Service description:
To register to use the services, groups and clubs provided by your local Children's Centre, please register at: https://northamptonshire.firmstep.com/default.aspx/RenderForm/?F.Name=KbHeqBDhJt
Children’s Centre services build upon the universal services available in the Libraries, the following can be accessed:
Locality based support in the Centre, community venue or at home. Provision of early intervention to both child and parent / carers as follows: -
Information and Advice Services - Supplying information about a range of services, including childcare and employment support.
Stay and Play Services -Supporting parents in their role as their children’s first educators
School Readiness Services - Working in partnership with parents and childcare providers to improve outcomes for children
Health, Lifestyles and Well Being Services - universal and targeted activities to improve outcome for parents and children. Includes ante-natal and post natal support delivered in partnership with midwives and health visitors
Improved Parenting and Family Support Services - Targeted support and Early Help services for families that need extra support. This may be via an EHA (early help assessment, formerly a CAF), or for Looked after Children, children on ‘Children in Need’ register, children on Child Protection Plans or Disabled Children. This includes access to victim and perpetrator domestic abuse interventions (at Level 3).
Services to improve adults personal skills, education and employability - Links to benefits and debt advice, adult learning opportunities and JobCentre Plus.
The centre runs a SEND group called Tippy Toes, which runs on the first and third Wednesdays of the month (1.30-3.00pm). It is for children under 5 with a disability or additional needs (whether diagnosed or suspected).