Family Group
Conferencing
Sometimes family members are unable to make decisions about their own future for themselves. Family Group Conferencing is a mediated forum which brings together family members and other key people and empowers families to make important decisions regarding the care and protection of their vulnerable family member(s).
Family led and facilitated by a professionally qualified Family Group Conference Facilitator, Family Group Conferencing is a structured process during which concerns are raised, families explore and consider possible solutions and options before before presenting their plan back to key people for their agreement.
Provided the concerns raised meet the needs of their vulnerable famiy member(s) and does not put them at risk, an agreement can usually be made and the families' plan can be put in place.
Family Led
Families are their own experts when it comes to knowing what is best for their family, therefore are left alone without agencies, case workers and other officals present to come up with a plan which addresses concerns raised and will work for them.
Child, Strengths & Future Focused
The welfare of the child is central to the Family Group Conferencing process. Every family if different and your famililes knows best what will and won't work for them moving forward.
Private & Confidential Process
Everything that’s said in the Family Group Conference is confidential. This means no one is allowed to talk to anyone else that wasn’t at the Family Group Conference about what was said.
Safe, Supportive & Neutral Environment
Your Family Group Facilitator is independent of the agencies or other professionals involved. They are unbiased, neutral and non-judgemental and will not tell you what you should do.
Professionally Accredited Facilitator
Our Family Group Conferencing Facilitator is professionally qualified and accredited, and is also a registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP) with the Attorney-General's Office, as well as a Nationally Accredited Mediator (NMAS).
