Family Support
The Family Support Program provides support to families that are referred by Child and Family Services. These families either have Family Enhancement Agreements or Core Protection status. Generally, the families receiving these services require intensive support.
Our Family Support Workers provide supportive working relationships with families, while providing educational information on family functioning and child development. We also connect families to natural supports, community resources and services. Family Support Workers continually assess risk within homes. We complete thorough assessments that guide future work. We support families in developing healthy coping and problem solving skills, parenting skills and life management skills, while promoting families to make positive changes. We advocate on behalf of our families both within Child and Family Services and externally to systems within communities.
Family Support Workers primarily focus on issues concerning:
- parent/teen conflict
- risk of abuse or neglect
- family violence
- court ordered service
- mental health including addictions
- children transitioning in or out of care
- crisis oriented living environments that effect healthy development of children
- family reunification
Due to the crisis-oriented nature of this program each of our families are provided with 24 hour pager support.
For more information please contact:
Program Coordinator
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(780) 917-8246 |
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