About the Children and Families Hub

The Children and Families Hub team can provide advice and support to you and your family. This can include working with you directly and coordinating with other children and family organisations to provide the right help at the right time.

Most of the services provided are free of charge, and we will work alongside you to address any challenges you and your family have.

Courses for parents and carers

The Children and Families Hub team offer a range of evidence-based courses for parents. They will help you develop the skills and strategies you need to:

build a positive relationship between you and your child
raise happy, confident kids
manage behaviour in a positive way
set rules and routines
take care of yourself as a parent
feel confident in the decisions you’re making

Courses offered

All our courses provide a confidential and supportive space for parents and carers to meet others in similar situations and share their experiences.

To find out more or to request a place, call the Children and Families Hub on +44 (0) 1534 519000 or email childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je.

New Forest Parenting

A 6 week course for parents and carers of children aged 3 to 11 years with ADHD who want to:

improve their knowledge of ADHD and how it affects their child
learn tips and ideas to help support their child

Early Bird and Early Bird Plus

These are 10 week National Autistic Society courses for parents and carers who have a pre-school aged child or a child aged between 4 to 9 years with a diagnosis of autism. These courses help parents understand their child's individual needs and develop strategies to support them.

Who’s in Charge?

An 8 week course for parents and carers of young people aged between 10 to 18 years who are displaying unsettled and upsetting behaviour in the form of anger, physical or verbal aggression towards parents or other family members. This supportive group offers ideas to help develop strategies to manage behaviour and rebuild family relationships.

Family Transitions

This is a 5 week courses for parents and carers of children up to 18 years experiencing personal distress from separation or divorce which is impacting on or complicating their parenting.

Decider Skills for Parents

Using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, this 2 week course will teach you how to recognise your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours to help you make effective changes to promote your own wellbeing and cope better emotionally.

Strength Based Parenting

This 6 week course focuses on helping parents understand more about strengths and how to spot them in their children as well as themselves. This approach has been shown to help increase parental wellbeing and help parents feel less stressed which in turn helps to support children's wellbeing and resilience.

Family Links Nurturing Programme

This 10 week course is for parents and carers of children of all ages, however, is best directed at 4 to 12 years. The course aims to improve the emotional health of both adults and children and strengthens family relationships.

Time to Pause in Nature

Time in nature is proven to increase our sense of calm and connection, creating a sense of peace and gratitude and improving our mental health and wellbeing. If it feels like it might be time to hit the “pause" button, and take some time for you, so that you can be your best, whether it's at home, work or play, then this could be the programme for you.

Individual support

The Children and Families Hub team can offer individual support to make positive changes for your family. This can take place in your home or we can meet you somewhere else that suits you (for example in a café, or outdoors).

You can also call or email the Children and Families Hub to discuss your family’s needs on +44 (0) 01534 519000 or email childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je.

Early help

Early Help gives children and families the support they need, at the right time.

A practitioner will talk with your whole family to understand your needs. They will listen to any challenges that you or your family are experiencing and summarise the discussion in an Early Help Assessment. This will consider the needs of your whole family and help everyone understand your family’s situation.

If you think you and your family might benefit from some support, you can ask a practitioner who you know. This could be your doctor, health visitor or a teacher at your child’s school. They can tell you more about Early Help.

Sometimes a practitioner may approach you and ask whether you would like to talk about Early Help and how it could help your family.

To contact the Children and Families Hub call +44 (0) 1534 519000 or email childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je to ask about Early Help for your family.

Short Breaks

If your child has a disability and is unable to attend mainstream activities, the Children and Families Hub co-ordinates targeted short break opportunities for children aged from 4 to 18. These include weekend, after school and school holiday opportunities provided by Centrepoint Trust and Youth Service.

You can find out more information about Short Breaks for Children with Disabilities or you can contact the Children and Families Hub on +44 (0) 1534 519000 or email childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je.