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Marie Hayden Senior Family Worker at Gill Blowers

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Marie Hayden Senior Family Worker at Gill Blowers

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Every family has its ups and downs. Being a parent is hard work and there are no instructions. Sometimes, you or your children may need extra support. At Gill Blowers Nursery School, we can offer a friendly welcome, a listening ear and if necessary we can help you to work out what to do next and help you make those next steps. Early Help helps you recognise what’s going well for you, helps you to identify where you may benefit from extra help, and who is the best person to work with you and your family to make this
happen.

Using the Early Help Assessment:
This starts with an Early Help conversation. As a parent or carer you will chat with the Family Worker or a member of the school staff about what’s going well and what’s not going well for you and your family, and they will let you know what sort of help is available. This conversation might lead to a Flying Start/ Family Partnership referral. This is how we get a full picture about the whole family. We use it to help you see what is working well and identify the areas you could do with a bit of extra support. It‘s your choice to take part in the assessment and you can choose who else should be involved. Every person and family is different, but a Family Partnership referral will:
• help you see what’s going well and not so well for your family;
• help you and others to see what support you might need;
• create a picture of your family’s circumstances, which can be shared with your permission so you don’t have to repeat yourself to different workers;
• help you to be part of a team of people working together on the same plan to get things going well again.

What happens after the Family Partnership Assessment? With your permission, people from different organisations working with your family will share information and work together to help support you and your children. This could be school, health visitors, nursery staff, school health, etc. This may then be followed by a ‘Team Around the Family’ meeting (TAF). You need to give your consent as your personal information belongs to you. Agencies can’t share your information unless you agree because your information is protected by law under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

What is a ‘Team Around the Family’ meeting?
The family and workers involved come together to make a support plan. This is reviewed at regular intervals to ensure that progress is being made for your family and that the right support is in place. At these meetings a ‘lead worker’ is selected it may be the person the family see most frequently, the one most involved or the most approachable. The lead worker arranges the review meetings and is someone you can speak to at any point about concerns or issues you or your family are facing.

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Lianne Young Family Worker at Pastures Way

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Lianne Young Family Worker at Pastures Way

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“The welfare of the Child is paramount”

The RICCHER Federation of Nursery Schools are committed to safeguarding children, we value and respect children by promoting their wellbeing and everyday needs. We believe that all children have equal rights to protection, the right to be safe, secure and free from all forms of abuse, neglect, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, including the exploitation and corruption of children.

The RICCHER Federation: Safeguarding Lead Staff

Joanne Iddenden – Head Teacher/Designated Safeguarding Lead – head@gillblowers.nurseryluton.com

Marie Hayden – Senior Family Worker – familyworker@gillblowers.nurseryluton.com

Lianne Young – Family Worker- lianneyoung@pasturesway.nurseryluton.com

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Our aim is to ensure that schools have timely information about all police attended incidents of domestic abuse, no matter where in the world the child lives.

Our aim is to enable staff in every school to understand how to support children who are experiencing domestic abuse, no matter where in the world the child lives.

Our aim is to ensure all children experiencing domestic abuse receive timely support in their school, no matter where in the world the child lives.

Have you received an Operation Encompass call about a child in your school, or are you concerned about a child or children in your school who are experiencing domestic abuse?

For FREE advice from an Educational or Clinical Psychologist about how best to support them, call the Operation Encompass Professionals' National Advice and Guidance line on 0204 513 9990. Monday to Friday, 8am-1pm
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Free Online Key Adult Operation Encompass Training

This training is CPD accredited and should be completed by all professionals receiving Operation Encompass notifications. All those working with children including school governors can also undertake this training.
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To update Key Adult details in Devon and Cornwall please email us.

Have you received an Operation Encompass call about a child in your school, or are you concerned about a child or children in your school who are experiencing domestic abuse?

For FREE advice from an Educational or Clinical Psychologist about how best to support them, call the Operation Encompass Professionals' National Advice and Guidance line on 0204 513 9990.

Monday to Friday, 8am-1pm
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Our aim is to ensure that schools have timely information about all police attended incidents of domestic abuse, no matter where in the world the child lives. Our aim is to enable staff in every school to understand how to support children who are experiencing domestic abuse, no matter where in the world the child lives.

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Autism beds: 01234 350704

SENDIAS: 01582 548156, sendias@luton.gov.uk

SENAT: 01582 548132 senat@luton.gov.uk.

Luton Parent Carer Voice: www.lpcv.org

Health visiting team: 0300 555 0606

ERIC: https://www.eric.org.uk/

Luton MASH: 01582 547653

Flying Start Luton: 01582 368245

Luton Citizens Advice: 0808 278 7847

Women’s Aid:  01582 876636

Stepping stones: 01582 457114

Salvation Army: 01582 457638

Luton Foodbank: 01582 725838

Young Minds provide information for young people, parents and professionals on a range of mental health issues and can be found at https://youngminds.org.uk/  Their parent’s helpline can be accessed on 0808 802 5544

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Lisa Page Family Worker Assistant at Gill Blowers

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Lisa Page Family Worker Assistant at Gill Blowers

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Designated \Safeguarding Leads

Joanne Iddenden Head Teacher

Launa Corin Deputy Head Teacher

Marie Hayden Senior Family Worker

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads
Sue Francioni Assistant Head Teacher

Michelle Ongley Assistant SENCO

Lianne Young Family Worker

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Lianne Young, Marie Hayden and Lisa Page are our family workers. They are happy to work with families at home or in school and help sign post / support where necessary. You can contact them via the school office:

Gill Blowers: 01582 587350 or  familyworker@gillblowers.nurseryluton.com

Pastures Way: 01582 600691

familyworker@pasturesway.nurseryluton.com

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Our Family Hubs offer free support and inclusive activities for families in Luton. Services include early years activities, family health, parenting, training, and various engaging sessions such as craft activities, toddler time, baby yoga, baby massage, sensory play, and more!

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Working Together to Safeguard Children an Illustrated Guide

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Working Together to Safeguard Children an Illustrated Guide

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RICCHER Federation Safeguarding Policy 2025

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RICCHER Federation Safeguarding Policy 2025

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RICCHER Federation Safeguarding Policy 2025

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