Positive Choices

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Positive Choices aims to support parents and provide early, intensive interventions throughout pregnancy and early years. We start in the belief that our parents can be safe successful parents now and in the future.

Information for parents

Positive Choices provides you with support during pregnancy and early years.

• We will support you to make informed choices about parenthood. We will give accurate information and time to explore how you feel. This will help you make the right choices for you.
• Early support about sex and relationships, so you fully understand family planning.
• Ensure you make choices based on open and honest support.
• Help you be a successful parent now and in the future.
• Support you to make the best choices to start a family and be a parent.

For more details, read:

• Positive Choices Leaflet(PDF 950KB)

Information for professionals

We aim to help parents become successful and will give them early, intensive intervention to do this.

We work to reduce the number of pregnancies and children being taken into care.

• Key Concepts of the Positive Choices Project(PDF 794KB)
• Positive Choices Postcard(PDF 1.9MB)

Referrals to our Positive Choices Team services are made via the Early Intervention Panel, please email: EIP@calderdale.gov.uk.

Our first year

• Infographic for Year 1 (February 2018)(PDF 147KB)
• Press release - A year of Positive Choices (15th March 2018).

Year three update

• Independent Evaluation Report (November 2020)(PDF 405KB)
• Press release - Positive Choices Evaluation Report (11th November 2020).

Year four update

• Evaluation of Positive Choices 2020-2021(PDF 1.1MB)

Contact

Positive Choices Team:

• Phone: (01422) 392622.
• Email: positivechoices@calderdale.gov.uk.

To find out what we do with your personal details, please read: Family Intervention Team - Privacy Notice.

For more about this, visit: Children's Social Care Innovation programme (GOV.UK).