CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Family
Preservation
Our family preservation services aim to work collaboratively with the child or young person and their family and kinship groups, alongside other formal and informal community supports to keep children safely together with their families.
Our family preservation supports include:
An early focus on intensive supports, delivered in a manner that utilises the inherent strength and resilience in families,
While promoting connection and links in with community and community- based support services are necessary for keeping families together. The added benefit of this approach is promoting safety, increasing inclusion and promoting a sense of being valued.
Our family preservation services work closely to achieve meaningful and long lasting change that keeps children safe, while upholding the rights of those we support, their families and kinship groups to be provided with support that meets their individual needs into the future.
We believe that;
Development of a Collaborative Case/Family Action Plan with
families which guide our practice and ensure the provision of supports to meet the individual needs of families and are clear on what support will be provided, what change we are looking to make together and what will be different to know when this change has occurred
We value the role of cultural and community connections and the role these connections play in promoting safe environments for children and families
We provide training for parents and carers to refine their skills to meet the individual needs of their child. Our training is informed by current attachment focused interventions
We deliver formal training programs for parents and carers including:
a) ABC parent training
b) Circle of Security
c) Reparative Parenting Programs
d) Parent Child Interaction Therapy
e) Connection focused group programs for children/young people and adults
We believe in ensuring the provision of appropriate physical and psychosocial supports for families, especially families who have experienced trauma so that support meets the right to access appropriate supports for their own needs, and allows children to thrive in safe environments with their family and exit out of statutory child protection services.
