South West Emergency Care for Children supports families with children up to 11 years of age within their own home when the family may be experiencing a crisis.
Crises include family sickness including hospitalisation, bereavement, or situations that place the family under stress. When parents find themselves in crisis, a Family Support Worker may come to the family’s home to care for the children.
Services may include:
• In-home child-care
• Transport to school or day-care
• Helping prepare meals for the children
• Washing/bathing the children
• Additional practical support as determined upon assessment
• Transport to school or day-care
• Helping prepare meals for the children
• Washing/bathing the children
• Additional practical support as determined upon assessment
