FAMILY SUPPORT
Family Support Services
Family violence doesn't stop during a crisis. Over the coming weeks and months, children and families will be facing additional emotional and financial stress as Australia deals with the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Below are resources available for people seeking support:
Inner Gippsland specific (Bass Coast, South Gippsland, Baw Baw and Latrobe)
- The Orange Door
https://orangedoor.vic.gov.au/
Ph: 1800 319 354
163 Princes Drive, Morwell
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (closed public holidays)
Services offered:
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- Women, children and young people's family violence services
- Child and family services (Child Wellbeing)
- Aboriginal services
- Men's family violence services
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- Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault
Gippsland Multidisciplinary Centre
31-41 Buckley Street
PO Box 1124
Morwell VIC 3840
Ph: 03 5134 3922
Gippsland CASA is a free and confidential service, available to anyone in Gippsland who has ever experienced, or been impacted by, sexual assault.
Family violence, sexual assault services and other support services
- 1800 RESPECT
- Centre Against Sexual Assault
- Sexual Assault Crisis Line
- Lifeline
- Victims of Crime Helpline
1800 819 817 or text 0427 767 891
(8am to 11pm every day)
For adult male victims of family violence and victims of violent crime
Women
- Safe Steps
- WIRE Women's Information Referral and Exchange
Men
- MensLine Australia
1300 78 99 78
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
is a telephone and online counselling service for men with family and relationship concerns
- Men’s Referral Service
Children and young people
- Kids Helpline
- headspace
headspace Centres act as a one-stop-shop for young people who need help with mental health, physical health (including sexual health), alcohol and other drugs or work and study support.
Morwell
Corner of George Street and Hazelwood Road Morwell, Morwell, Victoria 3840
Phone: (03) 5136 8300
Wonthaggi
5b Murray Street, Wonthaggi, Victoria 3995
Phone: (03) 5671 5900
- eheadspace
https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/
eheadspace provides free online and telephone support and counselling to young people 12 - 25 and their families and friends. If you’re based in Australia and going through a tough time,
- www.kidshelpline.com.au
- 1800 551 1800
- A free, private and confidential phone and online counselling service specifically for children and young people aged five to 25.
- www.ntv.org.au
- 1300 766 491
- The Men’s Referral Service is a men’s family violence telephone counselling, information and referral service providing support for men and also women seeking information on behalf of their male partners, friends or family members.
- www.wire.org.au
- 1300 134 130 9:30am-4:30pm
- Wire can provide risk assessment, support, information and referral for all Victorian women, nonbinary and gender-diverse people.
- www.safesteps.org.au
- 1800 015 188 (24/7)
- Safe Steps is the gateway to emergency/crisis housing for women who have experienced violence for those needing to leave a violent situation.
- www.lifeline.org.au
- 13 11 14
- Lifeline provides a 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention service, as well as online support and counselling.
- www.sacl.com.au
- 1800 806 292
- An after hours crisis line operating from 5-9pm each night.
- www.casahouse.com.au
- 03 9635 3610
- CASA House provides phone support, in person counselling and case work to people who have experienced sexual assault.
- www.1800respect.org.au
- 1800 737 732
- 24-hour service by phone and web chat.
- National domestic violence, sexual assault and relationship counselling service.