Community Safety and Wellbeing

The Community Safety and Wellbeing program (CSW) is committed to community safety and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South Australia. The program focuses on early intervention and prevention, with the goal of ensuring that families have increased capacity, are kept safe from violence and harm, that parents make sure their children go to school and that families are equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to grow happy in a safe and healthy environment.

 

Community Safety and Wellbeing provides a highly structured approach to working with Aboriginal individuals, families, groups and communities across South Australia.

 

Central to the program is the emphasis of the Australian Government’s and AFSS’ focus on schooling, education, employment and community safety outcomes for Aboriginal communities.

 

The team

Our CSW Facilitators work as a part of a professional Statewide team to deliver established education, awareness and training programs, to Aboriginal individuals, groups, families and organisations.

 

Locations

Community Safety and Wellbeing services are offered in Adelaide, Ceduna, Coober Pedy, the  Murray Mallee, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln and the Riverland, and also in outlying communities in all regions.

 

The program responds to a number of identified needs:

• Improving  the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and families

• Parenting skills development - for parents, carers, parenting adolescents, parenting fathers, men leaving the prison system and returning back to family and community

• Bonding issues for parents and children who have experienced domestic violence or intervention from child protection agencies

• Addressing attitudes to women and violence against women (especially for men and adolescent males)

• Addressing sexual, drug and alcohol abuse

• Equipping parents with the skills and knowledge to address budgeting, nutrition and hygiene

• Assisting families to deal with daily routines including the requirement for children to go to school appropriately prepared

• Developing home, cooking, budget management skills, particularly for families on limited incomes

• Working with individuals to help them to better manage grief and loss and the healing process

• Building capacity for families to manage problems

• Helping families to be more resilient, confident and motivated.

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