Child & family support

Family Support Worker

  • Provides a family support service to families with children aged 0-5 years who attend Waverley Council’s Children’s Services, and families residing in the Waverley LGA.
  • Assists in providing priority access to children with additional needs into Waverley Council's Early Education Centres and Family Day Care services.
  • Provide a support service to families who face difficulties or experience stress and crises through the provision of counselling, information advocacy and referral.
  • Deliver family education programs and information sessions on relevant topics of support.
  • Provide casework to vulnerable families and referral to community-based support services for families in the Waverley LGA.

Waverley Council Children's Services supports the needs of all children including children who:

  • Have a disability including intellectual, sensory or physical impairment
  • Have a parent with a disability
  • Have a significant delay in their development
  • Are at risk of abuse or neglect or are a family with high support needs
  • Are First Nations people
  • Are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD)

The service is available every Monday to Wednesday.

For more information please contact
Stella Despinidis
Email: stella.despinidis@waverley.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 9083 8938  Mobile: 0481 462 575

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Need more information? Contact

Stella Despinidis
stella.despinidis@waverley.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 9083 8000

Mobile: 0481 462 575