Covers Dorset Council and BCP Council areas.

Up2U Family Practice is a therapeutic ‘behaviour change’ programme to support individuals in recognising and managing thoughts and feelings and having healthier relationships.

Who it is for

Parents/carers who have unhealthy relationships with children, partners, family members, professionals or other adults, where there is parental conflict or low risk domestic abuse. Also suitable for children or young people who are using unhealthy behaviours towards parents, siblings, friends, other children or other adults.

How to refer

This is one option for low-risk domestic abuse cases in the form of a toolkit. It is for individual social workers to assess and decide suitability.

Professionals will be asked to complete a short referral form and checklist and will be invited to a monthly panel meeting to discuss further. This will enable us to identify if the programme is appropriate for an individual.

We work closely with the Up2U team who deliver Up2U: Creating Healthy Relationships and discussions at panel will help to identify if this programme might be more suitable for some individuals.