family support

[jenk1]

my hv has just told me that i can have family support as i just cant cope with ds moods,tantrums and dd has lots of allergies,asthma,eczema etc, please can someone tell me what this is as i am a natural born worrier and i dont socialise or see that many people and the thought of people coming to see me each week fills me with dread, she also said i can have day care for dd-can someone tell me what this is
thanks

soprry jenk, what does she mean by 'family support"? is this arranged through her or through social services?

im not sure, she said that someone comes to visit u in your home for a couple of hours once a week to help you with managing children etc and she said day care for dd which i am guessing could mean a nursery place but im not sure

is this through homestart/surestart? i know rickman has hom,estart but they have been a bit unreliable.

As for nursery places, in my last town they had a social services nursery that was offered to families who were finding things difficult for whatever reason. maybe thats what she means?

could be homestart-if anyone knows about this would appreciate information

homestart website

HTH

thanks fio2