CNAHS Family & Community Healing Program - Salisbury ...

FCH Program objectives• Build community capacity to support ‘safefamilies’• Equip Aboriginal people with the skills foreffective communication and conflict resolutionskills• Support families in crisis• Build capacity of mainstream agencies andservices within the region to address Aboriginalfamily violence issues within the broadercommunity context• Workforce development• Data and evaluationThe Family Wellbeing course andNunga ChildsplayPristine’sstoryAlison’sstoryThe Zebra Finch Men’s group2

Components of the FCH programWork with WomenThe women’s groups(structured 8-week course;women’s healing group)Nunga Minimas Women’sShelter – working with staffand womenYoung women’s groupIndividual counselling –brief interventionBoystownWomen’s wellness campsNunga Women U R SpecialWork with YoungPeopleLeadership and well-beingin Windsor Gardensschools (Carol Omar,health info)Kids Connecting withCommunitySchool Expo EventsYoung people’s drop-in(computer)Young Nungas YarningHoliday programWork withCommunityCommunity peersupport initiativesNunga nutrition lunches(weekly Nunga clinicsame day and venueGilles Plains)Mini conferences –Family violence LifeImprovement Plan (25attended the first of 4 ina series)Clinic Services – adultand child healthassessmentWork with MenZebra Finch men’s groupBush Mechanic (throughMan Alive at Semaphore)Peer SupportLicense for LifeYoung Nungas YarninKinship ProgramBoystownWeekly art group includingtalking circles, peer-ledLifestyle/Living SkillsFCH Partnerships• Kura Yerlo• Families SA: Strong Families, Safe Babies• Women’s health at Dale St, Pt Adelaide.• Nunga Childsplay• Disability SA• Aboriginal Family Support Services• Sturt Street Housing project (FV shelter)• SA Dental Service• DECS: Aboriginal Western Districts Unit• Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council• Young women’s and young men’s dance groups, eg Kurruru• N Div GP – Aboriginal youth advisory groups eg Headspace• TWIG (young Aboriginal mums outreach group)• Nunkuwarrin Yunti of SA: Inside/Outside Program• Men’s Aboriginal Youth and Family (MAYF) Support Services• SA Youth Expo• Centrelink: Cultural Connections Program4