Parent/Carer Support
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room can help you find the right support service for you.
Developed by Common Unity and Forward For Life, TWR provides you with links to 100’s of Birmingham and Solihull based services that can help you take more control of your own health and wellbeing. It also provides links to key national organisations that can help you be more informed of the options available.
The website highlights services that can best meet your needs, whatever your needs – If you need to find services that provide housing, or welfare benefit advice, or educational support, or employment support, safeguarding links or knowledge about faith organisations, The Waiting Room puts this information and much more at your fingertips.
Supported by Birmingham Public Health, the NHS for Birmingham and Solihull and through the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System, The Waiting Room is the health and wellbeing directory for you and your family.
My Family Coach
What is My Family Coach?
- My Family Coach will support you through the tough times, inspire you with new ideas, and share practical tips to make parenting that little bit easier.
We know it’s hard to understand children’s behaviour and find the best ways to support them as they grow up. If you need support, are looking for advice, or have a parenting question, you’ll find everything you need at MyFamilyCoach.com.
My Family Coach is a free website produced by experts in child behaviour, parenting, and education. They have over 20 years of experience working with schools to understand children’s behaviour. Their training is used in 5,000 schools and health and social care settings, training over 100,000 individuals each year.
The website is full of resources on popular parenting topics, such as screen time, bullying, and mental wellbeing. They have a wide range of blog posts, podcast episodes, and videos available, along with bookable 1:1 coaching, courses, and classes.
My Family Coach provides support when you need it most. It’s simple to sign up and completely free to register.
For example:
Screen Time & Online Behaviour
Help your child have a healthy relationship with screens and devices.
Have a look at the Screen Time video collection to support you at home:
Communication & Conversations
Get everyone in your family talking and listening to each other
A simple way to understand your child’s behaviour is by looking at how you communicate with each other as a family.
- What is this behaviour telling me?
- Are we being consistent with how we respond?
- Does everyone feel listened to and respected?
Communication and Conversations Video Collection
Health/Wellbeing/Finance/Education/Mental Health/Leisure/Education/Government
https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
https://www.familylives.org.uk/
https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en?source=mas
https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
https://www.sunsafeschools.co.uk/
https://bwc.nhs.uk/parents-and-carers
https://forwardthinkingbirmingham.nhs.uk/pause
https://www.findfoodbanksbrum.org.uk/about-us/directory/
Specific Needs: