As the Family Support Advisor, I am passionate about working alongside children, families and school staff to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive both at school and at home. I have a background in supporting children and families across schools and have 10 years of experience working with children and young people with SEN and SEMH needs. During this time, I have worked within the safeguarding team, been Early Help and Pastoral Lead, gained experience in behaviour support with a focus on Pace and therapeutic approach. Throughout my career, I have worked closely with parents, schools and external professionals to identify needs and provide practical support before challenges become more significant.

There may times where families experience difficult times and further, more targeted support is needed. I am here to offer that support, through kind, nurturing, non-judgmental and confidential communication. I am able to support with a wide range of circumstances including, school attendance, behaviour support at home, parenting strategies and support networks, emotional wellbeing for both children and adults, friendships, housing or financial concerns, accessing local services and completing Early Help assessments.

To ensure our families get the best support needed at the right time, I work alongside other professionals, collaborating together and getting the right outcomes for all in the family.

Taking time to build these relationships with families is at the core of what I do. My goal when working with families is to understand what they are going through and work together with empathy and care. With the ultimate goal of not only enabling a child to feel safe, happy and able to engage in school but also have a more harmonious home life. However big or small the concern I always want parents and carers to feel able to reach out to me so support can be put in place as soon as possible. Early support makes a huge difference.

We are lucky enough to run parenting programmes onsite such as: the 'Solihull approach parenting programme', healthy eating on a budget, online safety, girls and Autism, PCSO lead community risk advice, to name just a few that we have planned. 

Please see the 'Swap Shop and Foodbank' tabs for more information about our school community support available.