Aboriginal Support Services

Aboriginal Family Worker Services

Aboriginal Family Workers provide practical and emotional support and assistance to Aboriginal families with young children who are experiencing difficulties. Read more

Koori Kids Supported Playgroup

Koori Kids Playgroup is held on Mondays during school terms at Menai, and is a culturally sensitive playgroup run by Aboriginal Staff. Read more

Little Koori Thinkers Homework Group

Little Koori Thinkers is an Indigenous Homework Group which runs Wednesday afternoons during school terms, established to provide educational support to Aboriginal Children in Years K-2. Read more

Aboriginal Specialist Workers

Our Aboriginal Specialist Worker (ASW) is able to assist Aboriginal Women and their families who have experienced Domestic and Family Violence. Read more

Our Term 3 program for Parenting Education and Therapeutic groups is now available. All programs are free, but due to Covid-19 regulations, numbers are limited. Please call our office on (02) 9528 2933 to book a spot if you are interested. Read more

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Warrior Women - Free Empowering Self Discovery Program for Teen Girls

Warrior Women is a FREE, 6-week, empowering self-discovery program for teenage girls to build resilience, identity and self-esteem. Held weekly on Tuesdays for 6 weeks commencing on 18th August from 3:15 - 4:30pm at EDYS.

Southern Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service helping combat DV increase during pandemic

An article in today's Leader shared the news that our Southern Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service has received a funding boost to scale up support services between now and the end of December 2020, catering for the increase in complexity of referrals they are getting during the pandemic.

Training options

With a range of workplace training solutions available, Toolbox Talks caters for different audiences (staff and management) and different gender compositions. Learn more about our programs here.

Finding Out More About Toolbox Talks - October 2020

If you're considering implementing Domestic Violence Awareness Training in your workplace, join this webinar to find out more about what the Toolbox Talks program options are and how they can benefit your workplace.

National Domestic Violence issue in the news - but locally, what can we do?

Here in the Sutherland Shire, we see hundreds of “Hannah’s” each year – women who are living an unimaginable nightmare, experiencing many forms of domestic violence, trying to leave their violent partners, who fear for their and their children’s lives. Women who come to us for help.

Djanaba director Jann celebrates 30 years service

Today we celebrated, Jann Griffiths, our Djanaba Occasional Care Centre Director for her 30 years of service to SSFS, with a team morning tea. This was a wonderful opportunity to thank Jann for caring for and brightening the lives of more than a thousand children during this time.

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Closure of Djanaba Occasional Childcare Centre

It is with deep sadness and disappointment that we advise that Djanaba Occasional Childcare Centre will close indefinitely, effective from Close of Business today, Thursday the 26th March 2020.

Join our Virtual Movement Challenge to help SSFS help local families impacted by domestic violence

Sutherland Shire Family Services have today launched a Virtual Movement Challenge fundraiser, helping local families stay motivated to remain active and healthy while we self-isolate or social distance in these times of COVID-19. By participating in the Challenge, our Community can help us, as we raise funds to continue the work we do in supporting local families impacted by domestic violence.

COVID-19 Virus Update - Services Unaffected at SSFS

With the World Health Organisation this week categorising COVID-19 as a Global Pandemic.. As at today's date (Friday 13th March), there are no interruptions to SSFS programs or services. We are reviewing the situation daily and following Government about service cancellation. We have taken heightened precautions around hygeine and cleanliness, and are encouraging all staff and clients to do the same.