PEAS in a Pod

PEAS in a Pod is a 9-week community-based parenting group that explores all aspects of parenthood. Meet other new parents of children aged 0-2 years in a safe, stimulating and supportive setting.

Build relationships and enhance children’s social, emotional, and language development while fostering strong parent-child attachment. The group focuses on your parenting experience while promoting mental health and emotional well-being.

About our service

PEAS workers engage parents in a safe, positive and supportive environment, fostering connections between participants and facilitators. This creates opportunities for parents to share their concerns, joys and lessons learned as new parents.

PEAS workers provide relevant information on health and parenting issues and encourage the use of local resources and connections. Information is shared in both group and one-on-one sessions, covering local services, activities and events relevant to participants' unique life challenges. PEAS staff also provide linkages and referrals where needed.

PEAS in a Pod is part of the Communities for Children Onkaparinga Initiative.

This service is funded by Department of Social Services, via our facilitating partner AnglicareSA.

Our supports

• Trauma-Informed approach Provides a safe, positive and stimulating environment to help caregivers develop reflective capacity and contextualise their caregiving experiences.
• Mental and emotional wellbeing Offers guidance on managing mental and emotional wellbeing as new parents.
• Knowledge and skills Enhances families' knowledge, skills and connectivity by providing access to and referrals for a diverse range of support services.
• Social networks Facilitates and increases social networks by connecting caregivers and their children, fostering positive interactions, support and friendships.
• Early identification Identifies babies, young children and caregivers at risk and provides support. Offers opportunities to identify developmental problems and make referrals to appropriate early intervention services.
• One-on-one sessions Provides the option for individualized sessions if required.

Eligibility

Our service is for parents/caregivers of babies aged 0-2 years.

Cost

PEAS in a Pod is a FREE service.

Referrals

We accept:

• self-referrals,
• referrals from clinical and non-clinical service providers,
• referrals from family members and friends.