Family Support and Play Service
This work has developed from the B&NES Play Service and now covers the whole of Bath & North East Somerset.
Family Play Partnerships Evaluation and Impact Report November 2016
Prepared by the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI)
"Our relationship has greatly improved; I have more understanding of her behaviour and why she does it. I just let her come to us, rather than pushing her" Parent Family Play support records.
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The service provides targeted support and early help to vulnerable families with children aged 5-19 years. It works alongside Children’s Centre services and Connecting Families to deliver a co-ordinated early help offer in B&NES.
The staff team works with families with children aged 5 to 19 years, supporting the whole family to make positive changes that will improve confidence & resilience using whole family support and play as a process of engagement and support to develop stronger family bonds.
Some of the services we offer: Nurture groups in schools, Family Play Hubs and 1-1 support to young people and their families. See below for more details or contact our enquiries@bathareaplayproject.co.uk.
How to refer for the Family Play & Support Service
For enquiries about Nurture Groups and Family support, please contact us on (01225) 832479.
Anyone working with a family or the family themselves can make a referral for support. You will first need to make sure that the family or you meet the criteria on the checklist. Once the Request for support form is received, a member of the team will get in touch to have a conversation and chat through the request support form.
All referrals will be assessed and where we can help and there is capacity, the family will be allocated to a worker or a particular service.
Family Support & Play Referral Pathway
Family Play Support Workers support a number of families for around 4 - 6 months providing Intensive family play support to embed strategies and support and build confidence with jointly agreed outcomes using the family partnership model. Work will be closely linked with other agency work supporting positive change for the family.
BAPP provides support for children and young people in schools through Nurture Groups to enable them to, develop social networks with peers and develop confidence. Each group has 2 Community Play Support Workers for a 10 – 12 week term. The schools identify children that they feel will benefit from a secure and nurturing group each week as part of their school day. There is a charge for this service from January 2025.
Odd Down Play Hub is staffed by Community Play Support Workers and a family support worker. This hub provide a weekly safe and non-judgemental group where families can access support, encouragement, and the opportunity to enjoy playing together with their children and other families.
BAPP work with the family to build a clear picture based on the issues the family and child think are important and steps are agreed to work towards improving outcomes for children and the whole family. An Action Plan is agreed and forms the basis and focus for the support, working together to make sustainable positive changes.
We work not just with the child but with the whole family as this ensures that the family and child agree the outcomes together and supports increased understanding of the value and role of each family member has as well as the role of the family in the child’s life.
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