CAFCASS Co-parenting Course
This course is now available to parents involved in disputes over their children. The course is aimed at helping parents to see both the helpful and unhelpful behaviour they are engaging in and to understand the needs of their children. This is a one day course, run by two Relate counsellors and a court order is needed for CAFCASS to offer the course. This course can help parents to reach an arrangement for contact, reduce the number of court appearances and improve the wellbeing of the children involved. For those who are in receipt of Public Funding the course is free of charge and for others it costs £200 for each participant, unless they have an income below £40,000 and fulfil CAFCASS’s criteria to qualify for a hardship fund.
Further information:-
1. CAFCASS stands for Children and Family Court Advisory and Support and is independent of the courts and social services. It looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings and advises the courts on what it considers to be in the best interests of the children involved.
CAFCASS Homepage: http://www.cafcass.gov.uk/
2. Relate is a registered charity that works to promote healthy relationships. It offers a wide range of services to help support people who want to improve their relationships and make life better for themselves, partners and families.
Relate Basingstoke Homepage http://www.relatebasingstokeandaldershot.org.uk/
