Strengthening Families helps you get the best support for your family/whānau to thrive.
Strengthening Families can be accessed by families with a child, children or young person(s) who needs help from more than one support service or government agency.
All the people and agencies that could help your family are brought together to discuss your family’s needs with you and to agree with you about what everyone is going to do.
Strengthening Families is voluntary and families give their consent to be involved.
The service pulls together support for families/whānau. To help your family for example there may be a budget advisor, truancy officer, social worker, medical specialist, counsellor, teacher or other support worker.
You work out together what support your family/whānau needs and what each service is going to do. It is set up so families/whānau tell their story once to everyone at the same time, then everyone agrees on a plan to move you forward.
Strengthening Families is a free service.
It is for families of all shapes and sizes, when:
Strengthening Families might be right if you are facing challenges like:
The service is here to help your family/whānau before any problems get too big.
It is limited to the Invercargill town boundary, although exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.