Family Support

Family Support Worker

Sara Johnson is the  Family Support Worker and School Counsellor at Charlton Park Academy.

She is here to offer a range of support to Charlton Park Academy families as well as facilitating regular parent/carer groups, organising training and workshops.

‘In my role I support students with regards to mental wellbeing strategies which extends to supporting staff when there is a need. I am a trained school therapist with years of knowledge and experience in relation to CBT, psychodynamic and person centred therapy. My background is working with trauma and abuse along with attachment and mental health awareness. Staff at Charlton Park Academy benefit from the work I do with students such as ASD and ADHD training – thinking about ASD/anxiety/behaviour (physical, emotional, psychological and environmental factors) and how these impact on students within the classroom.’

We run regular parent and carer groups throughout the school term including a craft group, coffee morning and choir. Find out more about them here.

To contact Sara, please email: Sara Johnson

Click on links below for further information:

• NEW Continence Criteria
  Paediatric Continence Service Oxleas NHS Trust
  Criteria for supplying continence products to children.
• POST 16 PARENTS/CARERS ONLY | Oxleas’ Engagement Forum Leaflet
  Oxleas’ Engagement Forum for carers and parents with learning disabilities.
• CPA Parent/Carer Information
• SENCO
• Kooth Online webinars for parent/carers
• Urgent Mental Health Support For Children Young People And Families
• Universal Credit and SEN Children – Presentation slides with information
• Young Greenwich Hub
• Greenwich Services for disabled children and their families
• Children’s Stat Complaints
• Brighter Futures Specialist Skills Hub

Useful Information

CPA Help and Support:
Links to Royal Borough of Greenwich and organisations to support families
www.charltonparkacademy.com/parent-carer/community-resources/notice-board-2

Our medical and therapy teams.
www.charltonparkacademy.com/about-us/therapies-and-nursing/

Community Noticeboard: www.charltonparkacademy.com/parent-carer/community-resources/notice-board

Royal Borough of Greenwich and SEND organisations

Greenwich Parent Carer Participation Forum – CIC

We bring together parents/carers of children and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up to the ages of 25 in Royal Greenwich.
– Provide opportunities to meet with other parents and share lived experiences
– Support to access information, services and support
– Run information and consultation events
– Parent led & independent

> Find out more

Plumstead Community Law Centre

Charlton Athletics
A free counselling service from Charlton Athletic Community Trust.

Contact: counselling@cact.org.uk
Online: cact.org.uk/what-we-do/early-help-and-prevention/counselling-service

Welfare Rights

Support for people experiencing financial difficulties in Greenwich.

> Benefits advice

LRMN Lewisham Refugee & Migrant Network

LRMN exists to empower refugees and other migrants and to bring about systemic change to remove the challenges they face. We believe that everyone should be able to live safely in a place where they can thrive and be part of the community. LRMN has helped thousands of people seeking sanctuary to do just that, rebuild their lives and to do so with dignity.

> Get advice

Drumbeat School & ASD Service

The Drumbeat Outreach schools team offers a termly calendar of workshops on a range of topics, strategies and interventions to support the needs of parents and carers. All free sessions are aimed at parents, family members and carers living with and supporting individuals with social communication difficulties, including children and young people with a diagnosis of ASD. The workshops aim to provide a safe place to discuss your child’s strengths and needs with other parents and to share some practical strategies and top tips!

> Find out more

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