New Service: Positively supporting Parents and Carers with their Children and Young People’s Mental Health
We'd like to make you aware that Community Interest Company (CIC) NESSie has been commissioned to provide an Early Help Parenting Support Service to parents/carers of Hertfordshire’s children and young people with emotional and mental health issues. This new service aims to help parents/carers in developing a positive and more confident approach to support their young person, whilst offering a chance to gain peer support, useful strategies, and practical tools.
What NESSie’s New Free Early Help Parenting Support Service offers:
- Free online and face-to-face (within schools and community settings) informal parent/carer workshops. For further information and to book please CLICK HERE
- Parent Support line: 07932 651319 (open Thursdays 9am-12 noon or by appointment)
- Private moderated Facebook support group: NESSie Parent/Carer Support Group and Nessie in Ed.
- 1-1 targeted brief support sessions (for more information, please complete THIS FORM and a member of their team will be in contact to arrange a chat).
- Peer support groups
- “Drop In and Chat Coffee Mornings” where parents/carers can discuss anything and everything.
Topics covered may include, but are not limited to:
- Anxiety and building resilience.
- Self-harming behaviours
- School Avoidance
- Bereavement and Loss including Divorce and Separation
- Disordered eating
- Supporting a child or young person who is Gender Questioning
- Managing Meltdowns.
The NESSie team understand that it can be nerve-racking or difficult when first deciding to contact them. Their team is experienced at listening to and supporting all sorts of worries or problems. There are number of ways to get in touch and they suggest parents/carers use whichever feels most comfortable.
Please help spread the word
A poster can be downloaded for display in areas where your staff and parents/carers might see them. Please also follow and share NESSie’s social media posts on Facebook, twitter and Instagram @nessined:
It would also be really helpful if you could share NESSie’s social media posts with details of the workshops happening in April and May below via your social media channels using the links to their posts below:
Please could you cascade this information to your teams who are working with Hertfordshire’s parents and carers as soon as possible and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.