Services provided by the Family Help Trust
The Family Help Trust's early-intervention services are intensive, homebased, long-term, family-based and child-focused. They target high-risk parents with multiple-problem histories who have young families.
We provide two such services targeted at different groups -- New Start and Safer Families. They are a response to evidence that long-term, home-based intervention targeted at the whole family is necessary to interrupt generational dysfunctional cycles.
New Start Plus for Mothers and Babies in Prison was initiated in 2008. This service is provided behind the wire to inmate mothers with infants and toddlers up to the age of 2yrs. When mother is released into the community of Christchurch, services are continued until the child enters the primary school system. New Start Plus, like Safer Families and New Start is a one on one social work service designed to enable mothers, and partners post release, to be provide their child with the best start they can.
HIPPY is a two year l programme delivered to mothers with children aged from three to five years. HIPPY Hoon Hay is run from The Halswell Hub, HIPPY Aranui from 34 Marlow St, Aranui and HIPPY Hornby from St Columba's Church Hornby
Mana Ake Stronger for Tomorrow provides support for children aged five to 12 years old across Canterbury. Mana Ake kaimahi work with schools to support teachers, families and whānau when children are experiencing ongoing issues that impact their wellbeing such as anxiety, social isolation, parental separation, grief and loss and managing emotions.
We provide two such services targeted at different groups -- New Start and Safer Families. They are a response to evidence that long-term, home-based intervention targeted at the whole family is necessary to interrupt generational dysfunctional cycles.
New Start Plus for Mothers and Babies in Prison was initiated in 2008. This service is provided behind the wire to inmate mothers with infants and toddlers up to the age of 2yrs. When mother is released into the community of Christchurch, services are continued until the child enters the primary school system. New Start Plus, like Safer Families and New Start is a one on one social work service designed to enable mothers, and partners post release, to be provide their child with the best start they can.
HIPPY is a two year l programme delivered to mothers with children aged from three to five years. HIPPY Hoon Hay is run from The Halswell Hub, HIPPY Aranui from 34 Marlow St, Aranui and HIPPY Hornby from St Columba's Church Hornby
Mana Ake Stronger for Tomorrow provides support for children aged five to 12 years old across Canterbury. Mana Ake kaimahi work with schools to support teachers, families and whānau when children are experiencing ongoing issues that impact their wellbeing such as anxiety, social isolation, parental separation, grief and loss and managing emotions.