Who We Work With
Families Feeling Safe works in partnership with:
- Local authorities
- Schools and academies
- Charities
- Children’s centres
- Parents and carers
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
By using this early intervention approach, the need for more expensive, specialised services are significantly reduced. And yet it’s never too late to learn these important skills.
Our work is tried and tested
The Allen Review (2011) identified social and emotional skills as a critical issue in shaping children and young people’s wellbeing and The Early Intervention Foundation (2015) shows that early intervention:
- Improves school attendance
- Helps parenting skills
- Builds healthy relationships
- Improves mental health and ensure everyone feels safe.
See more about Protective Behaviours here.
What is Protective Behaviours?
The Protective Behaviours process originated in the 1970’s in America, when a number of children told Peg West, a school social worker, that they didn’t feel safe. The process was developed and refined over the following years into what we know today as Protective Behaviors (PBs).
“Protective Behaviours provides a strong framework for personal safety, self-esteem, resilience and confidence building.”
Who benefits from Protective Behaviours?
It can be used by anyone, irrespective of their ability, race, gender, sexual orientation, profession, age, physical or mental abilities including:
- Mental health teams, domestic abuse services and police – Abuse prevention and crisis intervention
- Family intervention Teams – Providing parent support
- Families – Better relationships and communication
- Schools – Improved learning outcomes and bullying prevention
- Children’s centres – Helping children get the best start in life
We also work with Residential care services and mediation practitioners.
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