Other Support Services provided by NFM affiliated Family Mediation providers include:
- Separated parents information programme (PIP)
- **NEW** Kids' Turn Programme
- Child counselling
- Individual adult and couples counselling / therapy
- Family counselling / therapy
- Specialised children's services
- Contact centres
- Homelessness mediation
- Community / neighbourhood mediation
- Parenting apart programme (PaP)
- Special education needs mediation
- In-court mediation
- Online support services through partner agencies
Other agency support:
Counselling will give you a chance to take stock and to work out your own feelings and emotions. (Relate and Marriage Care both offer counselling in relation to separation and divorce.)
Your GP or Health Visitor will listen and offer some practical sources of help.
Your child’s School and / or Teacher(s) will be more able to help your child if s/he is aware of your situation. There may be a member of staff in your child’s school who has particular responsibility for pastoral matters and to whom you or your child may be able to talk.
Children’s counselling may be available. Ask your local family mediation service if not available in school.
Legal Advice is useful if you and your former partner cannot reach agreement. A Solicitor can tell you what legal course of action may be appropriate. Alternatively, if you have reached agreement, a Solicitor can advise you on it and make it legally binding.
The Courts may, if all else fails, make an order (usually either for contact or residence) but only if the welfare of the children is likely to suffer without it. A CAFCASS (Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service) Officer may be required to produce a report for the Court. In this case, they would interview members of the family, including children, to assess the situation and to make a recommendation to the Court about a suitable course of action.
