidence-based and accredited by the Department of Education.

Free online courses for residents of Devon, Torbay, and Plymouth:

• Understanding your pregnancy, birth, labour and your baby
• Understanding your baby
• Understanding your child
• Understanding your teenager's brain 

Access the website, www.inourplace.co.uk, and use the code TAMAR to view the free courses.

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