Pen Green Centre for children and their families

We offer families in Corby a wide range of groups, activities and family support services. We can support families from pregnancy (antenatal), right through to when your child starts primary school.

Family support at Pen Green can take many forms:

We offer drop-in groups at Pen Green and Kingswood for parents and carers with children up to school age.  These sessions are a great opportunity to meet other families and play together in a safe and stimulating environment.  Sessions run at Pen Green on a Tuesday and Kingswood on a Thursday.

All Families can experience some challenging times. Early help means working with you and your family so that small problems don’t become big problems.

The Early Help Assessment tool (EHA) is a simple way to help identify the needs of children and families and make a plan to meet those needs. This is a share approach between the family support worker and the parents to make sure that whatever support and help is needed this will be co-ordinated so that no-one misses out on the support they may need.

A family can ask for any early help assessment themselves or they can ask one of the workers in the centre or any other professional( e.g. a health visitor or midwife) to organise this for them.

Visiting families in their own home is one of the ways we can provide consistent support to families. We may be doing so to encourage a new family to come and use our facilities. We may be visiting a family who are unable to leave their home. Some staff are asked to visit families regularly to monitor their progress and safety. Sometimes if we have not seen a family for a few days or weeks we may pop out to see them at home to make sure everyone is doing ok. We have policies and training in place to ensure visits are conducted safely for staff and families. If we are unable to meet families at home, it is also possible to meet in the centre.

The Pen Green Groupwork Programme is a comprehensive range of activities and support groups for families. As well as fun activities for carers and children, we also offer specialist support services including:

• Maternal health support groups (GAP and Great Expectations)
• Infant mental health services
• Targeted groups for carers facing specific challenges such as domestic violence

View our current Groupwork timetable for more information

Parents can refer themselves to the Children’s Centre or a professional might make a referral on your behalf.  Forms can be returned to any Corby Children’s Centre reception or emailed to referrals@pengreen.org