Sentences with phrase «focused family support services»

The call for action includes increasing from 17 to 30 per cent of all State and Territory annual child protection spending on preventative and early intervention focused family support services, an out - of - home care Close the Gap target, and ensuring that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle does what it is intended to do.

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This initiative is focused on supporting and servicing family offices — to ensure they can continue to contribute greatly to the economy.

In these straitened times, the Dads Included Toolkit could be the publication that enables your service to retain a focus on the whole family, and address the Government's aspiration of supporting shared parenting from the earliest stages of pregnancy.

This section addresses key elements of family - centered practice and provides overarching strategies for family - centered casework practice across child welfare service systems that focus on strengths, engage families and involve them in decision - making, advocate for improving families» conditions, and engage communities to support families.

The Program Committee is especially interested in proposals on the topics of: • Psychopharmacology • Psychotherapy • Diversity & Culturally - Informed Services • Fathers, Families, and Partners • Innovations approaches to prevention and care • Peer Support & Community Networks Please note that presentations should focus on advanced and innovative skills.

This needs to be the case throughout family - focused alcohol support services.

«Social care - based services may be more appropriate and acceptable if they focus upon helping and supporting families to care rather than being viewed as substitutes or alternatives to family care.»

«Schools are striving to do the best for every child they teach, but schools alone can not tackle these social issues and plug the gap made by cuts to wider services and basic support on which many families rely and which help to provide children with the stability they need in order to focus on their learning and achieve at school.

Ms. Brosnahan said that she was happy to see an increased focus on, and financial support for, eviction prevention services, which often help to keep economically - marginalized families from becoming homeless, and the increased focus on low - income housing.

At the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, our support services for head and neck cancer focus on rehabilitation, survivorship, and psychology to help patients and their families through the cancer journey.

Experts in pediatric oncology, pediatric surgery, cell and gene therapy including stem cell transplant, radiation oncology, pediatric anesthesia, pharmacology, social work, child life and the full complement of pediatric subspecialty services put a strong focus on family - centered care and emotional support for both the child and the family.

Little Rock, AR About Blog A Christian non-profit in close collaboration with the Arkansas DHS Division of Children and Family Services focused on recruiting, training and equipping churches to support the needed Christian foster and adoptive families for the children in foster care in Arkansas.

Little Rock, AR About Blog A Christian non-profit in close collaboration with the Arkansas DHS Division of Children and Family Services focused on recruiting, training and equipping churches to support the needed Christian foster and adoptive families for the children in foster care in Arkansas.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

Our Place, a Salvation Army facility, focuses specifically on helping families break the pattern of homelessness by providing day care, educational services, and emotional support.

Not only are local superintendents of KIPP schools better positioned than our national staff to identify and groom local talent and ensure long - term sustainability; the pooling and sharing of support services allows the energy and time of our school leaders to remain focused on the highest - value activities: working with faculty, students, and families.»

They focus especially on relying on the wisdom and assets of the most vulnerable students and families while providing opportunities, services, and supports at the time they are needed.

Community Schools offer an integrated focus on academics, health and mental health services, youth development, expanded learning opportunities and family and community supports to ensure students are ready and able to learn.

The group focused on six key issues: balancing school accountability and collaboration among school employees; transforming schools into community centers; supporting parent engagement and family services; building strong «cradle - to - career» models; funding; and promoting higher education.

The bill defines a «community school» as a public school that focuses on improving student learning, strengthening families, developing healthier communities, working with community partners to provide additional services to the surrounding community, and providing wrap - around support services to pupils and their families but does not include independent charter schools or charter schools that are not an instrumentality of a school district.

To accomplish this, the Foundation will focus on supporting early literacy service providers, public schools and school operators, and families of children ages 0 - 8.

Specifically, the PLC will focus on relating this standard to algebraic thinking and reasoning in service of teaching students and supporting families.

2 Title IV, Part F, Subpart 2 — Community Support for School Success Full Service Community Schools program The bill also contains provisions that advance the community schools strategy, including the requirement for indicators beyond academics in state and district accountability systems; supportive programs including Promise Neighborhoods and 21st Century Community Learning Centers; and a new set of tools and resources to boost results - focused school - community partnerships for young people's success, including integrated student supports, needs assessments, and professional development for educators to work more effectively with families and communities.

So when first lady Michelle Obama and I started Joining Forces, our initiative to encourage all Americans to take action to find ways to honor and support our service men and women, veterans and military families, I knew part of what I would focus on was raising awareness about the military child experience in the classroom.

The success initiative is focused on expanding «wraparound services» for schools including social workers, therapists, and support staff that can help families facing homelessness, transportation challenges, health issues, and other problems that make it difficult for children to come to school and succeed.

When families find themselves in a difficult financial situation, the social services and support available focuses on the human needs of food, healthcare, and housing.

ACT will now collaborate with AO who will expanding their family support services to Tulsa, ACT will be able to focus exclusively on the growth of our national safety and inclusion programs.

Other work of mine has focussed on family law for youth with children (for the BC Council for Families), abused women (for the BC Society of Transition Houses), parents living in poverty (for the Salvation Army's defunct pro bono program), people in polyamorous relationships (for the Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association), recent immigrants (for SUCCESS Settlement Services), grandparents caring for grandchildren (for the Parent Support Services Society of BC) and other populations.

Her primary focus now is on all aspects of family law including, divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, child protective services, modifications, military divorces and adoptions.

