How to Refer a Family

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• Talk to the family about Home-Start

• Suggest to the family how Home-Start could help

• Ask the family’s permission to contact Home-Start

• Contact the local Home-Start office

• A referral form, which you can download here, should be sent to us either via email or post, indicating the reasons for referral.

 

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What Happens after Referral?

 

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• Each referral, and the resources available will be considered by the Co-ordinator

• The Co-ordinator will visit the family to clarify their needs and the support which Home-Start could offer

• A volunteer, carefully selected for the family, will be introduced

• Occasionally a family may need to wait for a suitable volunteer to become available

 

 

The referrer will be contacted with information about the support to be offered.

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