If you are a father or a professional person wishing to refer to the Caring Dads programme – please complete the attached referral form and email to us as soon as possible.

Upcoming groups:-

Conwy area – July 2018 (evening sessions)

Denbighshire area – July 2018 (day sessions)

Isle of Anglesey – September 2018 (evening sessions)

Gwynedd – February 2019 (evening sessions)

Caring Dads is a child centred programme. Paul is an experienced facilitator of the Caring Dads programme and works in partnership with Gorwel – Grŵp Cynefin.

The Caring Dads programme focuses on:-

• helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships
• develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways
• appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence

During Caring Dads, fathers will develop skills to cope in healthy ways with frustrating situations, including:-

• Understanding how different fathering strategies and choices affect children
• Increasing their awareness of controlling, abusive, and neglectful attitudes and behaviours
• Developing strategies to strengthen the father-child relationship

Click below for the Caring Dads Referral form:-

Gorwel Caring Dads Referral Form 1.doc

Eligibility Criteria

• Men who are known to have perpetrated domestic abuse – (who uses overly controlling, physical or emotional abusive and/or neglectful parenting strategies)
• Men with a history of perpetrating child sexual abuse will not be accepted into the programme
• Men need to have a minimal level of acknowledgment of their past abusive behaviour
• For further information please contact us by email - info@pauljonesisw.co.uk

Further information in regards to the Caring Dads on this video:-

Learning Outcomes - 

• How to identify different behaviours in relation to Domestic Abuse
• Be able to work with the men in acknowledging the impact and the consequences of their abusive behaviours
• To develop and gain confidence in using new skills and strategies to affect change
• Assist the men to be more child centred and how to nurture their children
• Strategies for collating information regarding the perpetrators for Initial and Core Assessments, LAC Statutory Reviews, Risk Assessments, Court Reports etc

Definition of Power and Control Wheel June 2015.pdf

Workshops would cover:-

➢What is abuse in a relationship?
➢Why would someone be abusive?
➢The impact of being in an abusive relationship – the here and now & into the future.
➢What should I do?
➢What to do if someone tells you that they are in an abusive relationship?
➢Who can you talk to?
These workshops are available to secondary schools, youth clubs and any organisation working with young people.

For further information please contact us.

This training is provided to male foster carers and will provide them with the following learning outcomes:-

➢ Sharing and discussing their experiences of being a male foster carer
➢ Identifying the challenges of being a male foster carer and how to overcome these
➢ Highlighting and recognising the rewards of being a male foster carer
➢ Being a positive male role model to looked after children
➢ Explaining the type of negative male role models the looked after children have been exposed to
➢ The impact of the above on looked after children
➢ How to assist looked after children to be more secure and to ensure that they experience a positive male role model

The above training is available as a one-off training or can be completed over three or four short sessions over a period of 12 months.  Please contact us if you need any further information.

Paul Jones is an Independent Social Worker with experience of working with looked after children and foster carers.  He has extensive experience of supporting, supervising and assessing foster carers for local authorities.

Paul Jones is an Independent Social Worker who can carry out independent fostering assessment in regards to:- 

➢  Form F (Fostering Wales) BAAF 

➢ Connected Person / Family and Friends Assessment 

➢ Viability Assessment 

➢ Special Guardianship Order

Paul Jones has completed the Incredible Years facilitator training and has facilitated many parenting groups for Social Services Department and the NSPCC. Paul has also completed the comprehensive EPAS Parenting Training from CAMHS.

For further information please do not hesitate to contact us.