Services for Children and Families

Extended services form part of a programme to improve the life chances and opportunities for all children, young people and their families so that the five ‘Every Child Matters’ (ECM) outcomes are met. These outcomes are that children should:

Extended services in a wider ECM context improve outcomes for children and young people by:

Tackling barriers to learning
Providing the basis to early intervention
Improving integration of children’s services focused on the needs of the child and family
Giving pupils more opportunities through extended services

Family Support Advisers (FSA) in Bracknell Forest

Aims and benefits of the FSA role

To foster good relationships with parents/carers of children at the school and encourage parental involvement in the school and its activities
To be proactive in identifying needs, and support children and families with information, advice and guidance
To respond to concerns raised by parents, pupils and teachers
To support work on prevention and early intervention and with vulnerable and ‘yet to be reached’ children and families more...

Forms for FSAs

Area Steering Groups and Children Centre Areas

There are eight Area Steering Groups (ASGs) across the borough which look at 'Extended Services In and Around Schools':

Binfield
Central and Little Sandhurst
Crowthorne
Great Hollands, Hanworth and Birch Hill
Owlsmoor and College Town
Priestwood, Bullbrook and Warfield
South Bracknell
Winkfield, Cranbourne and North Ascot

Extended Services ASG and CC Areas
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