Parenting Supports in Co. Tipperary: April – June 2020
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Parenting Supports in Co. Tipperary: April – June 2020 WELCOME TO THE TIPPERARY CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICES COMMITTEE PARENT SUPPORT CALENDAR, Q. 2, 2020. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: Parenting Supports On-line resources As a consequence of the measures taken to address the corona virus, please note that all service provision below is only phone-based and/or through other media. Parenting Supports Area Details of services When Target Group Contact Details Northern section Community Mothers Programme (Nenagh Availability by phone: Families living in the areas Brigid Murphy, of Co. Tipperary /Thurles): listed with children from birth Community Mothers (includes Ballina - During working to pre-school age. Programme, hours Borrisokane Support and information provided by phone. Silver Arch Family Resource Borrisoleigh Centre Cloughjordan Home Visiting is on hold until further notice. Nenagh Newport Nenagh Tel. 087 2780029 Portroe Rathcabbin & Thurles) Northern section Partnership with Families project: Advocacy Availability by phone: Parents of children in the care Eileen Healy, of Co. Tipperary service for parents of children in the care of of Túsla in the North of the Advocacy Worker, Túsla 10 am – 4 pm, county. Silver Arch Family Resource Monday to Friday Centre, - To support parents to engage with Túsla Nenagh and other relevant services - To support parents to have continued Tel.087 7489490 involvement with their children in care Phone-based contact until further notice Signposting – for general support Availability by phone: General public Silver Arch Family Resource information Centre 10 am – 4 pm, Nenagh. Phone-based contact until further notice Monday to Friday Tel 087 7489490 Southern section Barnardos Student Mothers’ Group: Availability by phone: Expectant student mothers or Annette Dowling, of Co. Tipperary Support for young expectant mothers and young student mothers in second Barnardos, mothers to remain in second-level education: - During working level education in the South of 130 Clonard Park, Ballybeg, hours the county Waterford - Childcare subsidy - Educational support Tel. 087 6472019 - Financial support towards books [email protected] and school materials - Group work programmes and social events Phone-based or Skype-based contact until further notice Southern section Teen Parent Support Programme Availability by phone: Teen parents aged 19 years Bernie Loughman, of Co. Tipperary (Positive Parenting for Changing Families and under in the St. Catherine’s Community programme) - During working South of Co. Tipperary Services, Carlow hours - Outreach service Tel.085 1101511 Phone-based or contact through other social media until further notice Nenagh and North Tipperary Parents Support Project: Availability by phone: Parents from Nenagh, Silver Arch Family Resource surrounding The Parent Support Programme provides Borrisokane, Newport, Centre area support for parents with everyday life events, - 10 am – 4 pm, Toomevara and surrounding Nenagh. including: Monday to Friday areas Tel 087 7489490 - parental stress [email protected] - parental styles - parenting through separation - peer group pressure - childhood stress & anxiety - social media concerns. Phone-based contact until further notice Templemore Parenting/ Family Support Availability by phone: Parents of children aged 0-18 Orlaith McDowell, Family support service years and parents-to-be in Templemore Community Social Advice and information on wider issues - Mon, Tues, Templemore and environs Services affecting parenting Thurs at 9.00 – 5 .00 p.m. Tel. (0504) 31244 Phone-based contact until further notice 083 1606832 - Wed at 9.00 – 12.00. [email protected] Templemore Parents Plus – Early Years Programme: Availability by phone : Parents of children, aged 1 – Stephanie O’Callaghan, 6 years More Family Support Project, - Tuning in to your child - During working Templemore - Play and Special Time hours - Establishing routines and rewards Tel. 087 2642203 - Encouragement and Talking about Feelings - Using consequences to deal with misbehaviour - Teaching new skills and language - Time in and Time out - Creative play and problem solving - Using stories to teach children - Parent self-care Phone-based or contact through other social media until further notice Parents Plus – Working Things Out Availability by phone: Adolescents, aged 11 – 16 Programme (for adolescents) years - During working - Getting along with Parents hours - The key to solving problems - Managing feeling down - Developing helpful thinking strategies - Dealing with Anger and Conflict - Communication for Building Positive Relationships - Making Positive Changes Phone-based contact or