Safeguarding Information
Family Support Worker
At Park Junior School we want all our children to feel secure, happy, safe and proud. My role as the school's Family Support Worker and Mental Health Lead is to support families. I am here to help families overcome any issues they may be experiencing and help identify and support any barriers to learning and achieving they may have.
Here are some of the areas you or your child can come and chat with me about;
- successes and achievements of you or your child in or out of school
- support for bereavement, divorce, domestic abuse and trauma
- financial difficulties and housing advice
- school attendance and emotional based school avoidance support
- parenting advice and guidance to support behaviours and routines at home
- mental health and wellbeing for both parents and children
- continence, eating, and sleep issues
- Young Carers support
- referrals to counselling agencies
The family room is a comfortable and relaxed informal area including toys and activities to entertain younger siblings. It is situated in a private area of the school always ensuring confidentiality. If this is not convenient, I am available for home visits.
I am able to offer Early Help support for families. Early Help creates a support plan and actions for schools and home to work towards, ensuring home and school environments encourage all students to flourish.
I am also a Mental Health Lead and Mental Health First Aider. Our school works very closely with the Mental Health Support Team. They offer support for low intensity anxieties before they progress into more serious concerns. We have had many children use the service. This is what some of them have said;
“ before I was scared of everything, now I can’t think of anything I am scared of ”
“ I couldn’t go on escalators or slides before but now I don’t worry about them, I am really happy ”
“ Lorraine really helped me, I didn’t know everyone felt nervous sometimes, she showed me ways to calm my nerves and gave me a diary and a calm box ”
Please refer to the table below for some of the services you can access for support. Please do not hesitate to let me know if there is anything I can do to help. I can do referrals for your family or help you access agencies for self-referrals. You can contact me on 01933 273273 or nkutscherauer@park-jun.northants.sch.uk
Nina Kutscherauer
If you have any concerns regarding a child or a family please contact the Northamptonshire MASH team on:
https://nctrust.co.uk/report-a-concern-or-request-support/
Or phone 0300 126 3000 - MASH are a confidential team of professionals who deal with child protection and welfare concerns
Health & Well-being Support Menu
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Support available for children
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Childline | Online, on the phone help about all areas of concern. Web site is full of useful information | 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk |
0-19 Universal Children Services. | NHS referral pathway to support with sleep, continence, wellbeing, behaviour and SEND referrals | |
Service six | self-refer for counselling or self-help around self-harm, sexuality, anger management, bullying and Online Safety | www.servicesix.co.uk 01933 277520/ 01933 273746 |
NHFT iDiscover children's resource hub
| A children’s resource hub for health and wellbeing | |
Mental Health Support Team (MHST) | A low intensity intervention to support with anxiety, worries, self-harm and low self esteem |
Introducing NHFT's Mental Health Support Team (youtube.com)
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Young Carers Support | If you are a young carer you can find out about help, support, advice and guidance here. | |
Shout | Can help with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, bullying or if you’re feeling overwhelmed. | Text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 https://giveusashout.org/ |
Young Minds | Resource library full of useful toolkits, publications, reports and policy information about children and young peoples’ mental health. | |
NGAGE/ Aquarius | Need help with Drug & Alcohol abuse? NGAGE with Aquarius is an early intervention drug and alcohol service for young people aged 10-18 in Northamptonshire. | |
Ask Norman | Young person one stop shop for advice and support | |
LGBT Foundation | LGBT Foundation provide a wide range of support services to lesbian, gay, bi and trans people.
Support available for families
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CAMHS Live | Support with feelings of depression, anxiety, self-harming, suicidal thoughts and stress | |
NFFT Emotional Coaching | Educational Psychologist have put together a series of short videos on how to support wellbeing and behaviour with children at home | |
Early Help | Early Help assessments are accessible to all families and offer support for any family issues, behaviour or concerns | Support for Children and Families | Northampton Children's Trust (nctrust.co.uk) |
NHS | For your mind, for your body – support for all areas | |
CIRV
CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre | For concerns related to gangs. Know someone else who needs help getting out of gang related activity?
Provides lots of useful information to help keep your child safe online, about spotting the signs and dealing with exploitation. There are different areas of the website for parents and for children. | call 24/7 on 07539183975
www.ceopeducation.co.uk/parents Thinkuknow (CEOP) |
Support available for adults
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Wellingborough Mind/Crisis Cafe | Support at the Crisis Café | Phone: 01933 223591 |
The Samaritans | Whatever you’re going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. Accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. | |
Food banks. | You can make a self-referral directly to the food bank. | foodbank — Daylight Centre (daylightcf.org)
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Substance to Solution | Support and counselling with substance misuse | |
Northampton Domestic Abuse Service | Confidential help for anyone experience domestic abuse and domestic violence | |
VOICE and The Sunflower centre | Support available if you have experienced, theft, robbery, attacks, abuse, violence, harassment, or stalking. | Sunflower Centre | Voice for Victims & Witnesses (voicenorthants.org) |
IAPT | NHS talking therapies for people over the age of 17.5 years | Northamptonshire NHS Talking Therapies | NHFT
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Citizen’s Advice | Support with financial, custody, housing and home issues. | |