NSW Department of Communities and Justice / Family Connect and Support Services

⁠⁠⁠The Stronger Communities Investment Unit (SCIU), Their Futures Matter, is a whole of government landmark reform that aims at improving the outcomes of vulnerable children and families by ensuring they receive the right support at the right time

System Transformation is one of the components of the reform of the child and family system. The redesign extends and enhances work already underway across the sector and is aimed at redesigning the current access system to better align the needs of vulnerable families to child wellbeing service responses

System Transformation is planning to establish the Family Connect and Support Service. The service will focus efforts into proactive outreach, assessment, short term case planning and active holding to support vulnerable children, young people and families in NSW whose needs do not meet the threshold for statutory child protection intervention

Providers will need to demonstrate their capacity and commitment to:
 

•  Provide flexible engagement approaches including proactive outreach and active holding using evidence informed child and family approaches.

•  Facilitate strategic partnerships and strengthened referral pathways and play a lead role in local level alliance.

•  Contribute to co-designing a Common Assessment Framework and practice tools.

•  Commitment to work with Stronger Communities Investment Unit as the System Transformation reform progresses.

•  Provide culturally responsive practice recognising local diversity and ensuring Aboriginal and CALD communities are supported.

•  Participate and contribute to a Community of Practice.

•  Promote workforce development, including building the Aboriginal

• workforce, and competency building in specific domains of family vulnerability.

•  Use innovative practice to break down barriers to reach isolated families.

Claire Edmonds
Phone: 02 93776880

SystemTransformation@theirfuturesmatter.nsw.gov.au