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Family Restoration & Family Preservation Programs

CatholicCare Tasmania’s Family Restoration and Family Preservation programs provide intensive, trauma‑informed support to help families create safe, stable and nurturing environments for their children. These programs work in partnership with Child Safety Services (CSS) and aim to keep families safely together wherever possible. Working collaboratively with families and CSS, we focus on building on each family’s strengths, developing clear and achievable goals, and supporting long‑term change that promotes safety, stability and wellbeing.

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Program Overview

Working alongside families, we support them to identify achievable goals aimed at:

  • Increasing safety and stability in the home
  • Strengthening relationships and family routines
  • Enhancing parenting capacity and confidence
  • Reducing risks that could lead to statutory intervention
  • Building long‑term networks of support

Our overarching aim is to help families achieve a sustainably safe home environment where children can grow, develop and remain connected to their family whenever possible.

Program Delivery

Support provided to families is trauma‑informed, strengths‑based and delivered through transparent communication with families and Child Safety Services. 

Workers provide flexible, practical, home‑based assistance tailored to each family’s goals, routines and cultural context. Support is hands‑on, child‑focused, collaborative and adaptable to daily challenges.

Family Restoration Program

The Family Restoration Program supports families working towards safely reunifying children with their parents following statutory intervention.

  • Duration: Typically 6–9 months, with flexibility to extend where needed
  • Focus: Restoring children safely to their family home while strengthening parenting capacity, routines and protective factors
  • Support Provided: Intensive outreach, home‑based support, parent‑child relationship work, safety planning, and connection to community services

Family Preservation Program

This program supports families where children are at risk of entering statutory care, working proactively to prevent removal.

  • Duration: Approximately 5–6 months
  • Focus: Strengthening safety, stability and wellbeing so children can safely remain at home

Support Provided: Parenting support, routine building, safety planning, child‑focused work, and coordination with relevant services

Who is it for

These programs are available to children, young people and families engaged with Child Safety Services who are located in the Southern region of Tasmania and who are working towards restoration or are at risk of further statutory intervention. 

Referrals to the program are made directly by Child Safety Services.

Access to this program

If you would like to know more about the Family Restoration or Family Preservation Programs, please contact the Family Programs Practice Leader at CatholicCare Tasmania:

1800 819 447
 (03) 6278 1660 (Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm)
family.programs@aohtas.org.au

Locations

  • South

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