Churches of Christ Early Childhood
Family Support Service
Care’s Maryborough Family Support Service is a not-for-profit, community based parent support and education service. It is funded by the State Department of Communities and is aimed at parents with children from 0-15 years of age, who are experiencing parenting issues or whose children may be classified ‘at risk’. The Family Support Service assists parents to develop effective parenting skills to create positive and rewarding family relationships.
The Family Support Service operates as part of the Family Care Services Centre in Maryborough which also incorporates the Maryborough and Districts Family Day Care scheme and In-Home Child Care Wide Bay.
Care’s Maryborough Family Support Service provides practical support, information and education to parents wishing to develop and enhance a broad range of parenting skills. For example: issues relating to day to day parenting; behaviour management; communication and time management; establishing routines; nutrition and hygiene; and budgeting.
Parents may access the service via resources including: information sheets, books and videos; face to face and telephone contact with members of our family support team; hands on role modelling sessions with skilled child care practitioners; and referral to other services.
The Maryborough family support team holds relevant qualifications, and have experience working in children’s services or related fields.
To access Care’s Maryborough Family Support Service at least one child in the family needs to be eligible to use an approved child care service. However, the child does not need to be actually using child care. Access to the family support officer is free of charge.
For more information about the service, please visit or contact us at:
- 571 Kent Street Maryborough 4650
- Phone: 07 4121 5511
- Fax: 07 4123 0270
- Email: care@cofcqld.com.au
- Phone: 07 4121 5511
