Casework Support Services

Strive offers Casework Support Services to provide assistance to children/young persons, families, and care teams to best manage every day life, provide the opportunities for families to safely connect, access to positive role models, and promoting sustainability in care arrangements.

Supervised Family Contact

Family contact helps children maintain emotional and psychological bonds, provides a sense of stability and support, assists in developing identity, and can increase a sense of self-esteem and self-worth. Often family contact is required to be supervised, at the request of authorities or a Court Order, following removal of a child/young person, during Family Court proceedings between parents, or in the case of family violence.

Strive offers a Supervised Family Contact service focused on providing a supportive, safe and non-judgemental environment in a variety of locations to assist children/young persons to develop meaningful relationships with their families. Qualified therapeutic staff provide boundaries and guidance to attendees in line with referral guidelines to encourage quality time and experience. Strive family contact reports are provided to observe, assess and make recommendations in relation to events, behaviours, attachment, views, and life story work.

Transportation

Children and young persons with complex needs often require transportation to and from their various appointments in their busy schedules (medical appointments, counselling, school, respite, family contact, etc). Strive offers a transportation service with qualified staff to safely and appropriately ensure children and young persons maintain their routine as part of a care team. A reliable and effective transportation service can provide considerable support to a care arrangement.

Mentoring

Strive Mentoring Program provides children or young people with a positive relationship with an adult role model, providing a sense of reliability and stability in their lives whilst supporting their home environment. The mentor provides the child or young person with a healthy outlet, a safe person for meaningful conversations, someone to help build capacity, and work towards identified goals.

Mentors are qualified therapeutic professionals who meet with the child or young person on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis. Strive Mentoring Program focuses on engaging with the mentee through tailored, positive shared experiences, developing a meaningful relationship for the child or young person to feel safe and confident – an opportunity to provide a relief from life stressors.

Objectives

Establishing a safe and confidential relationship for children or young people to express their intrinsic feelings and voice any problems or concerns within their life.

Reduce antisocial and/or pain-based behaviours through therapeutic engagement and role modelling.

Provide a platform and opportunities for the child or young person to develop new skills and/or interests, or improving the existing.

Encourage and support the child or young person to develop positive self-talk and build on their interpersonal skills, communication and self-esteem.

Reduce incidence or possibility of child or young person interacting with the criminal justice system.

Reduce feelings of isolation and the stigma of children or young people who are interacting with the community services sector.

Develop a peer support network within the program.

Collaborate and integrate with other services involved with the child or young person to best meet their needs and strengthen support network.

Day Respite

Day respite offers support to children or young persons with high or age-relevant care needs while their carers are provided a break to focus on personal areas of their life such as health/wellbeing, family commitments, and community engagement. Strive’s Day Respite provides children or young persons access to social interaction and activities that they may not otherwise have access to thus preventing isolation. A regular day respite arrangement, utilising a therapeutic approach, can improve household wellbeing (carer and child/young person) and create sustainable outcomes for those needing support.

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