Supporting our families

At Bournemouth Park Academy we are always ready to support our families in anyway we can. Please contact us if you need any support, for instance with uniform, breakfast club or attendance. 

Family Support Worker

Bournemouth Park employs a Family Support Worker (Mrs Marvesley) who is able to support with a number of issues, such as:

• Parenting - behaviours, routines, boundaries, attendance
• Finances
• Signposting to further agencies/organisations
• Healthy eating

Attendance Officer

Bournemouth Park employs an Attendance Officer (Mrs Mrs Discombe)  and an Attendance Assistant (Mrs Railton) who are able to support with any issues you may have around attendance. They may be able to support with:

• Overcoming any barriers to attendance
• Breakfast club places
• Signposting to further agencies/organisations

There are also a number of organisations locally who may be able to help:

• Storehouse – food bank - 01702 617348

• Wellbeing at Garon park – youth clubs, food support, sporting clubs and family events

• Safe call – 116 000 – support on missing persons, county lines and criminal exploitation

• NYAS – youth advocacy service - www.nyas.net

• Open doors – risk of exclusion support age 8-13 – 01702 212057

• St Vincent’s – food bank, hot meals and support services - 01702 592980

• Early Help – supporting families with behaviour, finances, housing and other areas - 01702 215776 

• CAMHS – children’s emotional and mental health concerns - 0800 953 0222 Option 2

• Safe steps -  supporting families that have been through domestic abuse - 01702 343868

• Turning Tides by SAVS – supporting children’s physical and emotional wellbeing - 01702 356000

• SENDIASS – special educational needs advice and support service – 01702215499

• Volunteering matters – supporting families that need help with finances, appointment, behaviour etc - 01702 601123

• Social care – concerns for a child’s welfare – 01702 215007

• Southend Carers – for young carer’s - 01702 393933

• Affinity Programme – children at risk of exclusion - 0300 247 0074

• POWER project – supporting children struggling to engage with school, truancy or known by police  - 03330 138926