Women's Family Support Worker

Impact Family Services recognised a need to provide support services for women and was successful in gaining funding from Northern Rock Foundation in 2008. This funding will provide services such as individual and group work and will support women and children who are accessing our Child Contact Centre's.

The aim of the Women's Worker is to support women during the transitional period following separation and/or divorce.  The support is based around women's own individual issues and needs.

Some women can face issues of fear, anxiety, depression as a result of the breakdown in a relationship.  The Women's Support Worker will focus on enabling women to feel better about themselves and their children, build up their self-esteem and enable them to make life plans to give them control over the situation.

The Women's Worker can offer an appointment to every women referred to the Child Contact Centre to assess her needs and give information about the support and choice of services available.

We also run the freedom program that has been devised especially for women who have been or who still are in abusive relationships.  

As Part of Sharon's work, and in response to requests from the women, Sharon has helped establish a peer support group.  The women meet with each other and have tea/coffee and a chance to meet other women to chat about their experiences and help support each other. 

Last summer one of the women hosted a BBQ and a massage/pampering session both were a huge success.  Meetings have been held in the school holidays at a soft play and bowling centre, the children get to play and the women get to chat in a safe happy environment.

Our Women's Worker is Sharon Kane and you can contact her on: Tel: 0191 510 3182 or 0191 5678282 Impact Family Services St Luke's Neighbourhood Centre In the Garden of St Luke's Church Maxwell Street, Pallion, Sunderland SR4 6SF
Our contact centre has comfortable warm rooms equipped with toys that cater for a wide age range and cultures.  The most important people in the centre are the children and we hope that they will have good memories and feelings about their visits here.

Company Values
We work together with communities to empower children and families in conflict to improve their quality of life.  Helping children to maintain important relationships and to communicate better in order that they thrive through love, security and positive experiences.