Family Support Services

At times children, young people, and families in Out of Home Care (OoHC) need extra support and guidance. Our program aims to work with families to identify strengths that can be built on to increase the level of family functioning, safety, and well-being to keep families together.

We offer our services to organisations and agencies supporting children, young people, individuals and families as a fee for service. At William Campbell Foundation we are doing things differently. We aim to empower children and young people to have a voice and to be the drive of their journey to enable them to be the best person they can be. To achieve this, we have a commitment to using a therapeutic approach when working with children, young people and families.

Our Community Support Workers are skilled and experienced in providing support to children, young people, and families in out of home care. Our staff are highly trained in behavior management strategies and trauma-informed practices.

Our staff are eclectic in their skill sets and have various levels of qualifications from diploma to degree level. We have a large and diverse worker pool, so we always strive to match the most suitable worker to the referral.

Our program is designed to have a direct link to the Permanency Support Program, with a strong focus on therapeutic engagement to increase the parenting capacity and understanding that families can have with their children.

Family Support Services Programs

Family Time and Supervised Transport

This program offers individualised arrangements to meet the specific needs of children and their families. WCF's Family Time and Supervised Transport offer support between children, their families, and significant others to spend time together in a safe and supportive environment.

Children and young people love spending time with their parents, and this program provides the opportunity for families to have positive contact that develops strong relationships whilst always working towards permanency outcomes for the child or young person.

Mentoring

Child and young people can benefit from the support of mentoring to assist them to further develop their skills in a range of areas. Our program promotes a strengths-based approach and provides individualised, goal-orientated plans which are reflective, reviewable and centred and each child or young person's specific goals and needs. Our team comprises both male and female workers so will find the best match to the child or young person.

This program includes

Social Skills - This program involves 1:1 work between a mentor and the child or young person to develop their confidence in social settings, and ability to create positive connections with their peers.
Living Skills - This program is based around helping young people in Out of Home Care learn basic living skills that they will be able to implement at home and throughout their adult life. This including activities such as budgeting, cooking, job, and education seeking and resume writing. This program is aimed at young people aged 15 - 18 years old where leaving care preparation is taking place, or young people residing in Pre-SIL and SIL placements.

Supervision and Support

For when unplanned events happen and the child or young person is in need of supervision or support, our team can assist in ensuring they feel safe, secure and stable. Our Supervision and Support program may be needed for a variety of reasons including:

Placement Breakdown - providing supervision and support for children and young people where their placement is at risk of, or has already broken down
Placement Support - providing hands-on, practical in-home support to carers, children and young people.

Family Preservation

Aims to work with families where there is an imminent risk of children and young people being placed into care and identify strengths within the family that can be built on. Keeping families together is the best outcome for children and young people.

Educational Support

Provide support for children who are suspended or unable to go to school for periods of time. The program gives them the opportunity to continue to engage in their education. We provide an interactive learning environment, which is aimed at increasing not on their basic skills in literacy and numeracy, but also their self-esteem, sense of community and confidence. Each child receives an individualised program that focuses on their strengths to ensure they have a positive experience in their learning.

As a strengths-based approach program, we aim to highlight the child’s strengths in any area which can be then utilised as a platform for further support in other settings such as at home, in school or the community.

If you are interested in joining our team as a Community Support Worker, click below to fill out an expression of interest form.

Expression of Interest Form