Changing lives by intervening early
Mission Australia’s Miller Family Support service provides counselling and assistance to more than 70 families with young children each year.
This early intervention service helps children reach their full potential by identifying and caring for their unique needs, while helping families with case management and individually tailored, wraparound support.
Our team recently helped Sarah*, who was born into a family where alcohol and substance abuse wreaked daily havoc.
She was removed from her parents as a young child, then returned to them years later once they could prove they had overcome their issues and could care for their little girl.
Staff worked with Sarah’s parents to build a positive and loving relationship between mother, father and daughter.
We're all about accepting people for who they are and where they are. We are not judgemental. Rather than looking for their deficits, we're looking at how we're going to build parents’ skills.Program manager Jo-Anne Platt
Now 14, Sarah regularly comes back to visit the staff that helped her and her family, and to update us on her latest accomplishments.
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