Parenting Programme Coordination Tricia Jones Parenting Coordinator Where

Parenting Programme Co-ordination Tricia Jones Parenting Co-ordinator

Where does Parenting Co-ordination sit? l The funding is from Children and Families Inclusion l The Steer is multi-agency: – The Parenting Strategy Group – The Framework Partnership (Participation and Enjoyment SCo. G) l The co-ordination is from the local authority (CYP service, Prevention and Inclusion Department) l The delivery is by a wide range of organisations and agencies

The Parenting Agenda covers – All tiers of need (see handout) – Information for parents, individual support and advice, courses, drop-ins and parent groups – pre-course preparation (like work on basic skills, self esteem, confidence, domestic violence) It links into the work of many organisations

WAG Parenting Action Plan – Information and advice – Promoting Positive Parenting – Raising the profile in planning partnerships – Education and the school setting – Support for specific groups of parents

Forward Plan l Programme of provision l Consultation l Parenting Strategy for Wrexham l Funding, training and support for practitioners l Develop better integrated working

Mapping of Provision The main statutory service providers are l Health visitors l Family Centres l Maelor Children’s Centre l Flying Start and Sure Start l Family information Service l Youth Justice Service l Early Years Education (with Yale) l Educational Psychology Service l Education Social Work Service l Education Inclusion

Mapping of Provision Also a number of voluntary sector and community providers including Homestart l Family friends l Action for Children l Relate l Barnardo’s l Communities First and ICCs l Caia Park Partnership l Care for the Family l

The Parenting Strategy 4. Parent Participation Parenting Provision Schools Workforce Development 5. Potentially Marginalised Parent Groups 1. 2. 3.

The Parenting Strategy 1. Parent participation l Raise the profile l Improve standards l Develop parents’ Network

The Parenting Strategy 2. Provision l More varied, more widespread, more appropriate l Better preventative services l More and better integrated working l Better support for practitioners and for agencies l Standardised evaluation tools

The Parenting Strategy 3. Schools l Improving parents’ understanding of schools l Basic skills, helping with school work l Parenting provision delivered in schools l Preparing for parenthood

The Parenting Strategy 4. Workforce development l Training for practitioners l Peer support and professional consultation l Integrated working to maximise capacity and quality l Standardised evaluation methods

The Parenting Strategy 5. Focus on potentially marginalised groups of parents l Consultation about provision l Participation in planning and evaluating both parenting provision and provision for their children l Ensuring appropriate provision to meet needs of all groups

Where do we want to be one year from now? l Programme of parenting provision l Parenting advice and a parents’ version of the programme available to all parents l A central point for information Trained practitioners, able to deliver a greater variety of programmes More, better and a more varied provision l l l Good examples of integrated working between different providers l An active Parenting Forum l An active Parents’ Network

And particularly… Better tier 2 parenting provision, including: l Better information about particular issues l Parent – led programmes from a menu of available sessions l A variety of drop-in support groups for parents