'Keeping kids safe and secure' booklet

What can we do?

If you're worried about a parent here are some things you can do:

• ask them if they're OK
• listen when they talk about what’s happening
• ask them what they would like to do
• offer to provide some practical help like; caring for the children for a couple of hours, picking up the groceries for a housebound mum, cooking a meal for a sick parent...
• encourage them to talk to someone they trust
• put them in touch with the services they need.

These are some of the things we can do to help prevent abuse. If we suspect that abuse is already happening, it's important to get help from the Police or Child, Youth and Family.