Lighthouse Heroes

This is a new 5-week domestic abuse programme where children work in groups of up to 4. This small setting also provides each child with an opportunity for bespoke 1-2-1 work. Lighthouse Heroes will be held at the Lighthouse Centre for 2 hours a week during the school day.

Lighthouse Heroes’ aims include:

• Supporting children to speak out about their domestic abuse experiences.
• Helping children to identify positive and negative relationship behaviour.
• Providing the children with a personal safety plan.

• Primary Specialism
  • Domestic Abuse
• Additional Specialisms
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Family, Parenting and Relationships

Referral Information

We can only accept referrals if the children are:

• Open on an EHAT
• Open to Family Matters
• Subject to a Child in Need Plan
• Subject to a Child Protection Plan
• Subject to pre-proceedings.
• Looked After Children.

and

• Mums and their children are Wirral residents.
• Mums and their children have experienced some form of domestic abuse.
• Mums and their children must make a commitment to attend 5 sessions of the programme across the 5 weeks.
• Mums must be out of the domestically abusive relationship and the perpetrator must not be living with the family. Perpetrators can still be having contact with the children e.g., through court orders or mutually agreed arrangements, but must not be in residence.

To make a referral please download and submit our Service Request form.

Referrals Offered:

• This service offers Booking referrals
• This service does not offer Drop-in referrals
• This service does not offer Electronic referrals
• This service does not offer Other – See referral information referrals