Services offered by St Luke's Anglicare
Children and Family Services
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Family services
At St Luke’s we believe that the best resource available to a child is a loving supportive family. We also know that parenting is one of the most rewarding, and most difficult, jobs we will ever do. Because of this St Luke’s offers support to families experiencing difficulties in their lives. We also know that every family is unique, and that the people who will have the best knowledge of what a family needs are the members of that family.
St Luke’s Family Services works with families who have children are aged between 0-18.
Families can request services themselves or ask another organisation, with whom they have contact, to make the request on their behalf. Sometimes workers from other organisations ask us to make contact with families to give them information about what kind of support we can offer.
Our support ranges from information and advice about how to get the right kind of support, through to intensive support for families who need to have regular contact while they work to bring about changes.
When a worker makes contact with a family they will be asked to have a conversation that outlines:
- The specific issues facing the family at that time.
- A description of what the family would like to achieve.
- The strengths, capacities and resources that are currently available to the family.
- Any significant risk issues that are impacting on the family.
A worker will then help the family to design a plan for change that will include linking families to the support people who exist in their usual environment.
Workers will continue to meet with the family until the plan has been put into action, or the family decides they no longer need the extra support. Work will generally happen in a family’s own home, or a place that they choose.
At times other services may also be part of a families support network. When there are other agencies involved Family Services workers will try to ensure that there is a coordinated approach, so that families are not overwhelmed by all the different ideas and strategies being offered.
At times Family Services also develop and facilitate groups that address specific areas of need for families. The nature of these groups change according to the different needs of the people with whom we work.
Family Services Programs are available from:
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