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A Reflective View from the
Practitioner’s Perspective
Kay Cartmell
(Health Visitor / Outreach Team Leader)
Ashley Lloyd
(Play Therapist)
Howgill Family Centre
Howgill Family Centre
• 35 years of service
delivery to children and
families
• From Distington to
Muncaster, from
Whitehaven to Wasdale
• 75 staff and 30 volunteers
• Group and individual
work, & Early Years
Provision
www.howgill-centre.co.uk
Mission Statement
• Creating
Opportunities for
Children and
Families…..
…..Working to build
healthier, safer
communities where
children, young people
and families are valued,
respected and
encouraged to achieve
their potential
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• One that ensures that
all parents should feel
able to ask for
support at any time
• How parents perceive
services will influence
the likelihood that
they will ask for help
Reducing barriers to
accessing services
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Stigma
Fear of being judged
Lack of confidence
Social exclusion
Poverty
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Accessible
Non-judgemental
Family friendly
Needs driven
Core purposes
• Child Development,
Learning and School
Readiness
• Child and Family
Health and Wellbeing
• Parenting/ Family
Support
Principles
• Prevention
• Early Intervention
• Relationships are key
Barnes and Freude-Lagavardi (2002)
Shonkoff and Phillips (2000)
Shore (2001)
New Report:- Burlington S and Hosking G (March 2013)
Conception to Age 2- The Age of Opportunity
7 Themes
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Coping and emotional wellbeing
Family health and wellbeing
Friends and family relationships
Family finances
Children’s learning and development
Fun and leisure
Personal growth
Bereavement
Group
Play Therapy
Breast Feeding
Support
Boy's / Girl's
Group
A-Part From
Group
Coping
and
Emotional
Wellbeing
Adult Art / Art
Therapy
Learn to relax
group/
individual
therapy
Teen parents/
new Mum's
Groups
Parenting Plus
programme/
Triple P Group/
Early
Support/Portage
Screening/
Support for
perinatal
depression
Solihull
Approach
Breast Feeding
Support
Aqua-natal
Breast Feeding
Support
Healthy
Eating/Cooking
Groups
Infant massage
Family
Health and
Wellbeing
Safety
Equipment
Sporty Tot's/
Sporty
Families/
Ground Hog's
Allotment
Baby Picasso
Let's get
healthy with
HENRY
Parenting Plus
programme
Health Visitor
Drop in
Sessions
Music and
Movement Group
Play Therapy
Promoting
Positive
Interaction (Video
Interaction
Guidance)
Infant Massage
Boy's / Girl's
Group
Friends and
Family
Relationships
Adult Art / Art
Therapy
Come and Play
/Carer and
Toddler Groups
Holiday
Playscheme's
Triple P parenting
Groups
Grandparent's
Group
Families Inc.
Speakeasy
Home
Support
Family
Finance
Advisor
Grant's
panel
Healthy
Eating
Course
Family
Finances
Houseproud
Accredited
Training for
parents
Pre-school/Nursery
provision
Carer and Toddler
Groups
Families Inc. Art and
Crafts
Health Visitor Dropin's
Storysacks
Children's
Learning and
Development
Parenting Plus
Programme
Book Start Corner/
Book Club
Boy's / Girl's Group
Baby Picasso/ Baby
Signing
Early Language
Intervention/Every
Child a Talker
Music and
Movement Groups
Play Schemes
Carer and Toddler
Groups
Storysacks/Storytelling
sessions
Families Inc.
Fun and
Leisure
Art's Group
Aqua natal
Sporty Tot's/ Family
Swim
Boy's / Girl's Group
Baby Picasso
Family Support Summer
Trips
Music and Movement
Groups
Learn to
Relax Group
Accredited
Training for
parent's Storysacks
Book Club
Families Inc.
Art's Group
Personal
Growth
Triple P
parenting
Groups
Boy's / Girl's
Group
Houseproud
Healthy
Eating
Courses
Family
Passport