• Caring Dads Programme
• Therapeutic Services for Children
• Training Provider
Caring Dads is only accepting referrals from any practitioner working for Social Services Department with families in North Wales.
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to provide Caring Dads sessions online.
Our new online groups will be starting in September 2023 and January 2024.
Please note we only accept fathers who show a minimal recognition that they are or have been abusive and controlling to their partner or ex-partner.
Please contact us for further information if you wish to refer a father.
Caring Dads is a child centred programme. Paul is an experienced facilitator of the Caring Dads programme and works in partnership with Gorwel – Grŵp Cynefin.
The Caring Dads programme focuses on:-
During Caring Dads, fathers will develop skills to cope in healthy ways with frustrating situations, including:-
Click below for the Caring Dads Referral form:-
Gorwel Caring Dads Referral Form 1.doc
Eligibility Criteria
Further information in regards to the Caring Dads on this video:-
Since 2006 Gorwel has been providing services to women, men and children dealing with domestic abuse in Ynys Môn, North Wales, UK. Gorwel offers various services such as floating support in the community, Independent Domestic Abuse Adviser and two refuges at secret locations providing emergency accommodation for women and their children
escaping from domestic abuse.
We have been facilitating Caring Dads groups since 2013 working across four counties in
North Wales. Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire and Ynys Môn. We aim to facilitate four groups every year. The group is very popular with statutory agencies referring to us –Children Services, CAFCASS, Probation and self referrals from fathers.
Gorwel is able to provide a holistic approach to the family in providing a service to everyone in the family – the mother, the children and the father.
All our groups are facilitated bilingually through the medium of Welsh and English.
Testimonials from Dads
“In the beginning I thought it was all a waste of my time and I didn’t see the point in going.But after a few sessions I felt that I was learning from the programme, especially in regards to the impact of the children seeing domestic abuse”.
“My little girl has altered a lot and is a very happy girl. Little tips I have gained from the programme have really helped – like the importance of playing, listening and praising her”.
“I’ve learnt so much from Caring Dads, how to show my stepchild love and to cherish her more. I’ve learnt restraint and not to fly of the handle so much and try and see it from the child’s point of view. I’m a lot calmer and more forgiving when I see her now”.
“The programme helped me to understand what I witnessed as a child (domestic violence) has impacted me and how I behave with my own family today”.
Testimonials from Mothers
“He struggled at the beginning because he didn’t think he needed to be on the programme. But he seemed to relax as the sessions have gone on. He will now talk about the sessions with me and tell me what he has learnt. I don’t think he had realised the impact his behaviour had on our children and myself.”
“He is now much calmer with me. He now wants to spend more quality time with the
children. He likes taking them swimming and for days out”.
“Since has been attending the programme we argue less, he will open up more about how he
is feeling. He doesn’t seem as frustrated as before. He is now supporting me more with the children. I think he now sees why Social Services were concerned about us.
For more information about the programme, you can also visit https://www.pauljonesisw.co.uk/caring-dads-programme
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Learning Outcomes -
Course Aim – To provide the participants with the skills and knowledge to understand how to safeguard children and young people from harm. Learning Outcomes - ➢ A greater understanding of the child protection process and system. ➢ How to identify the signs and symptoms of domestic abuse. ➢ How to manage disclosures of abuse. ➢ To be able to identify disguised compliance in parents involved with Social Services. ➢ The signs and symptoms of child sexual exploitation. ➢ How to identify illness that is fabricated. Trainer Details – Paul Jones is an Independent Social Worker with extensive experience of working for Social Services, NSPCC and secondary schools. To secure your place please contact us by email or book your place through the Eventbrite link. Lunch will be provided.
Course Aim – An introduction to the Caring Dads programme and to discuss appropriate service users to be referred. Caring Dads is devoted to ensuring the safety and well being of children through working with fathers who have abused and neglect their children or expose them to abuse of their mothers. Caring Dads is a child centred programme. The Caring Dads program focuses on:- ➢ Helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships. ➢ Develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways. ➢ Appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence. To reserve your space on the above course please contact us on 01248 750903 or gorwel@gorwel.org or through Eventbrite.
Course Aim – An introduction to the Caring Dads programme and to discuss appropriate service users to be referred. Caring Dads is devoted to ensuring the safety and well being of children through working with fathers who have abused and neglect their children or expose them to abuse of their mothers. Caring Dads is a child centred programme. The Caring Dads program focuses on:- ➢ Helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships. ➢ Develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways. ➢ Appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence. To reserve your space on the above course please contact us on 01248 750903 or gorwel@gorwel.org or through Eventbrite.
Paul Jones is able to provide parenting skills on a one to one basis with parents, grandparents, adoptive parents or foster carers.
The aim of this course is to provide the participants with the skills, strategies and knowledge to work with male perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.