Families need a non judgemental and flexible approach to help them in the challenges of raising teenagers in the 21st century. Family Worx is providing the following services:
Positive Parenting Courses, empowering parents in parenting teenagers.
Access to Family Counselling and Coaching Services.
Social support and befriending to vulnerable families.
Volunteer Training and Development for volunteers working in support of families.
Positive Parenting in Kincorth and Cove
The Family Worx Project has delivered parent education for parents of adolescents since its inception in mid 2007, namely "Time out for Teens" developed by Positive Parenting UK along with offering one to one support and follow-up. The monitored results of this include
an average 34% improvement in parents relationship with their young person
an average 50% point improvement in parenting confidence,
an average 35% point improvement in communication skills,
an average 56% points improvement in ability to handle difficult behaviour.
Family Worx has also provided one to one support and family coaching for a number of referral situations.
What some parents say:
“My daughter is impressed; now she wants a course for teens on how to handle your parents”
“This is not only good for my relationship with my teen; it's helping me with my relationship with my husband”
“This is helping us with our younger children as well. Helping us to think of how we should do things differently”
“This course has given me the confidence to decide to do things and follow through on discipline issues”
“I think all parents should hear this; it would help them not to get into problems” “Maybe it is us the parents who need to change before our children can change”
DRUG PROOF YOUR KIDS
Along with our operations in the youth area, Blue Horizon is also involved in drug education with parents in the area. Through our Family Worx project we are delivering parent education and support. We have just piloted a course “Drug Proof Your Kids” (www.dpyk.org.uk) with 10 parents from the Kincorth and Cove communities. This is designed to strengthen parent’s confidence and capacity to influence their children’s choices and to manage the risk situations young people find themselves in. Through Kincorth Academy, local medical clinics and community advertising we have made this widely available and we hope to start a new course after the summer holidays. This work is designed to complement the face to face youth work we are doing through the Street Outreach Bus Project and also sow the seeds of increased awareness and responsibility taking by adults and parents.
