Well-Being, Pastoral Care & SEND
Family Help at Thomas Telford School
At Thomas Telford School, we are keen to support you, your child, and your family via our dedicated, professional approach with initial support through Personal Tutors and Heads of Year. This is underpinned by our Family Help intervention offer where required.
The offer includes local signposting to relevant external provisions that may be able to help and guide you through the difficulties and challenges often faced by families with school-aged children.
Our offer will begin with a Family Help Assessment (FHA) to identify specific needs. This can include issues affecting education, relationships, housing, finances and behaviour. The purpose of an FHA is to help us work together, identifying the right support at an early point. We will work together on concerns which have the potential to become more significant or complex if not addressed.
Family Help is a voluntary process which may extend to accessing specialist support through a multi-agency approach. As part of our offer, we may suggest and manage referrals to:
- School Nurse/Health Practitioner
- Family drop-in hub information for T&W
- Parenting support courses
- Young person’s behavioural concerns
- Young Carer support
- Adult Carer support
- English Additional Language support available for parents and their children
- Domestic abuse or violence local support offer
If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact Miss Ricketts, Family Help Lead Teacher on ericketts@ttsonline.net
Family Help Provision within school
Within school, our Family Help Provision is extensive and can include any of the following additional support pathways:
- Access to our Counselling Service including Art Therapy counselling
- Pastoral support with a member of the Pastoral Team
- Access to the Nurture Centre and the Nurture Centre Staff
- Access to one of our Mental Health First Aiders who can support with Mental Health concerns
