SEND Local Offer - New Beginnings

New Beginnings

The Everleigh Centre
Penhill
SN2 5HB

Please refer to providers website for latest prices

Adults

New Beginnings is a voluntary service offered to women, and their partners, in Swindon who have had at least one child removed from their care. The service also supports women in pregnancy, and their partners, where there is a risk that the baby will be removed from their parents care. New Beginnings supports and empowers women to identify, make and sustain positive changes to their lives. The aim is to build a sense of self-worth, esteem and value in women whose life experiences may have prevented this and resulted in a spiral of self-harm and or destruction.

Referrals to New Beginnings are made by a professional who is, or has worked, with the individual prior to, at the time of or after the child is removed. New Beginnings can also accept referrals from professionals who work with women who are pregnant and fathers. They cannot accept referrals for parents who have children in their care or who live outside of Swindon.

New Beginnings workers tailor the programme to meet individual needs. Each woman (and her partner) is allocated a New Beginnings worker who will work with them for up to 18 months, depending on their level of need. The work involves building a mutually trusting, respectful and honest relationship, which is a partnership and led by the aspirations of the individual. The worker will meet regularly with the woman and her partner as often as needed, both as a couple and separately if appropriate.

Some key themes that New Beginnings focus on include: Domestic Abuse, Housing, Debt and Money Management, Education and Employment, Healthy Relationships, Addressing Alcohol and Substance Misuse, Accessing Support, Counselling or Therapy, Promoting Good Holistic Health – physical, emotional and sexual.

Return to service directory