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Family Support

We work with families through home visits, advocacy, referrals, education and skill development to help parents achieve their desired outcomes.

Parenting Programs

Our parenting programs support anyone who wants to strengthen their parenting skills and confidence and are typically delivered in small group settings.

Supported Playgroups

Supported playgroups provide children with an opportunity to socialise, play, and learn in a structured and positive environment.

Parenting Programs

Term 2, 2026

Reclaiming My Place

RMP creates a space for the participants to have positive life-long learning and educational experiences. The program works with genderbased violence as a wide-spread social problem as well as a traumatic personal experience. Working with perceptions of self-value and capability, the space created provides a platform for conversation about the role education can play in participants’ lives. The program aims to generate relationships of learning and support between the participants themselves, the practitioners who participate, the art, the facilitator and the space created by the program.

Recurrence:

Every Monday for 8 weeks

Dates:

11 May

Circle of Security® Parenting™ program

Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.

Where:

Place of Friends – Woodberry Public School (Lawson Ave, Woodberry)

Phone:

4914 0444

Recurrence:

Every Monday for 6 weeks

Dates:

4 May

Tenambit Tiny Tikes

On every Thursday during school terms, our supported playgroup at Tenambit is based on the evidence-based smalltalk supported playgroup model developed by the Parenting Research Centre. It is open to families across the Maitland LGA, with children aged 0-6 years, that would like additional support to help them identify everyday opportunities that promote learning and development. Parents register for a term and are supported to not only learn lots of great strategies but to also be connected with local community playgroups. The group is facilitated by staff qualified in community services and early education to ensure parents receive timely support for their questions. There is no cost for this group and a selection of seasonal fruit is provided at morning tea.

Where:

Tenambit Community Hall (Cnr Kenneth & Tyrell Street), Tenambit, Wonnarua Country

Phone:

49140444

Recurrence:

Every Thursday during school terms

Konara Connections

Saretta Fielding

A gathering circle, central to this artwork, and surrounded by people symbols, is reflective of friendship and connection. The symbols all face inward highlighting teamwork and collaboration around a shared vision.

The message stick imagery brings a timeline of the journey together and the milestones achieved along the way. This symbolism flows off the edge of the canvas representing past, present, and future generations, and the legacy we leave to others, as we pass the baton on.

Maitland Family Support Inc selected local Aboriginal artist Saretta Fielding’s artwork, Konara Connections, as representative of our approach within community. Konara is the Awabakal word for clan and clans are family groups within Country. We recognise the importance of connection and collaboration within family, teams, and community as essential to our wellbeing and successful outcomes for all community members, particularly our children. To do well for our children, we have to do well together. Konara Connections visually embodies our mission statement and resonates with who we are, what we do, and why we do it. Thank you for joining us on this journey.