Family Support | Case Work |

A family support worker is a qualified professional who supports the whole family by increasing parentings confidence and capacity in their ability to raise their children.

We assist parents, young people and even children develop strategies to improve their family unit giving the family the confidence they need to manage challenging situations as they arise.

Family Support

GFSS provides assistance to families in crisis through, advocacy around issues such as housing, emergency food and financial assistance, referrals to medical practitioners etc. We assist with any identified need that may impact on the ability of the family to care and support their children.

We can also assist with advice and referrals.

Case Work

We listen to each person’s story and encourage the sharing of the emotional harm caused by inappropriate or harmful behaviours. We identify the strengths and needs of the family and work towards the goals set out in the initial appointment

In our case work support, we create plans with the family that guide our work together and can include counselling, enhancing parenting skills, relationship skills and providing information about services and assisting in accessing these services.

Explicit Practice

The “new language” of emotions and affects assists family members review past responses, identifying the harm resulting, and provides an opportunity to repair same, and to then make informed decisions and respond with improved behaviours in the future.

Educating

Other family members are engaged with the agreement of the presenting family member, and taken through the “framework” as described above. The introduction of the new language into the family day-to-day life experience provides an improved way to challenge behaviours and improve communication between family members; we call “out of the compass”.