FAMILY SUPPORT (SC) INC

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Family Support (South Canterbury) Incorporated is "to promote the wellbeing of families" STATEMENTS OF PHILOSOPHY FOR OUR ORGANISATION The focus of our services are children, young persons and their families Our services are provided in the family context - we work with the whole family Our task is to facilitate the growth of confidence, development of living skills and a sense of independence and self help, within the family unit and its individual members Our method is to help the family, and its members, to plan for their own development, to use effectively their own and community resouces; and to achieve integration in the community, which is personally satisfying and relevant to their potential Specific services are offered to the family and/or its members, in the context of their personal aspirations and goals, at a time and in a form relevant to them "Take care of our children. Take care of what they hear, take care of what they see, take care of what they feel. For how the children grow, so will be the shape of Aotearoa"        Dame Whina Cooper