Strong, connected and thriving whānau and tamariki CONTACT US REFERRALS 0800 FAM CARE You can refer yourself from our 0800 326 2273 website, by email or by calling us. AnglicanFamilyCare.org.nz You can also be referred to our [email protected] services by your healthcare or facebook/AnglicanFamilyCare education providers, legal professionals, or your SOUTH OTAGO OFFICE South community workers 13 High Street, Balclutha Otago 03 418 2530 Services SUPPORT US HOW DO WE WORK? AFC OFFER FREE AND A worker will: VOLUNTARY SERVICES • visit you at home, starting with once a to support parents/caregivers living week, and get to know you, your child, in South Otago, who may be facing partner and whānau challenges which are impacting on their family’s wellbeing. Our services aim to • explain how your child is growing and strengthen parent/child relationships changing and increase skills, knowledge and • help you work out what you want to confidence, so that children thrive in achieve, change or improve, and make a safe, loving environments. plan with you to help you get there We work together one on one at your • offer you advice and ideas, and help you pace, at your place. solve problems as you work towards your Our FAMILY START service will begin goals to support babies and their parents or • support you to put safety first for your caregivers early, before the baby’s birth baby or child or in their first year. • support you to get the right health care Our HOME-BASED FAMILY SUPPORT for you and your child Service works with parents/caregivers • put you in touch with other help and who have children between 0 and 17 services you may need. years old on a short to medium-term basis. All our Home-based Family WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US Support workers are social-work Our services are: qualified and registered. • for all people regardless of their FAMILY CENTRED SERVICE works beliefs with families impacted by family harm “My worker and has a focus on safety planning. It has me • client-led: you set the goals you is a free family violence prevention want to achieve for your children service for families/whānau who walking in and family. have experienced, or are at risk of my own • available throughout Otago with experiencing family violence, and want shoes again, offices in Dunedin, Balclutha, their homes to become safe places to Alexandra, Wanaka, Queenstown, be. We are client led - you choose your one step and Oamaru. Our South Otago goals and we help you achieve them. at a time” team work between Waihola and Clinton, Lawrence and Owaka.