Family Support

Family Support is a confidential, child-focused service which works along side families who face challenges and want to make positive changes for their children.

Family Support / Social Workers visit families in their own homes, and using a child-focused assessment framework SCARF (Supporting Children and Responding to Families) build a picture of each families strengths and needs. Together the worker and the family, plan actions to resolve the identified challenges. Rural social work service is also offered in Canterbury.
 

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"It is very disquieting just how many New Zealand children are born into a hostile world of deprivation and abuse. That is why I have included Barnardos in my Will, to help them in their work of giving such children a chance in life."
- Rena Dalley, Bequestor