Children's Friend and Family Services: Providing Support for Children and Families since 1837
Founded in 1837 as the Seamen's Widow and Orphans Association, Children's Friend and Family Services is a longstanding charity offering a range of mental health services and programs to children, youth, and families in the North Shore and Merrimack Valley regions. Services include outpatient mental health counseling, community service agency support, teen parent programs, therapeutic mentoring, youth mentoring, and more. With a focus on improving the lives of children and promoting strong families, the organization continues to evolve and serve over 3,000 individuals annually in Essex County. Visit www.childrensfriend.net for more information.
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CHILDRENS FRIEND AND FAMILY SERVICES ABOUT CHILDREN S FRIEND Founded in 1837 as the Seamen s Widow and Orphans Association, the organization known today as Children s Friend and Family Services is one of the Northeast s oldest children s charities,the result of several historic agencies merging over time into a single,vibrant entity. Over the last 175+ years, Children's Friend has evolved in response to the needs of youth and families, developing counseling, mentoring, child care and juvenile court services programs and becoming a regional organization with offices in Salem, Lynn, Lawrence and Gloucester. In 2009, as a result of Massachusetts Children s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI), Children's Friend was selected to be the Community Service Agency providing wraparound services to MassHealth-enrolled children residing in the Lawrence and Lynn catchment areas. We were also selected to provide Therapeutic Mentoring and In Home Therapy services and have expanded availability to all of our major program sites. Today, this thriving organization is serving over 3,000 children and families each year throughout Essex County. Much has changed in our community since 1837; Children's Friend and Family Services remains focused on its core mission,unchanged as we enter our third century of service. To improve the lives of children and promote strong families. For more information, please visit www.childrensfriend.net
CHILDRENS FRIEND AND FAMILY SERVICES OUR SERVICES Children's Friend and Family Services offers a diverse mix of mental health services and programs geared towards children, youth and families on the North Shore and MerrimackValley. Outpatient Mental Health Counseling Community Service Agency Teen Parent Children s Friend and Family Services In Home Therapy Court Clinic Family Support Therapeutic Mentoring Youth Mentoring For more information, please visit www.childrensfriend.net
CHILDRENS FRIEND AND FAMILY SERVICES OUR SERVICES OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. Children's Friend Mental Health Counseling Services offer a variety of treatment options for children and families. and family counseling in addition to psychopharmacology. We provide individual COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY. CSAS provide Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) and Family Support and Training (FS&T) to children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and complex needs. CSAs utilize a Wraparound approach which is a process used to create, put in place, and monitor an individual care plan that is created specifically to address the needs of a youth by building on the strengths of the youth, family, team and community. INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION. planning process to coordinate multiple services and supports for youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED). A care coordinator is assigned to work with each youth and family enrolled in ICC. The care coordinator is responsible for working with the youth and family to: ICC is a service that uses the Wraparound care Complete a risk management and safety plan Conduct a comprehensive home-based assessment of the youth s and family s strengths and needs Assemble a care planning team of the family s preference made up of formal (e.g., teachers, state agency workers, etc.) and natural supports (e.g., friends, neighbors, etc.) to help support the youth and family Facilitates the development of an individual care plan (ICP) that guides the family and team in pursing goals identified by the care planning team Make sure services and supports identified on the ICP are in place and coordinated FAMILY SUPPORT AND TRAINING. Persons delivering this service are known as family partners. A family partner has experience as a caregiver of a youth with special needs. The family partner works closely with the care coordinator (for youth in ICC) to help the parent(s) or caregiver(s) of the youth by: Teaching the parent/caregiver how to navigate the child-serving systems Identifying available services and supports in the community Developing connections with self-help or support groups Supporting and coaching the parent/caregiver in reaching goals identified on the ICP IN HOME THERAPY. In Home Therapy is a structured, consistent, strengths-based therapeutic relationship between a team of clinicians and the youth and family for the purpose of treating the youth s social, emotional and behavioral health needs, including improving the family s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote his/her healthy functioning within the family. In Home Therapy is provided to assist families stabilize youth in their home and community environments. For more information, please visit www.childrensfriend.net
CHILDRENS FRIEND AND FAMILY SERVICES OUR SERVICES THERAPEUTIC MENTORING. The Therapeutic Mentoring Program offers structured, one-to- one, strengths-based support services between a therapeutic mentor and a youth for the purpose of addressing daily living, social and communications skills. Therapeutic Mentors utilize interventions to help youth reach goals such as interpersonal skills, increasing emotions control and developing problem solving skills. YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM. Children s Friend Youth Mentoring Program provides a consistent, structured, one-to-one relationship between a youth and a caring and supportive adult. The goal of the program is to help at risk children develop self esteem and learn positive behaviors by establishing a trusting relationship while engaging in social, recreational and educational activities. FAMILY SUPPORT. The Family Support Program provides practical assistance to parents of children with behavioral disorders or that have their own mental health needs who may be struggling with a variety of parenting challenges. COURT CLINIC. Children s Friend has been providing DMH-funded court clinic services for the Essex County Juvenile Court since 1997. the Court Clinic services Lynn, Lawrence, Newburyport and Salem Juvenile Justice Courts. TEEN PARENT. Children s Friend and Family Services offers a comprehensive Teen Parenting program at Salem High School, designed to give at-risk teen parents the support they need to be nurturing, effective parents all while completing their high school education. OUR LOCATIONS Lawrence Office 15 Union Street Suite 557 Lawrence MA 01840 Salem (Main Office) 110 Boston Street Salem MA 01970 Lynn Office 112 Market Street Second Floor Lynn MA 01901 Gloucester Office 33 Commercial Street Gloucester MA 01930 p: 978.283.7198 f: 978.281.7793 p: 978.682.7289 f: 978.686.2954 (CSA) f: 978.482.2014 (Clinic) p: 781.592.5691(Clinic) f: 781.595.4393(Clinic) p: 781.593.7676(CSA) f: 781.595.1081(CSA) p: 978.744.7905 f: 978.740.9145 For more information, please visit www.childrensfriend.net
