Family Hubs – Action for Children (Teignbridge and South Devon)
Offers a welcoming environment and serves as a central point of access for all families, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) up to age 25. Their Family Navigator team are able to provide support and advice whether you’re having a parenting issue or feeling overwhelmed with the pressures of family life they can offer guidance and signpost to information and advice.
For information, click here Devon Family Hubs | Services | Action for Children
or complete the online referral form to access Support: Devon Family HUBS – Parent Carer Request for Contact (smartsurvey.co.uk).
Homestart
A charity that provides parent and family support. Homestart’s volunteers can support families with young children under the age of 5 at home or in the community. Homestart also run a range of groups and activities for parents and children in the Teignbridge area. For more information, click here http://www.homestart-teignbridge.org.uk/.
National services:
Family Action
Family Action provides emotional support, information and guidance on family relationships (including siblings) and conflict, parenting, caring, financial worries – to help you through whatever problems you or your family are facing, as well as a range of self-help resources. They can offer support via their Family Line helpline from 9am-9pm, via email, online chat as well as an out of hours crisis support service. For more details, visit https://family-action.org.uk/get-support/familyline/.
Family Lives
This service provides an extensive range of information and advice for parents including divorce, finances, mental health, bullying, and many more. They also provide a helpline accessible via phone, email and whatsapp for anyone with parenting and family life worries. For full details, click here https://www.familylives.org.uk/.
Gingerbread
A website that offers a wide range of support and advice for single parents. They also have a helpline and a chat function to access support. For more information, click on this link Home | Gingerbread.
Mental health and support for families
Priority service for new and expectant parents
TALKWORKS offers a fast-tracked service for new and expectant parents who are experiencing a common mental health difficulty.
This includes stress, low mood, excessive worry and post-natal depression. The NHS talking therapies service can also offer a range of support for sleep difficulties and anxiety.
TALKWORKS is free to access and open to both NHS staff and patients who are age 18+ and living in Devon (outside Plymouth).
Treatment and support includes:
- One-to-one sessions with an NHS therapist (available face-to-face across Devon, over the phone or by video call)
- Interactive group courses
- Wellbeing workshops
- Online self-help (accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
You can self-refer to TALKWORKS online or by calling the team on 0300 555 3344.
If you are working with a patient that you feel may benefit from TALKWORKS, you can, with their knowledge and consent, make a referral on their behalf through the healthcare professionals referral form.