Parents

Providing early help to our children and families at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School means we can be more effective in preventing problems from affecting a child’s ability to thrive and be successful.  Early help means providing support as soon as a problem emerges, at any point in a child’s life, from the Foundation Year through to Year 6.

At St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, we understand that family life can sometimes be difficult and complicated.  From time to time there may be situations where you need extra help and support.  To support and advise you at such times we have an Early Help Offer. Please see the information and links below for details of the range of ways in which we can assist or help you to find the support that you need.

What other support can we offer?

As a school we can offer advice on a range of concerns or we can signpost parents to other sources of information, help and support.  We can offer advice on areas such as behaviour management, financial worries, domestic abuse and housing concerns, etc.

Early Help Directory & Links

This section contains useful contacts for advice and support for both yourself and your child..

Community Support

Food banks, general advice and support, befriending service, financial and debt advice along with support with a range of issues affecting families in the community:

Saint Vincent de Paul offers various family support including food donations their website
Applying for a free school meal please contact the school office. To check eligibility please click this link
Birmingham Children’s Partnership Community Hub 0121 752 1860
Compass Support 0121 748 8111 or visit their website
For Compass Family support and Adult Support information please see pdf files below.
St James Church Hope Helpline 07483 829891
Father Hudson's Maryvale project offer support for elderly and disabled people, their website
Our Place call helpline 0121 354 4080
Food Cycle offer meals and a friendly conversation for adults, their website
Trussell Trust offer links to various foodbanks that are available, their website.

Physical and Mental Health

Advice and support for health related issues including mental health and well-being:

NHS helpline call 111 or visit their website
Department for Education coronavirus helpline 0800 046 8687
Samaritans call helpline 116 123 or visit their website
MIND for better mental health helpline 0300 123 3393 or visit their website
Child and adolescent mental health contact PAUSE helpline 0300 300 0099
Beacon Family Services & The BEAM project, please visit

Helplines

A list of helplines which offer advice and support on a range of issues affecting children and families:

Worried about the safety of a child? Contact The Children’s Advice and Support Service helpline 0121 303 1888 out of hours 0121 675 4806
CHILDLINE call 0800 1111 or visit their website
NSPCC 0808 800 5000 or visit their website
TWR The Waiting Room has a wide range of community support services visit their website

Bereavement, Loss and Grief

Support for those coping with the loss of a loved one:

Cruse Bereavement Care helpline call 0121 687 8010
Winston’s Wish helpline call 08088 020 021 or visit their website

Early Help Directory

The documents and links below have contact numbers, emails and website addresses for Early Help for children and families across the city. Even though these were initially produced as a result of Covid-19, they are useful resources in general: