Focus:
Family Services of Greater
Vancouver and Westcoast Family Resources Society have joined in
partnership to provide a variety of services to help families in
need. Our program addresses challenges in parenting and family life
with the intent of addressing safety and security issues for
children and their parents. We work with the community and assist
family members to reach personal and collective goals.
Our programs build on
the strengths of parents. Families who are referred to us learn
strategies and coping skills. Participants are put in touch with
important community services to help create an umbrella of support.
Through an Integrated Case
Management model, families, workers and other support works towards
positive change and independence. While in the program parent work on
increasing skills and enhancing self-esteem. As well as working with
parents, we welcome young people who are members of these families.
Programs:
Referrals from the Ministry
of Children and Family Development (MCFD) are received at a central
office and dispersed to Family Services in the south of Vancouver
and Westcoast Family Resources in the north. Families referred to
our program with at least in child under age 12 can access a variety
of services. One of the goals of the program is to assist families
in connecting to community resources as well as various neighbourhood drop-in centres. Community services are offered in
collaboration with partners such as MCFD, Human Resources, Education
and Health; other counselling agencies and not-for-profit
organizations, as well as community centres and neighbourhood
houses.
Outreach parenting
education and family counselling helps family members work
on specific goals to decrease risk and promote positive growth.
Supervised access
visitation for parents and their children in foster
care ensures safety and includes parent education and training.
Homemaker services
offers practical training and support for parents in home
management and routines.
Child and youth
care-one-to-one workers are available for youth to
age 15 as well as teens in continuing care.
Doula-in-home
help is for expectant and new parents.
Clinical Counselling.
This is a solution-oriented therapy services to address
personal and relationship issues for adults and play therapy for
children.
Community education
groups provide parenting education and skill development as
well as therapeutic topics.
Volunteer mentoring
is a parent-to-parent support and education program that
encourages connections within the community.
Mediation:
primarily parent/teen.
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