PIC (PSS) is involved in development of the Child, Family and Community Services Act 1996 Steering committees develop in various locations around the Lower Mainland 2000 Name of organization changes to Parent Support Services Society of BC (PSS) to better reflect the positive solution focused work of the organization 2001 First Grandparent Raising Grandchildren Circle begins 2005 First Grand Gathering is held in Victoria; First edition of the monthly Village newsletter and resource guide for the North is produced 2007 PSS initiates the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Legal Research Project in partnership with the University of Victoria 2008 The first Nature camp for Grandfamilies takes place on Galiano Island 2009 PSS publishes GRG Legal Guide.

PIRS delivers education and training, family support and settlement services across Vancouver, focussing on the most vulnerable women and children.

We adopt a family - focussed approach to the way we help our clients, and provide support with the practicalities of life with a spinal cord injury (or living with someone who has a spinal cord injury) which goes well beyond the service provided by most firms.

The program uses a specially designed vehicle — nicknamed «The Wheels of Justice» — to transport students to support a variety of legal services, focusing primarily in the areas of family law, criminal expungements, and advance health care planning.

Little Rock, AR About Blog A Christian non-profit in close collaboration with the Arkansas DHS Division of Children and Family Services focused on recruiting, training and equipping churches to support the needed Christian foster and adoptive families for the children in foster care in Arkansas.

• Assess each assigned client to determine his or her needs for community rehabilitation and inclusion • Create and implement individualized plans to meet the requirements of each client • Meet with each client on a regular basis to identify and discuss any problems or issues • Provide support and advice through well - placed counseling services, in a one on one or group sessions • Refer to clients to appropriate specialists or community agencies, depending on their individual requirements • Act as an advocate of assigned clients, in front of families and government departments • Ascertain that the residential facility is conducive to clients» wellbeing and health • Intervene in crises situations, placing special focus on clients» safety and emotional wellbeing

Areas of focus include: Couple Relationships: Repair or Enrichment Adoption and Attachment Issues Family Counseling Parenting Support, including children with ADHD and mild autism spectrum disorders Grief and Loss, including Infertility Life Enrichment Anxiety and Stress Marriage Preparation I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues, providing services in a comfortable and supportive atmosphere.

The parenting intervention consisted of 12 group - based sessions lasting on average about 1 — 2 hours, combining culturally tailored societal information with the Connect parenting support programme, which has been described elsewhere.33 The first two sessions were designed based on results from earlier findings on qualitative focus group discussions.3 The aim of the culturally tailored societal information aspect of the intervention was to give Somali - born parents an introduction on parenting styles, the rights of the child, the family legal system in relation to parenting and the goal of the work of social services with children and family.

Improving family outcomes by focusing on diversity The world's leading experts in the field of family support services will converge on the breathtaking town of Banff, part of the Rocky Mountains chain in Canada, in February next year for the 18th annual Helping Families Change Conference.

Responding to Rehoming: Protecting Children & Strengthening Adoptive Families (PDF - 519 KB) Center for Adoption Support and Education, Child Welfare League of America, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, The Donaldson Adoption Institute, North American Council on Adoptable Children, & Voice for Adoption (2015) Focuses on the need for greater protections for adopted children nationwide, through improved policies to prepare families for adoption and increased and coordinated investments in support services after aFamilies (PDF - 519 KB) Center for Adoption Support and Education, Child Welfare League of America, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, The Donaldson Adoption Institute, North American Council on Adoptable Children, & Voice for Adoption (2015) Focuses on the need for greater protections for adopted children nationwide, through improved policies to prepare families for adoption and increased and coordinated investments in support services after adSupport and Education, Child Welfare League of America, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, The Donaldson Adoption Institute, North American Council on Adoptable Children, & Voice for Adoption (2015) Focuses on the need for greater protections for adopted children nationwide, through improved policies to prepare families for adoption and increased and coordinated investments in support services after afamilies for adoption and increased and coordinated investments in support services after adsupport services after adoption.

«Children's House International provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support.

Nurses use an additional two «process» focus modules — video feedback and motivational interviewing strategies — to help parents instigate behavioural change.47 Nurses and the social care practitioners also help parents access early childhood health services, volunteer home visiting services and family support services; hold group activities specifically for intervention families; and link women into community activities, as needed.

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Our Family Preservation Services focus on empowering, supporting and educating families.

Relatives of people with psychosis / bipolar disorder (BD) provide a large amount of unpaid care, 1 2 but at high personal cost in terms of distress and burden, 3 — 5 and increased use of healthcare services.6 The UK Government recognises the need to support relatives in a caring role, 7 and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends all relatives are provided with information and support, and offered structured family intervention to enhance family coping and communication.8 9 However, a recent national audit of Early Intervention (EI) teams for psychosis showed poor implementation: only 50 % of relatives are receivingreceiving a carer - focused education and support programme; only 31 % offered structured family intervention and only 12 % receiving it.10

Family - centered services for incarcerated parents, their children, and families focus on parenting programs, family strengthening activities, nurturing of family relationships, community supports for families during incarceration and following release, and gender - specific intervenFamily - centered services for incarcerated parents, their children, and families focus on parenting programs, family strengthening activities, nurturing of family relationships, community supports for families during incarceration and following release, and gender - specific intervenfamily strengthening activities, nurturing of family relationships, community supports for families during incarceration and following release, and gender - specific intervenfamily relationships, community supports for families during incarceration and following release, and gender - specific interventions.

Offer services at flexible times, provide meals, and arrange for or provide childcare to support participation in family - focused interventions

The focus area of the present study is concerned in particular with family support services in their role of strengthening families to act as a buffer to drug problems.

This briefing from the Local Government Association contains examples of councils that are looking at innovative ways to provide support with a focus on children and families rather than static services, as well as more information about the scale of the problem and what steps can be taken.

KidsMatter is focussed on connecting schools and ECEC services to local health and community agencies so that children and families can access more support and more appropriate referrals.

Melbourne FRC has a focus on providing support and services to families experiencing separation.