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The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) has redesigned the Family Preservation service system in NSW to improve the outcomes, experience, suitability, and accessibility for families who want to access and would benefit from working with a Family Preservation service. For Aboriginal children, young people, and families this also means increasing culturally safe and responsive and community-led services that centre family-led decision making.
The primary objective of Family Preservation is to keep children safe at home with their families, and prevent removal, placement in out-of-home care (OOHC), and future contact with the child protection system. Family Preservation also aims to support children and families to achieve wider social benefits, including better educational attainment and improved health and wellbeing indicators.
The program comprises of two frameworks, Families Together and Aboriginal Family Preservation, and three service models, Functional Family Therapy – Child Welfare (FFT-CW), Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST- CAN) and Nabu.
If you have a question about Family Preservation, please email us at [email protected]
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