Support relationship activities

Services for children, youth and families

Support relationship activities are goal-oriented, planned and guided. The objectives are always set together with the family, the child's responsible social worker and the volunteer providing the support. Support person and support family activities aim to provide a meaningful adult relationship for the child or young person and to support the parent in coping. Support workers and families are volunteers who support your child's wellbeing with common, everyday skills. The volunteers are recruit…ed, trained and supported by a coordinator in charge of the activities in the wellbeing services county.

Support person activities

The aim of support person activities is to promote the wellbeing of your child and family. The support person can help if, for example, the child is struggling at school, at home, with friends or with finding hobbies. They can be a role model for your child, a listener, a discussion partner and a safe adult with whom your child can do a variety of fun things. Usually, the support person and the child meet twice a month.

Support family activities

Your child can be assigned a support family if you are struggling to cope as a parent and do not have a support network to help you in everyday life. Most children in support families are of pre-school and primary school age. The aim of the activities is to help you cope as a parent. While your child is with the support family, you can spend time on your own and recharge your batteries. The support family in turn offers your child positive experiences, encouragement, adult presence as well as attention and allows you to share the parenting responsibility with the family. Children usually spend one weekend a month with their support family.

Prerequisites

Support family and support person activities require that your child is a client of social care or child welfare services. In addition, your family must be a client of the wellbeing services county, have undergone a service needs assessment and have a service plan that includes the service need.

You can apply for the activities with an application made by a personal social worker/responsible social worker under the Social Welfare Act or the Child Welfare Act. If you are not yet a client of social care or child welfare services and want to discuss the possibility of receiving a volunteer support person or family, you can contact the counselling service for families with children at 09 4191 5200.

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