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Many parents need help, friendship and support when their children are young. Common reasons for Home-Start support are:
- Feeling isolated with little family support.
- Struggling with the emotional and physical demands of having young children.
- Postnatal depression.
- A family who may need help with practical things such as shopping or budgeting.
- A family with twins, triplets or many children under 5.
- A family finding it hard to cope with ill health or disability in the family.
- A family struggling with addiction.
- A family fleeing from Domestic Abuse.
Home-Start Kettering can also deliver the 123 Magic Parenting Programme to families struggling with challenging behaviour.
Families are usually supported for up to six months by home-visiting volunteers who offer weekly visits of between 2-3 hours.
How to make a referral
Please call the office to discuss the referral first before sending us a completed referral form. Once the referral is accepted, we will send a letter to the family arranging to visit them in their own home to discuss further what Home-Start is able to do and to make sure the family is accepting of Home-Start. Once the visit has taken place we will look to place a volunteer that is felt to ‘match’ with the family’s needs. The length of time a family has to wait for support is dependent on how many families are waiting and how many volunteers we have available. Families and Referrers are then kept informed of the situation (including if no service is to be offered) and once a volunteer is available we will introduce them to the family and the support begins. During this waiting period, families may wish to be included in a What’s App group providing useful information but will receive no service from Home-Start Kettering