SAFS provides a Family Support service to our families offering support, advice and guidance; through home visits and contact with the centre.
We assist our families with:
Family support can be offered by a direct self-referral to SAFS or it may come via the council’s Early Help Team.
The advice and guidance offered could be:
SAFS are invited to case meetings to review the support required by the family and are seen as the lead professional in organising and participating in quarterly and/ or 6 monthly meetings with the Early Help Team.
In such cases, SAFS works jointly with the Community Operating Group (COG) and carry out weekly visits or as and when required.