Parents and carers
Are you a parent, carer, or family member who is concerned about a young person?
You may have noticed changes in the young person’s behaviour which is causing you to worry, and there are some red flags you should know about:
- Truancy
- Staying out late or overnight
- Unexplained gifts or new possessions
- Drugs and/or alcohol misuse
- Secretive behaviour
- Inappropriate or sexualised behaviour
- Friendship or relationships with older adults
- Becoming withdrawn or isolated
- Poor mental health or self-harm
- Lots of time spent on social media talking to ‘friends’ they haven’t met or that you don’t know
- Unexplained injuries
- They own a second mobile phone from which they are receiving a high volume of calls or need to leave urgently after receiving a text or call.
If any of these seem familiar, please get in touch.
A conversation with us about your concerns will not get anybody into trouble, and it won’t mean that there will be a “black mark” against a child’s name. Instead, it will hopefully mean there never will be.
You can complete a referral form below.