Wellbeing

Castlemaine Housing Service - (formally CADARG)

Location: 12 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine, 3450

Open hours: 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday

Phone 5479 1082

Castlemaine Housing Service provides homelessness services for Castlemaine and surrounding districts.

This includes:

• Assistance to fill in public housing applications and to apply for other Social Housing options
• Supporting applications for private rental
• Access to share housing options
• Support to access emergency accommodation and Transitional Housing
• Linkages to Family Violence services
• Linkages to a large range of community agencies and programs
• Follow up with health, income and safety issues

The Homelessness Assistance Program also provides youth support five days per week.

Workers can assist with things like:

• Income support access

• Family mediation

• Referral to youth specific services

We can also provide access to visiting services such as Consumer Affairs Victoria, Victoria Legal Aid and Office of Housing.

During Term 3, the Wellbeing Team at Castlemaine Secondary College will be offering the Seasons for Growth program. Seasons for Growth is an innovative grief and loss program that uses the imagery of the seasons to illustrate the experience of grief.

Seasons for Growth aims to strengthen the social and emotional wellbeing of children and young people who are dealing with significant life changes by exploring the impact of the change and loss on everyday life and learning new ways to respond to these changes.

The program supports young people affected by change and loss, including:

• Friendship changes

• Loss of someone or something you love

• Parents and families separation

• Moving to a new place

• Impact of illness

• Family work-life changes

The program will run during school hours and will take place in a small group context. Interested students and parents can contact Lisa Cochrane, Chaplain and Student Wellbeing Worker, on 5479 1111 for further information.