Family Engagement and Assessment Services
Family Engagement and Assessment Services (FEAS) supports government and non-government organisations to better understand child and family strengths and areas for concern, to enable practical long-term care planning.
Our team will work with families to conduct a psychological assessment to understand and evaluate the current conditions that might be impacting family functioning.
Our approach to the family assessment is then tailored to accommodate these needs. This method ensures that parents and carers have the best opportunity to represent their strengths, and provides caseworkers with a robust and comprehensive assessment report which includes recommendations for forward planning.
Our services include:
- Family Needs (Parenting capacity) Assessment
- Step-by-Step Foster Care Assessment
- Kinship Care Assessment
- Restoration Assessment
- Family Group Conference.
Family Needs Assessment
Focus areas are developed in collaboration with the referrer during the intake process to tailor the assessment to the family’s particular needs and learning style, and to provide the most relevant information to assist care planning.
Our assessments focus on:
- Comprehensive overviews of parent strengths and areas for development
- Parent-child relationships and attachment
- Protective factors and risks
- Capacity for change and sustainable independent service engagement
- Adequate parenting to meet the basic safety and emotional needs of the child(ren)
- Any additional areas identified by referrer.
How we do this:
- Home visits including observations of parent/ family – in family home and/or community.
- Individual interviews with parents/caregiver to explore insight into concerns, early life experiences, relationship patterns, mental health history, impact of trauma, substance use, understanding of parent role, developmental needs of child and other relevant factors.
- Interview/discussion with other family members/service providers.
- Review of relevant file information.
- Psychological assessment if required.
How to refer and process of intake:
- You can discuss services prior to referral by submitting an enquiry, or call us on 1800 613 155
- Complete the referral form below
- We will be in contact if any aspects of the referral need to be clarified
- You will receive a formal quote.
- Upon acceptance, timeframes for the assessment will be provided.
FEAS Referral Form: