Child & Family Care Program
"The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves."
Principles of the Child and Family Care Program
The Couchiching Child and Family Care Program focuses on the family as a whole, assisting natural parents as well as social parents within the extended family to help themselves and each other to care for children as they have traditionally. Please visit our webpage. The Child and Family Care Program will respect the dignity and independence of adults and children.
Goals of the Community
Care Program
The Couchiching Child and Family Care Program concentrates on children in need of care and protection and their families simultaneously.
This dual focus stems from two principal goals set out in the Chiefs' policy of family support in community care:
Children: To assure the growth, support and development of all our children within their families, community
Families:
To strengthen and maintain our families and through them, our community.
Objectives of the Child & Family Care Program
There are two Principal Objectives of the Child and Family Care Program:
Child Care: To ensure the proper care and protection of our children to assure their growth, support and development within their families and community
Family Support: To provide support and assistance to our families to ensure their strength and maintenance, and through them our community.
Call For Foster Homes
Couchiching Child and Family Care Program
is committed to keeping Our Children in Our Community
We need your help to make this happen. Foster families provide an invaluable service to our community by caring for our children, who cannot, for a variety of reason, stay in their family homes. There are different types of Foster Homes, which can be specific to meet a child's needs:
- Specialized Foster Homes, for children that require more care and attention.
- Regular Foster Homes, short or long term placements for children
- Emergency Foster Homes, for children on an emergency basis.
If you are willing to commit your time and abilities to the lives of our children in care, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding experience.
Staff Contact
Contact:
Director of Social Services - Michelle Strachan
michelle.strachan@couchiching.ca
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