What does the Reconnect Programme involve?
Reconnect offers small, age‑appropriate group programmes as well as tailored individual support. Each strand of the programme is designed to help children and young people explore their feelings, learn healthy strategies, and grow in confidence at a pace that feels right for them.
- 8 -week Recovery Programmes (Face‑to‑Face Groups)
- Held weekly across localities in Cornwall
- These supportive groups are kept intentionally small – with a maximum of five participants allowing each child or young person to feel safe, heard, and individually supported
- Online Support – for young people unable to attend face‑to‑face support
This programme helps children/young people:
- Build self‑esteem
- Understand their experiences
- Express feelings safely
- Develop positive communication skills
- Strengthen resilience
Who is the Reconnect Programme for?
- Primary-aged children (5–10 years)
- Secondary aged young people (11–15 years)
- Have experienced domestic abuse
- Children who agree that they would like support
- Are not currently receiving therapy for domestic‑abuse‑related issues
- Are not living with the abusive parent
Sibling Participation: Where possible, siblings will be placed in separate groups, ensuring everyone has space for their own voice and experience.
Before joining, the parent completes a friendly and informal assessment conversation with a Children’s/YP worker. This helps us understand the child/young person’s needs and goals, and ensures the programme is the right fit for them.
Reconnect Respect
support provides behaviour change for children aged 8 to 16 years of age who are displaying abusive behaviours or violence, whilst providing support to their parents or carers, helping to improve family relationships.
The support avoids blame and works together with both the parents/carers and the young person seeing them all as part of the solution. The programme is designed to enable families to identify negative behaviour patterns and work towards positive outcomes.
Practitioners provide support, insight, and simple solutions to help to improve family relationships via weekly structured sessions and takes about 3 months to complete, longer where there are barriers to engagement.
Sessions are varied and use a variety of tools and techniques. Some sessions are with the whole family, some with the parent and some with the young person. The programme reaches its full potential if both the young person and parent(s)/Carer(s) are willing to engage.
For more information or to access our programmes, please contact Safer Futures today.
