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Fresh Start
About this service
We work with mothers who have had one or more children removed from their care and are not pregnant and have no children currently in their care. The service supports women to take time out from parenting to address their loss, build resilience, increase well-being and develop new skills. The service works collaboratively with women to help them make sustainable changes and address the multiple and complex risks in their lives e.g. substance misuse, mental health, domestic abuse, parenting capacity, adverse childhood experiences and unsafe housing conditions. We aim to work with the women for approximately nine months.
This service is available for birth families in
Sheffield
Contact details
- This service is provided by Sheffield City Council
- https://project6.org.uk/fresh-start/
- 646 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, S7 2BB
- [email protected]
- 0114 258 7553
Who is the service for?
- The child’s birth mother (or pregnant mother)
At what point in the adoption process is support available? When adoption is:
- Has taken place
What support is available?
- Advocacy support to help birth family members get their views across when dealing with children’s services and other official agencies
- Counselling or therapeutic support
Where is support available?
- In person, at a flexible location, such as your home
- In person, at a specific location
- Online, including virtual meetings or webchat
- Over the phone
How to access the service?
- Contact us directly if you want support (this is also known as self-referral)
How much support is available?
- The service can provide support for the following duration: Approximately nine months
Key details about the service
- One-to-one support is available at this service
- This service can give support or information for family members who are under 18
- Additional support for people with disabilities, including learning difficulties and learning disabilities, is available at this service
- Confidential interpreters or translation services are available at this service
Has the service been independently evaluated, with input from family members who have used the service?
No, not at this point
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