An exciting project that has been funded by the Waterloo Foundation this project will give CYCA the opportunity to work with eighteen primary schools over a period of three years in the Llanelli area.

The work is underpinned by our trauma and resilience model and we work systemically with the whole family.

The aim of the project is to support primary schools to support families at crisis point. The collaboration between CYCA and the primary schools, is to offer key staff within the schools to receive CYCA’s systemic family support training.

This will give key staff the skills to support families that are identified or approach the school for help and support. CYCA acts as a scaffolding mechanism of support to the key staff working with the families.

The support that we offer the families is therapeutic support through our counselling services, play therapy, conversational play and mentoring.

All schools receive an opportunity for parents and carers to attend CYCA’s accredited resilience course, this will give the families the tools and skills to face crisis’s in the future.

The pupils of the schools will receive CYCA’s superhero resilience training, so that the whole family have the key messages and use of language to help themselves now and in the future.

CYCA are currently working with 6 primary schools in Llanelli which are Ysgol Gynradd Stebonheath, Ysgol Gynradd Bigyn, Ysgol Penrhos, Ysgol Gymraeg Ffwrness, Ysgol Trimsaran and Ysgol Y Bynea.

You can expect the following support from CYCA:

Comprehensive Wraparound Service Proposal for Primary Schools

Inclusive Benefits and Exceptional Support:

  • Dedicated Key Person:

    • Expertly trained liaison providing streamlined communication and effective implementation of CYCA’s assessment framework.

    • Regular termly supervision ensuring continuous professional development and maximum impact.

  • Family-Focused Support:

    • Personalised support tailored for 3 families simultaneously, maximising individual attention and positive outcomes.

    • Managed waiting list ensures structured support continuity.

    • Expert application of CYCA’s systemic approach addressing crucial family dynamics and neurodiversity for lasting improvements.

  • Comprehensive Assessment and Therapeutic Services:

    • Structured assessment framework enhancing understanding and effective family intervention.

    • Specialist guidance on family dynamics and neurodiversity for targeted parental support.

    • Implementation of the evidence-based PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) model, promoting stronger family connections.

  • Exclusive Therapeutic Resources:

    • Direct access to Trauma-Informed Mentors offering specialised, sensitive care.

    • Therapeutic Conversational Play sessions improving parent-child relationships and emotional resilience.

    • Immediate access to highly qualified professional counsellors.

  • High-Quality Parental Education:

    • Accredited educational courses delivered on-site (Agored Cymru):

      • Resilience

      • Understanding Stress

      • Child Development

    • Free Digital Dangers awareness course empowering parents to protect their children effectively online.

  • Engaging Pupil Workshops:

    • Inspirational Superhero Resilience workshops enhancing pupils’ coping strategies and confidence.

    • Targeted Digital Resilience training specifically designed for Year 6 pupils, preparing them confidently for the digital age.

  • Enhanced Staff Collaboration and Reporting:

    • Active participation and representation at Social Services meetings, conferences, and core groups, saving valuable staff time.

    • Detailed, actionable annual reports showcasing measurable successes, thorough evaluations, and validated outcomes assessed via the Housing Associations' Charitable Trust (HACT).

Exceptional outcomes, continuous support, and comprehensive resources—delivering unparalleled value for your investment. Costs available on request, please contact Lianna Davies lianna@cycaonline.org

Year One Report

The Waterloo school project continues to be successful we are supporting more families across the five schools Ysgol Gymraeg Ffwrnes, Bynea primary school, Stebonheath primary school, Penrhos primary school and Bigyn primary school. On the 12th of March we held our quarterly school supervision with our school link officers. The supervision is essential and forms part of the partnership.

The link officers are able to give us insight into the impact our partnership is having on the families we are supporting, for example, improved attendance at school, children are reported as being happier in school. As part of the supervision we offer training, the training this quarter we explored the emotions we face on a daily basis, how we are all ‘quirky’ and we as a group we identified what we liked and didn’t like. For example, sitting in a certain chair, how we don’t like certain clothes and materials, how we may struggle to concentrate on conversations, thinking about our upstairs and downstairs brain (rational and amygdala).

It offers the school link officers tools and strategies to be able to help and support them to support families.

As we approach the end of the first year, we have compiled end of year reports for the schools and this included some quantitative data around the HACT model, this depicts how much we are saving society as a result of the partnership.

We are looking forward to heading into year 2.

"CYCA has once again delivered immediate, quality support to some of our more complex and troubled families. They work in a proactive, supportive and professional manner that makes the families engaging with them feel safe and willing to accept the help being offered.
CYCA for school staff also deliver a helping hand and advice when relationships are often on the verge of breaking down, giving timely and objective advice that sometimes is needed to get things back on track.
CYCA fill a gap that we would not be able to effort to not fill economically or emotionally."
"The service provided has been exceptional. We have referred many families to CYCA through the schoolwork project and many families have benefited massively. It has supported us as a school, the pupils and the parents greatly. It has helped us understand some deeper issues that the family are maybe facing or have in the past, so that we are able to support them moving forward."

 

“Both myself and the school’s two Link Staff (ELSAs) received appropriate training at the beginning of the project to be able to engage with the families with confidence. CYCA have supported my two ELSAs throughout the year and are always available for support and advice when needed. There has been a supervision session each term with CYCA and this has proved to be valuable to share progress, information and experiences. CYCA ran a six-week Resilience Course for Parents during the year. This was very popular and well attended.
CYCA Officers also supported individual children from families engaged in the project. CYCA organised a Cookery Course for the parents. Additionally, family members were engaged in Counselling sessions at the CYCA Offices.
The service we have received this year has been excellent. It has been wide-ranging, engaging and very beneficial to the school, to the families and to the children.”
"The service has been well received by the key staff involved. The potential of the service in Year 2 of this collaboration between the school and you as a strategic partner is welcomed. The service to date has been purposeful."

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