Family Intervention Care
The Family Intervention Team provides immediate assessment and support to individuals, couples, and families experiencing an event or situation that is overwhelming or traumatic for the family. The role of the team is to strengthen the family unit by empowering family members to improve the quality of their personal and family lives. Our support packages are determined by the family needs and can be as little as 6 hours per week to a 24 x 7 wrap around service. CAHG believe early intervention can help children and young people to develop the skills they need to live happy, healthy and successful lives. It can improve the quality of children’s home lives and family relationships, increase educational attainment and support good mental health.
When a crisis occurs within a family it can cause confusion, frustration, change of behaviour of individual family members, and feelings of hopelessness that can lead to family breakdown. Care at Home Group believe that it can be an opportunity to explore family dynamics by focusing on strengths and abilities. By building on these, families can feel more connected and improve overall family function.
We believe every family has strengths when facing challenges. Issues can present themselves in many ways, including differences in expectations, boundaries, and communication styles. Family counselling analyses root issues, provides options, and introduces tools necessary to assert needs and feelings effectively to improve family dynamics. We can also support with parenting programmes, and the basics of routine,
Support model:
Parenting and support programmes
Step-Family/Blended Family Challenges
Child/Teen and Parent Conflict
High-risk Child/Adolescent Behaviours
Family Crisis
Any other significant change or loss within the family that is creating a high degree of stress
Medication management
Respite
Here’s what our Family Support Workers can support with:
Accept contracts for families in crisis to provide strength-based support and treatment plans to meet the needs of the family
Build a professional rapport with the clients by providing flexible, reliable support and maintaining boundaries
Promote healthy child development and positive interactions between family members
Provide transportation for client appointments and supervised visits
Provide education and support for life skills, modelling appropriate boundaries, parenting skills and household management
Our Family Support worker profile
A certificate, diploma or degree in Social Work, Early Childhood Education, Youth Education, or equivalent experience providing the following: Working with children, youth and families in crisis; understanding of client-centred services is considered an asset
Must be able to maintain professional boundaries, take initiative, demonstrate reliability, be flexible, organized, and work independently
Able to perform tasks to achieve outcomes and meet deadlines
Computer literacy – working knowledge of Microsoft office programs and the ability to learn new programs
Ability to work independently and as a member of a team, and in collaboration with other professionals
Awareness of community resources, child development, alternative parenting strategies and knowledge of child maltreatment, family dynamics and stressors
