Safe parenting handbook
What is the handbook about?
The handbook offers some ideas and information to help you find your way through what can be a maze of issues and advice. It gives contacts and further information you can follow up when you are deciding how to deal with your worries and difficulties. The handbook also lists some of the warning signs of particular difficulties and offers helpful tips.
Every family experiences difficulty from time to time and this can test the best of parents. At these times it may be hard to think about what help or information you might need.
When things go wrong it does not mean that someone has failed in parenting - things go wrong for everyone. It is often the way difficulties are handled that can make a difference to our children, both now and in the future.
There is no such thing as the perfect parent. However, there are some ways we can make it a less stressful and more rewarding experience.
Who has produced this guide?
The handbook has been produced by Wiltshire Local Safeguarding Children Board, supported by the Safer Wiltshire Partnership and Community Safety Partnership in North, East South and West Wiltshire.
Wiltshire Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) is made up of senior representatives from health, education, social work, police, probation, Connexions and the voluntary sector (including NSPCC), among others.
The Handbook
TheSafe Parenting Handbook has been created in Adobe PDF, the document is interactive, which means at any stage you can jump to chapters, go back to the menu or browse any specific area of the document.
Please Note: The document is large (3.1 MB), it may take a while to download or open.
Safe Parenting Handbook Contact Details
Email: childrenandfamilies@wiltshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01249 463347
Fax: 01225 713669
Postal Address:
Child Protection (Room 270)
Children & Education
Wiltshire
Council
County Hall
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14
8JB
Last updated: 1 April 2009