Extended Family Interventions
Rebuilding broader family connections
What Are Extended Family Interventions?
Extended Family Interventions involve supporting contact between a child and other family members, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or siblings. This helps rebuild and strengthen broader family connections.
When Is This Useful?
This is useful when a child has been estranged from extended family members or when there are concerns about the child’s safety with them. It can also be helpful when a child is being placed in the care of extended family members. These interventions can involve any wider family members who need support, including entire family groups.
Our Approach:
Our approach includes:
1. Icebreaker Sessions:
We facilitate initial meetings between the child and extended family members to make everyone feel comfortable.
2. Supportive Environment
We provide a safe and supportive environment for these meetings, usually based on the interests of the child/ren.
3. Detailed Reports
We provide reports on the success of the interventions and any recommendations for future contact.
FAQs
How can an extended family support family members?
Extended family members such as grandparents, aunts or uncles can play a supportive role, even if they are not directly involved in Court proceedings. They can offer stability by avoiding conflict, following professional guidance and maintaining positive relationships with both parents and children when appropriate.
Other Ways We Can Help
Reunification work
We deliver structured plans that support safe and gradual reunification between children and their parents in complex circumstances.
Parenting plan work
We support parents in creating child-focused parenting plans that reduce conflict and encourage cooperative arrangements.
Section 7 reports
We provide child-focused Section 7 reports under the Children Act 1989, giving the Court a clear picture of what is in the child’s best interests.