through other social media until further notice Templemore Parenting Support Availability by phone: Families and Parents of Stephanie O’Callaghan, - Advice/information on parenting children, aged 0 – 18 years, More Family Support Project, - Support on issues affecting parenting - During working from Templemore and Templemore hours environs Phone-based contact and contact through other Tel. 087 2642203 social media until further notice Life Outside the School Box: - Meetings through Parents of children of any age A parenting peer support group for parents of WhatsApp that are experiencing anxiety children of any age that are experiencing anxiety around school issues around school issues. Currently operating through WhatsApp Thurles area Parent and Family Support Availability by phone: Parents of children, Barnardos Centre, Thurles Support to families to: 0 – 18, in Thurles Primary - Keep safe - During working Care catchment area Tel. (0504) 20018 - Promote positive behaviour hours 087 2744772 - Maintain routines [email protected] - Deal with other issues that arise Arranging practical support through delivery of food and urgently needed supplies Phone-based contact and contact through other social media until further notice Clonmel Barnardos Family Support Project is a Availability by phone: Parents / Carers living in Barnardos Family Support community based project in Clonmel that offers Clonmel or its environs Project, Clonmel support and advice to families experiencing a - During working Tel. (052) 6170665 difficult period. hours Phone-based contact and contact through other social media until further notice Partnership with Parents Availability by phone: Parents of children and To support parents to build their parenting skills, teenagers and to strengthen relationships - During working 0 – 17 years Phone-based contact and contact through other hours social media until further notice Parents Plus ‘Parenting when Separated’ - To commence in Separated Parents/Carers of programme: Q. 2, 2020 children & young people, 0 – 18 years - Solve co-parenting problems - 6 weeks: in a positive way that focuses on 10 – 12 a.m. the needs of children - Help children cope with the impact of the separation. - Enhance communication with their children and their children’s other parent. Visual contact through social media Clonmel / Clonmel Community Mothers Programme Availability by phone: Parents of children, 0 – 5 Jill Sandvoss, Cahir/Cashel/ years in Clonmel, Cahir, Clonmel Community Mothers Carrick-on-Siúir/ Support and information provided by phone - During working Carrick-on-Siúir, Cashel and Programme Fethard hours Fethard. Tel. 086-8359912. Home Visiting is on hold until further notice Web-site: https://clonmelcommunitymother.ie/ Cashel Parenting Support and Youth and Family Availability by phone: Parents of children, aged Diana Buckley (Family Support Support programme (Parents Plus) 6 – 17 years from Cashel area Worker ) - During working Advice on Parenting hours Spafield Family Resource Listening & Referral service Centre, Old Road, Cashel Phone-based contact until further notice Co. Tipperary Tel. 087 9376662 Carrick-on-Siúir Common Sense Parenting (Boys Town Availability by phone: Parents of children, aged 6 – Foróige Neighbourhood Youth Parenting programme): 16 years Project, - During working Carrick-on-Siúir To help parents to: hours - Build Family Relationships Siobhán Clifford: Tel. 086-8331886 - Deal with Problem Behaviour - Teach Social Skills - Promote Self Control Phone-based or WhatsApp-based contact until further notice Non-Violent Resistance programme: Availability by phone: Parents of children, aged 10 – 17/18 years - To help parents to deal with Child to Parent - During working violence hours Phone-based or WhatsApp-based contact until further notice Slieveardagh Parent Support – General Availability by phone: Parents of babies, pre- Julie O’Halloran, Area (Glengoole/ schoolers and primary school Millennium Family Resource - Monday – Friday, Centre Killenaule/ Phone-based contact until further notice age children. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mullinahone/ Tel. (052) 9157992 Parents Plus Adolescents Programme Parents of children, aged 11 - Ballingarry/ 083 1008075 Using this Programme’s concepts & strategies to 16 years, Drangan / The support parents of teenagers Commons / Facebook page Gortnahoe and https://www.facebook.com/Mille Phone-based contact until further notice surrounding areas) nnium-Family-Resource-Centre- 121936837906939/ Signposting – for general support General public information Phone-based contact until further notice Tipperary town Parenting Support (Positive Parenting for Availability by phone: Parents of children, 0 – 17 Parent & Family Support Changing Families programme) years, from Tipperary town Programme, Knockanrawley