Families will be given greater access to the most relevant parenting support whenever they need it through an innovative new project launched by North Yorkshire Council.
Officers working with children and families in North Yorkshire have created a bespoke programme called “Your Family Toolkit” – an adaptable and flexible resource for all professionals working with children, young people and their families to enhance parenting strategies.
The new toolkit has been designed to sit alongside North Yorkshire Council’s universal offer of online parenting courses offered through Solihull Approach, https://inourplace.co.uk/north-yorkshire/, which is currently being accessed by more than 3,000 residents in North Yorkshire.
The free resource offers a different level of bespoke support, advice and guidance for families, and is not a traditional programme, typically delivered over a set number of weeks and focussing on a variety of topics.
Instead – just like choosing the right tools for the job from a toolbox – staff can pick and choose the specific modules that are right at that time for the families they are working with, and they can choose as many or as few as they wish to meet their needs.
North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for children and families, Cllr Janet Sanderson, said:
“Our officers and partners have such an extensive wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise between them that it made sense to bring that all together to create an adaptable and flexible resource that could be used by all.
“They’ve been piloting ‘Your Family Toolkit’ for a year now and the feedback has been wonderful. They’ve added more modules in to help parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and will be listening to the feedback from mums, dads and carers to ensure the modules meet their needs.”
Modules have been created that are suitable for all ages, as well as ones specific for parenting younger and older children with core topics including thinking about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), coping with change and conflict and understanding the role of a parent. Each module contains a host of information and can be delivered either face-to-face or online.
The modules can be delivered in a group situation, or they can be delivered on a one-to-one basis by the staff member who knows the families best. Each module can be delivered within a two-hour timeframe, but this will vary according to the shared conversations and questions that the module will spark.
North Yorkshire Council’s assistant director children and families, Mel Hutchinson, said:
“Most parents and carers often say they wish they had a manual when they first have children.
“There are so many challenging situations to navigate in a child’s development and it’s hard to know how to handle these. We know that every family is different - there is no ‘one size fits all’, so Your Family Toolkit is a pick’ n’ mix package of parenting support.”
For further details about accessing the toolkit, please contact your Early Help Consultant or your locality hub on the following contact numbers - West: 01609 53484, Central: 01609 534829, East: 01609 534852.
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