The Family Support Service offers a number of opportunities to access help within groups for:

• Parenting support
• Early years developmental issues
• Youth work programmes
• Support for those affected by domestic abuse
• Family learning

The Family Support Service can work with families, children, or young people who need help because they are:

• Excluded from school or having difficulties engaging with education
• Currently or at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)
• Affected by domestic abuse or parental conflict
• Demonstrating risk-taking behaviour
• Impacted by the consequences of substance misuse
• Affected by poor mental health
• Impacted by poor attachments or relationships within the family
• Having difficulty parenting in a consistent way
• Impacted by financial problems and debt
• Having difficulty maintaining boundaries and expectations within the home
• Involved with the criminal justice system
• Young carers
• Vulnerable to exploitation
• In a home environment impacting on the health and well-being of a child