Children's Supervised Contact Centre

Family Group Conferencing

Sometimes family members are unable to make decisions about their own future for themselves. Family Group Conferencing is a mediated forum which brings together family members and other key people and empowers families to make important decisions regarding the care and protection of their vulnerable family member(s), which is often a child/children.

Family led and facilitated by our professionally qualified Family Group Conference Facilitator, Family Group Conferencing is a structured process during which concerns are raised, families explore options and consider possible solutions before presenting their plan back to key people for their agreement.

Provided the concerns raised meet the needs of their vulnerable family member(s) and does not put them at risk, an agreement can be made and the families' plan to protect their family member can be put in place.

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Family Led

Families are their own experts when it comes to knowing what is best for their family, that's why they are the best people to come up with a plan which addresses concerns and also works for them.

Child & Strengths Focused

The welfare of the vulnerable family member(s) is central to the Family Group Conferencing process. Every family is different and families know best what will and what won't work for them.

Inclusive & Restorative

Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, Uncles, Aunts, Family Friends and others who are not blood relations can be invited to attend Family Group Conferencing.

Private & Confidential

Everything that is said in the Family Group Conference is confidential. This means nobody is allowed to talk to anyone that wasn’t present about what was said.

Safe, Supportive & Neutral

Our Family Group Facilitator is independent of any agencies or other professionals involved. They are unbiased, neutral, non-judgemental and will not tell your family what they should or shouldn't do.

Professionally Accredited

Our Family Group Conferencing Facilitator is professionally qualified and accredited to work for you as your Family Group Conference Facilitator.

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land upon which Hope Family Cottage's services are provided. We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging, and thank them for caring for the land, water and sky where where we work and where our families meet.

Hope Family Cottage services are provided on, and always will be provided on, Aboriginal land.

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Hope Family Cottage thanks Bendigo Bank Wyong for grant funding towards our vehicle.

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