In 2020, Jeff has delivered a Drug workshop to ex-offenders at the West Midlands Probation Service and has provided good evidence of ex-offenders positive engagement.
Jeff delivers an informal parenting programme and the aims are to raise awareness in building positive relationship with children and families. Jeff also raised discussions, set homework task for fathers, mothers and children to engage and enjoy. The programme reflects the negative and positive aspects of behaviour management towards positive parenting within families. The objective is to improve better communication and bring parents, children and families close together.
Jeff works closely with fathers in bringing communities together, build confidence, raise values in respect to their needs, break barriers in isolated communities and integrate all races into the Training for Fathers group. This in turn creates an openness of mind through the training and activities provided to share experiences.
Jeff inspires and motivates the father’s group by sharing social skills, diversity, beliefs and values. Jeff support fathers within the community and encouraging practical skills.
Jeff provides one to one support to fathers and group work discussions. CV and Personal Profile building sessions are held. Fathers and Mothers are also sign posted to education and voluntary placements leading towards paid employment.
Jeff work closely with other agencies to provide additional support and further training to fathers and mothers.
The fathers are supported in an ongoing process, both during the recruitment stage, and within sessions.
As an independent “Fathers Work Coordinator lead”, Jeff is responsible for leading the group and to ensure the fathers work and outcome is of good satisfactory standard.
To this end, Jeff encouraged fathers with no or few qualifications to engage in a range of training opportunities. Consequently, some has involved themselves in voluntary work. During this period, 12 men found paid employment.
Jeff’s work is supported by written testimonies given by fathers and have been placed on this fathers group website and the result has changed lives for the better. The Training for Fathers Group has previously received Grants through Charity, Trust Funds, Government Funding and other Funding organisations.
However, based on previous success groups, a father’s group is guaranteed.
If you need a father’s/Men’s group and you are working towards meeting positive outcomes for the needs of ex-offenders, father’s/mothers, children and families for your Centre target, please contact Jeff by phone or email on the contact link provided.
The Fathers Group guarantees the following:
- Improved self confidence
- Increased confidence to undertake training and employment opportunities
- Improved engagement with father and child will be evident
- Raise self awareness and identification of individual needs to move forward
- Support in taking the next step towards self improvement/goals
- Progress Report supplied to relevant agencies where required
- Each father will discover their own aspirations, skills and goals
he Fathers Group does not and cannot guarantee the following:
- Employment
- Immediate voluntary work or a training placement
- Access to your children, where denied access is in place
- Cannot guarantee any changes if the individual does not wish to change
- The ‘Father’s Group’ is not an instant fix it but works with fathers on an individual and corporate basis, with their own interactive engagement skills.
The father’s men’s group has a diverse ethnic mix which may include European, Asian, Caribbean, African, Mediterranean and many others.
The fathers group promotes pro social modelling across the board and encourages men to maintain a good standard of behaviour in all they do by setting ground rules for each session. The group will not tolerate any adverse behaviour pertaining to race, age, sexual orientation or disability but promotes equality. Jeff can therefore ensure the safety of each group member in this regard. If any group member were to display any such behaviour, this member would be removed from the group, dealt with on a one to one by Jeff and given the opportunity to alter their behaviour and re-join the group.
To substantiate the high success outcome of the father’s group workshops, Jeff have received a good OFSTED Report (March 2011) linked to a Children Centre and notes were recorded that the workshop was a great impact on families and Children Centre work. Jeff have also received 6 good reference work appraisals from 6 senior Manager’s from the Local Authority including one from a Charity.