Newcastle City Council is proud to announce a new partnership with In Our Place, a series of online courses for families and professionals underpinned by the Solihull Approach. Through this collaboration, the Council has invested in a multi-user license that allows all families or those with caring responsibilities for a child or children 0-19 who live in Newcastle to access high-quality online courses at no cost.
The Solihull Approach, a not-for-profit NHS organization, has been established since 1996 and is renowned for its work in emotional health and wellbeing support for children, families, and adults. The courses are grounded in rigorous research by a team of clinical psychologists and healthcare professionals, ensuring that practitioners and families benefit from proven strategies and insights. Every aspect of the training is informed by sound psychological principles to support the holistic development of children.
This initiative provides parents, carers and families and practitioners with essential tools to support every stage, from pregnancy through to adolescence. There is also support for adult relationships and for teenagers. In Our Place courses help parents, carers and practitioners deepen their understanding of child brain development, how to assess behavioural needs, and nurture strong relationships that foster kindness, confidence, and emotional resilience in children.
Cllr Lesley Storey, Cabinet Member for Children and Families at Newcastle City Council said: “Investing in our children’s emotional health is an investment in the future of our community. By providing free access to Solihull Approach learning, we can equip Newcastle families with the skills and knowledge they need to support their children’s wellbeing and growth.”
Courses Offered in the Solihull Approach Training
The Solihull Approach online CPD courses provides essential support across key areas of child development and wellbeing, including:
Understanding your pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby -preparing to give birth, bonding with your new baby and thinking about your emotional health.
Understanding your baby - Understanding your baby’s physical and emotional development for a nurturing relationship supporting them to thrive.
Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing - An introduction to key themes around emotional wellbeing, communicating feelings, and managing conflict or anger with a focus on important relationships
Understanding your teenager’s brain - Understanding the rapid development of our brains in adolescence and what this means for their mental health
Understanding your own trauma - for people who want to understand more about their own trauma
How to Access the Courses
Parents and carers with a Newcastle home postcode can visit the in our place website and follow a simple registration process using access code NEFAMILIES. The courses are designed for flexible access, allowing parents to engage with the material at their own pace in a private, user-friendly online setting.
Newcastle Practitioners working with a service based in Newcastle can visit the in our place website and follow the registration process for professionals using access code NEFAMILIES_PRF.
For further information about this partnership please contact:
Sarah Cartner – Specialist Health Visitor for 1001 Critical Days and Solihull Approach (s.cartner@nhs.net)
Bridget Speight – Children and Families Newcastle Workforce Lead Bridget.speight@newcastle.gov.uk
About Solihull Approach:
The Solihull Approach is about emotional health and wellbeing for all children, their parents, carers and grandparents. We are passionate about sensitive relationships, early years support and understanding brain development to help nurture kind, emotionally aware children as they grow.
We know relationships shape who we are; they shape how our brains develop from as early as pregnancy and throughout our lives. That’s why we have developed courses, training and resources for practitioners and parents to help understand brain development and emotional health and wellbeing throughout the parenting journey.
We are proud to offer INOURPLACE.co.uk as your portal for online courses tailored to children’s developmental stages for you to learn in your own time in a safe, private space.
For more on the Solihull Approach the website.
Details of local parenting support can also be found on the Children and Families Newcastle website.