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I am new to this site but found the need to search the web for help and advice for both personal and professional reasons.
I am a dad, step-dad and social worker I work with families and fathers individually and I am sought out by people locally that know me and the support I give fathers and I am sought by professionals and colleagues for the same reason.
Currently I need advice for a father who needs help responding to his teenage children after recently returning to the family home
I also need advice on setting up a support group/advice centre for fathers i.e. finance, legal advice and support etc
I also would like some advice for 2 fathers who are seeking to gain custody of their children
It would be good to hear from people
Hi DABBA and welcome to the forum.
Feel free to invite the individual fathers to post regarding the support they're seeking and post any questions in the relevant sections and we will do our best to help and support.
In terms of setting up a support group, you could have a look at Families Need Fathers, they may already have a branch in your area that offers this service or would support setting a new one up.
The Legal Eagle Section has lots of information on self representation for court proceedings and our members are very helpful and usually quick to respond.
Coram Children's Legal Centre can offer free legal advice to the fathers you mention.
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/
Good luck
http://www.fnf.org.uk/help-and-support-2/local-branch-meetings
Hi there and welcome along π
It might be better if you were to direct fathers seeking help directly to us, we are not a forum that offers professional advice, we are more for peer support and any advice we can give is experience based. As Yoda has pointed out we have a wealth of information in the stickys at the top of most sections.
I would advise that you need to exercise great caution seeking help for clients on a public forum due to client confidentiality.
Forgive me but I would have thought that as you are professionally involved in helping families through your work, you would be well placed to signpost your members to appropriate advice and support...but of course, if we can offer advice broadly we are happy to do so π
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