Macmillan Family Support Worker
Based at Colchester Hospital in the Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centre, this service provides emotional and psychological support to children/teenagers (under the age of 18) when someone close to them has had a cancer diagnosis.
To enquire about our Family Support Worker, call us at the centre on 01206 745347. If there is no one in the office, there is a confidential answerphone where you can leave a message for her to call you back.
What can be offered to support you and your children/teenagers
Initially our Family Support Worker will make arrangements to meet with you as a family to explore what support you feel you need.
Support may be one of the following: -
To offer specific support, information or advice to you as a parent
To offer advice and suggestions as to how you might start those difficult conversations with your children about someone having cancer and how to continue to support them
To offer to liaise with your children’s school or college
To offer to work directly with your children to explore coping strategies
To offer different resources that could help you as a family cope together
To signpost you to other specialists
If needed, we can also offer help with preparing a child/teenager to cope with the loss of someone special