About us
History of Family Based Solutions
Past – 2011
Family Based Solutions formerly known as PAARS (parent abuse and reconciliation service) began as a result of three founders coming across parent abuse in their role as secondary school support workers. It was apparent that the issue did not fit the threshold for social care involvement and was not always dealt with by the police in a way that was useful. The founders decided that they wanted to try and support families so they started the charity.
2012 – Now
They began their work in February 2012 with little more than a determination to support families who had nowhere else to turn. When they started the project there were only five organisations across the UK providing any child to parent abuse intervention. The need for the service was unknown and the research and literature on the issue was very scarce, as most of the support and research came from the US and Australia.
HOW WE SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES
Family Based Solutions works with the whole family to end the cycle of abuse and repair family relationships. We work with families using the solution focused approach which gives the family full control in the direction of the work and each family member has a part to play in moving the family towards their preferred future.
The family are in the role of the expert as they will understand their family better than we ever will. The families identify their own outcomes from the sessions which they then work towards by taking small manageable steps.
Each family is supported by two practitioners. This gives the family members an opportunity to discuss the challenges and agree a way forward so they no longer require our services.
Meet The Team
THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE
- Solution Focused Intervention
- Parent Support Groups
- Signposting to other useful services
- Positive activities for young people
- Solution Focused training
- Solution Focused Workshops
- DART (Domestic Abuse Recovering Together) Programme
- Online Support
- Solution Focused group work in schools
- Supporting families in official meetings
- Collaborative working with other agencies involved with the families
- Practical Support (benefit claims, benefit appeals, housing issues, budgeting, and other benefit claims) This service is only available to our clients
HOW TO REFER
We accept referrals from all agencies and families can also self-refer.
You can request a referral form via our contact page.
Referral criteria:
- The child must be aged 6 to 18yrs
- The abuse (emotional, physical, financial, psychological or sexual) is severe enough not to be considered normal defiant behaviour.
- The family must live or the child must attend a school in the London boroughs of Enfield, Haringey or Barnet.
- DART programme the perpetrator must have left the family home. The family must commit to the 10 week duration of the intervention and must be able to travel to our office.
- A referral form must be completed with the full consent of the family.
- The parent/carers must be willing to fully engage in the family sessions.
- Agencies must nominate a key person to provide information and update us of any changes in the family circumstances.
- Agencies to ensure contact details for the families are up to date and notify us of any changes they are aware of as soon as possible.