Family Wellbeing & Resilience Service

What is the Family Wellbeing & Resilience Service?

The Family Wellbeing & Resilience service is part of the Families First scheme in Newport. Our role is to support families to build and maintain resilience to mental health difficulties.

We provide low-level mental health support for families within Newport through individual work, group work and family sessions. Support lasts around 10-12 weeks.

Our aim is that families are able to talk more openly about their mental health whilst making positive changes to their emotional and mental wellbeing. We use the Resilience Framework and 5 ways to wellbeing principles within our work.

Who do we support?

We support those aged 0-18 year olds and their families

We support families or members of a family who are experiencing low to moderate (whether diagnosed or un-diagnosed) mental health problems e.g. anxiety, depression, OCD, body image issues etc.

We also support those who can also be experiencing;

low to moderate behavioural problems,
issues with family relationships/ communication
difficulties around parenting someone who’s experiencing a mental health problem

How to access the service?

Referrals can be made directly by emailing a completed CYPF Services referral form to CYPF@newportmind.org

How have we helped?

Families who access our services say that our support provided them with the tools to talk more openly and honestly about their mental health whilst also improving their wellbeing.

FAQ's

Our services are in high demand. Waiting lists vary from project to project. We will be in touch on receipt of referral to give you further information on any wait you may experience.

Absolutely! Call us on 01633 258741 or email us at CYPF@newportmind.org

Yes, most of what we discuss during support will be kept confidential. The only time we will share information is if:

You are at risk or in danger
You tell us someone else is at risk or in danger
You tell us you’re going to hurt someone
You ask us to tell someone

If we do have to share this information, we will do our best to keep you involved in the process and tell you about it first

We ask that the children and young people who are referred are always made aware of the referral and are asked for their consent where appropriate. We are a voluntary service, so that means you can’t be forced to engage with us if you don’t want to.

We can signpost and refer you to other projects within the CYPF team or other local services. We will always talk to you about it before we refer.

We will not disclose any information to parent/carers unless there is an identified risk or your young person gives us consent to share. We appreciate this can be distressing, and we always encourage children & young people to discuss things with parent/carers where appropriate. This is dependent on age – please speak to your support worker for further information.

For multiple reasons we cannot accept referrals for people who are in crisis. If you or someone you know are in crisis, please click here

Please call us on 01633 258741 or email us at CYPF@newportmind.org and we’ll answer any questions you may have.