I am the Personal and Family Support Worker on the Unit offering a CONFIDENTIAL
welfare service to ALL military personnel, this includes Army, Navy, RAF and MPGS, on the unit irrespective of rank, gender or marital status; I am also here to support spouses/ partners/children and extended families.

The main areas of work are as follows:

• Family, relationships and personal difficulties;
• Stress, anxiety and depression;
• Debt, financial problems and benefit advice;
• Applications to the RAF Benevolent Fund and other charitable organisations;
• Illness, disability and additional needs;
• Housing, resettlement and medical discharges;
• Bereavement, loss and grief;
• Equal ops, Discrimination and Harassment;
• Support Groups and referral to other Agencies;
• Childcare issues;
• Adoption and fostering;

The list is actually endless, whatever the issue is we will try and find the answer ourselves or refer on to a relevant Agency. We have close links with all Service charities, SPVA, CSA, CAB and Relate.

My office is located in the Confidential Area of the IWF; appointments can be arranged at the office or in the family home if preferred and my hours of work are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 0830hrs to 1630hrs. There is an answer phone on the number below, and messages are responded to as soon as possible.

STRESS.
At times stress can affect us all and it can be caused by a number of things: Financial issues, Deployments (before and after), illness in the family, work, I could go on. If you feel that you are under STRESS perhaps more than life normally brings, then do help yourself and those around you by taking the time to talk to someone about it, after all it is “good to talk”, and we are happy to listen.

Sandra Staples
P&FSW

Where can you find me?

Mon/Tues – 0830-1700hrs @ RAF Digby Integrated Welfare Facility.
Tel: 01526 323735 with an answer phone or mobile: 07711492013.

PFSW
Sandra Staples