OUR SERVICES

Family Support Unit

In October 2010 Right From the Start was granted money from Supporting People to establish four units to accommodate families. This initiative was evolved to support families to develop life skills and move on to independent living within the community. Being a parent can be a daunting task so Right From the Start are here to make the journey easier, giving families a head start in family life.

Some of the support on offer through this project is:

• Developing the life/parenting skills and confidence to move successfully in to independent living
• Building constructive and positive relationships within the community.
• Increasing awareness of personal/parental responsibility around safety and security.
• Identifying training, education and employment opportunities.
• Increasing awareness around both parent and child development, wellbeing and better access to health services.
• Practical sessions covering aspects such as cookery skills and DIY skills.
• All aspects of managing accommodation e.g. home safety, hygiene, routines and environment.
• All aspects of parenting and child development.
• Budgeting, debt and financial management.

Housing Related Support

We have two full-time and three part-time Family Support Workers offering one-to-one individual support to families with housing related support needs within their own home. It focuses on services that are related to ensuring people can manage to live safely and securely in their own home.

The support is tailored to individual needs and focuses on areas such as maintaining the security of the dwelling, maintaining the safety of the building and compliance with the tenancy.

Parenting Support

Our other main funding stream is a joint venture in partnership with Action for Children and funded through Families First and Flying Start. Right from the Start deliver the Flying Start element of this funding. We have 1 Fulltime and 3 part-time Support Workers who deliver four Parent Nurturing Programmes per term.