Access to Family Advice Guidance & Services including Financial Pressure
Family Information Service (FIS) Helpline 012926742274 is available for parents/professionals that can signpost us regarding services – they support on family relationships, finances, housing, parent support, SEN needs and disabilities, childcare, and health & wellbeing.
https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/contactusfamilyinformationservice
Call FIS helpline to access a FIS Broker where there is a barrier to accessing services ie mental health, disability or isolation https://api.warwickshire.gov.uk/documents/WCCC-859-429
Access to Parenting Support
We have free online Parenting courses to support parents prebirth to Teenager including a online course aimed at teenager themselves Understanding your brain.
Understanding your pregnancy, baby, child, teenager, and child with additional needs
https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/children-families/parenting-support/2
Parenting Programmes – Parent Management, Positive Parenting, Nurture 12
https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/children-families/parenting-support/3
The Targeted Youth Support Team will be running a variety of Summer Projects across the county. Projects will be running throughout the school summer holidays in North Warwickshire, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford and Warwick. Each of the 5 areas will be holding a Team Building and Bushcraft Day
Team Building – Working together to complete a range of different tasks and challenges. There will also be an opportunity to have a go at archery (limited to 10 places per day)
Bush Craft – Lots of different outdoor activities including orienteering, fire building and cooking (limited to 10 places per day)
| Area | Date | Activity | Location | Time | Age Group |
| Warwick | 28th July | Team Building | Lillington Primary School | 10.30-3.30 | 11-13yrs |
| Warwick | 29th July | Bushcraft | Ryton Pools | 10.30-3.30 | 14-17yrs |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | 4th August | Team Building | St Michael’s Children & Family Centre | 10.30-3.30 | 11-13yrs |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | 5th August | Bushcraft | Hartshill Hayes Country Park | 10.30-3.30 | 14-17yrs |
| North Warwickshire | 11th August | Team Building | St Michael’s Children & Family Centre | 10.30-3.30 | 11-13yrs |
| North Warwickshire | 12th August | Bushcraft | Kingsbury Water Park | 10.30-3.30 | 14-17yrs |
| Stratford | 18th August | Team Building | St Peter’s Church, Wellesbourne | 10.30-3.30 | 11-13yrs |
| Stratford | 19th August | Bushcraft | Lifeways Centre | 10.30-3.30 | 14-17yrs |
| Rugby | 25th August | Team Building | Claremont Park | 11.00-3.00 | 11-13yrs |
| Rugby | 26th August | Bushcraft | Ryton Pools | 10.30-3.30 | 14-17yrs |
Emotional wellbeing
Primary age and above–Childline https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/you can call 08001111 live chat to a counsellor, send an email or watch talking to Childline on YouTube or there is ask Sam and have resources on a wealth of topics https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/
Age 11-25 Emotional Wellbeing Emotional wellbeing support available to all Warwickshire postcode KOOTH https://www.kooth.com/ online self-accessible emotional wellbeing resource for Young People within Warwickshire, it is moderated and has accesses to practitioners, post chats and has emotional wellbeing resources such as mood diaries etc.
Anxiety Toolbox for Teens resources https://www.breakingtheanxietyhabit.com/anxietytoolkitforteens
Dimensions Toolkit https://dimensions.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/– helps assess a comprehensive emotional wellbeing/mental health assessment identifying deficits in young people’s emotional wellbeing, making recommendations, signposting and suggests appropriate referrals into RISE (when speak to SENCO/GP means refer in and you can include the conclusion as part of the referral)
Young people, Parents https://dimensions.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/PublicLanding.aspx
Mental health – Young Minds Parent helpline https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-helpline-and-webchat/
Tel 0808 802 5544 from 9:30am – 4pm, Monday – Friday.
They have information for Young people, Parents and Professionals on
-Feelings (responses)
-All of the mental health conditions
-Coping with Life as well as more but it is a good resource
Access to Mental Health Crisis – Young People
Young Minds Parent Line 08088025544
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-helpline-and-webchat/
Young Mind Young Person Crisis lines
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/find-help/i-need-urgent-help/
Young Minds Textline It also has a parent’s line
SHOUT 85258 24/7 crisis text support https://giveusashout.org/
Feeling suicidal support Papyrus https://www.papyrus-uk.org/
Hopeline UK 08000684141 text 07786209697
Hub of Hope – www.hubofhope.co.uk
Has list of all Mental Health conditions and things affecting Mental Health services accessible in your area and site will direct you to the local offer
Connect to health -School nurse parent line Chat Health Parent Warwickshire – If you are the parent of carer of a school aged child, you can text a school nurse on 07520 619 376 Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
