A free service for families in stress or in crisis, with children under the age of twelve, living in the council areas of Ashfield, Burwood, City of Canada Bay and Strathfield.
Family Support can Offer:
Advocacy and referral, where families may be having problems dealing with other agencies.
Group activities. These may be courses to develop skills—in parenting, self-esteem, communication, relationships, play skills for parents and children, money management and household management, among others .
Self-help groups where people share experiences with other in similar situations. This may be helpful where people are experiencing the effects of, for instance—grief, sexual assault or domestic violence.
Specialist Mandarin, Arabic and Farsi speaking workers available.
Activities that help family members to get to know other people, to decrease social isolation and to build supportive networks within communities.
Outreach services available in some suburbs.
Ph: 9744 1866
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