Early Help

At Wilden All Saints CE Primary School we recognise the challenges that families face in bringing up children. Everyone needs help at some time in their lives and therefore an ethos of early help is important for any school. There may be times when you need extra help and support. If this is the case please come and talk to us.

There are many ways in which we can help as outlined in our offer of early help. We can also help to plan specific support for families in the forms of Early Help Assessment where we can work together to set and achieve outcomes. Staff are aware of our schools offer of early help. Staff consider if there are any offers of early help that we can make in order to help a child thrive.

The coordinated Wilden All Saints CE Primary School offer of Early Help is outlined in the document below. We believe that early interventions for children or families, in many cases, will prevent children from experiencing harm.

Early Help means providing support as soon as a problem appears, to stop it from getting worse. This could be at any point in a child’s life, from birth to the teenage years. Worcestershire Children First is responsible for the delivery of services to children and young people across Worcestershire.

Their vision is for Worcestershire to be a wonderful place for all children and young people to grow up. For further information please click here.

Please click here to view our Supporting Families - Early Help Offer.

Kidderminster Food Bank

The school is able to make direct referrals, please contact us.

Kidderminster Food Bank seeks not just to provide emergency food to those in need, but also to restore dignity and revive hope. Their aim is to provide short-term practical help alongside other agencies seeking to address client’s crises. 

Here2Help – support when you need it most

Here2Help is here for families self-isolating and unable to get support from friends, family or neighbours.

On the Here2Help website families can find resources to help with staying at home during Coronavirus as well as an online form they can fill out to request the support they need.

If the family does not have internet access, they can call you and their opening Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5pm and Friday 9am – 4.30pm.

Here2Help will signpost callers to up to date advice and arrange volunteer support where required to help those who are unable to leave their homes as a result of needing to self-isolate.

The types of support available include:

  • Collecting and delivering food and supplies
  • Arranging emergency food support
  • Help collecting prescriptions
  • Help with other commitments such as pet needs
  • Support for those who are feeling isolated
  • Advice around money, benefits and debt

For more information, please click here.

Worcestershire Children's First

Early help means providing advice, help or support where we identify there is a specific need or difficulty within a family. As professionals we work alongside a child, young person and their family/carers to address the challenges they are experiencing, helping them to access the support and make any changes needed. This could be at any point in a child’s life, from birth to 18 years old and on more than one occasion, as we know children and young people are always growing and developing their needs change, as well as the needs of their families and carers.

Early help is about supporting children and young people when there is a challenge in their lives or that of their families as soon as possible.

For more information about Early help in Worcestershire and services and support that may assist you visit their website:
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/info/20642/early_help_family_support

Alternatively please have a read through the Early Help in Worcestershire Booklet.

Worcestershire Children First  has reviewed the arrangements of Early Intervention Family Support (EIFS) and Targeted Family Support provision. An outcome for a more seamless, effective, and consistent provision county wide is to bring the 2 teams together to form:

“WCF Early Help, Family Support” Service

Parents, carers and young people who are aged 13 years or over will be able to self-refer to their local team directly.

For further information please visit their website www.worcestershire.gov.uk/eifs

Starting Well Partnership in Worcestershire

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Action for Children, Barnardo’s and Redditch Borough Council were delighted to formally launch the new Starting Well Partnership from 1st April 2020. Please take time to look at the website here as this service is a key part of the early intervention and prevention offer in Worcestershire.

The partnership will enhance the support available to children, young people and families across the county, providing help during antenatal, post birth, and early years stages, and right throughout school life. Due to the current Coronavirus epidemic, the service will not be fully operational at this time, but will include Family Hubs in each of our local districts, and will offer family and parenting groups supporting all aspects of physical and mental wellbeing for children, young people and their families.

They will also work closely with schools and other community groups supporting young people and parents. The new offer includes a new Starting Well website which they are pleased to say is now live. It will be developed more over the coming months, but initially includes lots if information to support families during the current challenges as a result of Covid-19. There are also links to wider information on a range of issues, from infant feeding through to supporting a young person’s mental wellbeing.

The flyer below gives parents details of how to make contact with the Starting Well Parenting Service. They are able to offer FREE online parenting courses and the opportunity for families to contact a Parent Support Worker. For more information and advice, please contact Amy Hodgkinson at Barnodo’s Wyre Forest Parenting and Community Team

Work Mobile: 07545 696895
Email: amy.hodgkinson@barnardos.org.uk

Specialist community public health nursing based at Kidderminster Health Centre has created a hand washing video that we hope you will share with your children.

Looking after your mental health

Safeguarding your Mental Health during Coronavirus is exceptionally important. Please click on the link below to read the latest guidance from the government about safeguarding your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak.

Please click here for more information.

Barnardo’s See, Hear, Respond

Coronavirus has turned life upside down, for all of us. But for thousands of children, already or newly vulnerable, a new reality is emerging which is starker than we could ever have imagined. As lockdown lifts and we look past the immediate crisis, we’re beginning to see more clearly how deep-rooted the impact of COVID-19 will be on children and young people, now and in the future.

See Hear Respond is a new Barnardos initiative developed to fill the widening gap for children and young people during COVID-19. From June to 31st October 2020 it will work with schools and other agencies to identify and support those children who are hidden from view; who are not receiving
support currently from statutory organisations and those who are at risk and/or experiencing adverse impact to their health and wellbeing.

For more information, please click here.

KOOTH

Kooth is a free, web based, confidential support service funded by the Worcester and Hereford NHS Trust and is available to all young people aged 11-18 years. Kooth provides a safe and secure means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support designed specifically for young people.

Year 6 pupils transition into High Schools and as well as it being an exciting time, it may also cause anxiety and stress in others. Kooth can also support vulnerable young people who may experience isolation or low self-esteem and help build their resilience for the big changes ahead. During such unprecedented times, lots of young people are also seeking support around not seeing their friends/teachers before moving to high school, and not being able to see their wider family.

Kooth offers young people the opportunity to have a text-based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis. Young people can access regular booked online counselling sessions as needed. Outside counselling hours’ young people can message our team and get support by the next day.

When young people register with Kooth they will have support available to them now and in the future. Support can be gained not only through counselling but articles, forums and discussion boards. All content is age appropriate, clinically approved and fully moderated.

To find out more, please click here where young people can register for the service. You can also view a short video about the service here.

Every Mind Matters

Having good mental health helps us relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more. There are simple things we can all do to look after our mental health and wellbeing. Every Mind Matters is here to help you manage and maintain your mental health, as good mental health makes such a difference. It helps us to relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more.

We all experience times when we’re struggling or not coping as we might like, or where our circumstances and life events make things extremely difficult and challenging. It’s part of life, and sometimes it’s OK to not be OK.

Our mental health is not fixed, it’s fluid, and just as it can be affected by our life experiences, events and circumstances, there are things we can do to improve it and help others. For further information please visit the every mind matters website here.

Every Mind Matters is here to help you manage and maintain your mental health, as good mental health makes such a difference. It helps us to relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more.

We all experience times when we’re struggling or not coping as we might like, or where our circumstances and life events make things extremely difficult and challenging. It’s part of life, and sometimes it’s OK to not be OK.

Our mental health is not fixed, it’s fluid, and just as it can be affected by our life experiences, events and circumstances, there are things we can do to improve it and help others.