Wakefield Families Together

Wakefield Families Together brings services together, so that it’s easier for you to find and access the support you need, at the earliest opportunity.

We want children, young people, and families to tell us they are happy, healthy, and safe. Wakefield Families Together are about working on your behalf so that if you have a concern about your child or family member, you only need to have one conversation with us, and we can direct you to the right support. You can access this support through your child’s school, family hub, or in the local community.

To help us localise how we work with families across the Wakefield district, we have grouped our teams and partner organisations into six community ‘cluster’ areas, with nine family hubs. You can find your local Family Hub on the Wakefield Families Together website here: Family Hubs – Wakefield Families Together  

Everyone needs help and support at some point in their life. So, when you do and find it hard to deal with a difficult situation, or have worries around family relationships, behaviour, school attendance, emotional and mental health, domestic abuse, parental conflict, housing issues, or employment and debt problems, Family Hubs can help direct to the right people and services.

Sometimes the concerns you have may need a group of professionals to come together to build a package of support with you and other family members so that we have the right expertise to help the whole family. Find out more about the Team Around the School model here: The ‘Team Around’ approach – Wakefield Families Together

Website: www.wakefieldfamiliestogether.co.uk

Contact: Wakefieldfamiliestogether@wakefield.gov.uk

What’s on Guides:

Family Hub’s ‘What’s on Guides’ you can find the latest version on the Wakefield Families Together website here: Family Hubs – Wakefield Families Together

Videos: 

TAEY – Team Around The Early Years - YouTube / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkwgSphK4SQ

TAS - Team Around The School - YouTube / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fry3xTlc6o

Leaflets:

• EIP Worker 1 minute guide
• Link SW 1 minute guide
• Parent and carer leaflet – TAS
• Parent and carer leaflet – TAEY
• Parent and carer TAS and TAEY leaflets in Polish and Urdu

The above leaflets that are accessible on the WFT page of the Traded Services Website to download as a zip file.

• Young person TAS leaflet – attached below

This new leaflet was co-produced with young people, some of whom have been discussed at TAS previously and may be in receipt of support.

The way to use this new resource is that when a member of school staff is discussing TAS with a young person, this leaflet will help to explain what TAS is and what support it may result in for the young person and the family.

The completed form should be provided to your TAS lead along with the TAS Request for Support form so that it can support the discussion at TAS, enabling feedback to the young person regarding the outcome, based on their identified needs.

Family Hub Map

This is the QR code to the Wakefield Families Together Website: https://www.wakefieldfamiliestogether.co.uk