Parenting support
The Family Hubs team recognise bringing up children is one of the hardest jobs in the world. We are here to help. Children don't come with an instruction manual, so when it comes to parenting, how do you know what’s best and what works?
You as a parent or carer do a fantastic job. However, all families face difficult and challenging times. Often you can find help from family or friends, but if you need a little bit of extra support, we are here for you.
The activities our Family Hubs offer give you the opportunity to meet and chat to other parents and carers who have children at a similar age or stage to yours.
We also offer focused sessions for parents and carers like you. They can help give some guidance when you need it.
We have a number of parenting courses available.
You can find information on some of these courses below -
GroBrain Baby Course
The GroBrain Baby Course is for parents of babies pre-birth to 12 months. It focusses on bonding and brain development - the vital part parents and carers play in ‘wiring up’ the connections in their baby’s brain in the first 1001 critical days of life. This ‘brain wiring’ lays the foundation for emotional wellbeing and the way emotions can be in later life.
To find out more, speak with staff at your local Family Hub.
Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC)
These sessions run for 13 weeks, 4 hours per week.
The sessions provide strategies to manage children’s behaviour, positive family relationships and other life skills that can support parents to bring up their children to become responsible and happy young adults.
These sessions are suitable for parents or carers with children aged around 3 to 19 years old who either live with their children or have regular contact with them. Parents attending the sessions often say that it’s good to be part of a group and to know you are not alone.
Family Links Nurturing
These sessions run for 10 weeks, 2 hours a week at your local Family Hub.
The group sessions aim to help adults understand and manage -
- feelings
- behaviours
- becoming more positive and nurturing in their relationships with their children.
The sessions encourage an approach to relationships that gives children and adults a healthy start for their lives and learning.
These sessions are suitable for parents or carers of children aged 2 to 11 years old who are living with them or involved in regular contact and parenting.
To find out more speak with staff at your local Family Hub.
Incredible Years
These sessions run for 16 weeks, 2 hours a week at your local Family Hub.
Incredible Years sessions are aimed at improving -
- relationships
- controlling emotions
- modelling social skills
- child directed play
They enable parents to understand and manage challenging behaviour.
These sessions are suitable for parents or carers of children 2 to 8 years old who are living with them or involved in regular contact and parenting.
To find out more, speak with staff at your local Family Hub.