Adolescent Mediation & Family Therapy (FACES)
FACES is a counselling service for young people (aged between 10-21 years) and their parents or caregivers. The aim of the program is to help improve the communication between parents and their children. The counsellors work towards helping families develop skills to resolve these difficulties.
Payment is on a sliding scale according to income.
Click here to download the FACES brochure
Contact Information:
Ph: (02) 6162 6100
Canberra Family Support Service
This is a service for families with children up to 12 years old, who are experiencing difficulties and are in need of practical support. The service aims to help families use and further develop their existing skills and resources as well as providing links into the community.
Click here to download the Family Support Service brochure
Contact Information:
Ph: 6162 6100
(Ask to be put through to Canberra Family Support Service)
Email ; CFSS@catholiccare.cg.org.au
Rural Counselling
This program provides counselling to individuals, couples or families in some rural areas. The parameters for eligibility are broad, and include relationship issues, coping with change & loss, depression, anxiety, anger management etc.
This is a free service.
Click here to download the Rural Counselling brochure
Contact Information:
Boorowa Please contact Rachael 0418 101 082
Cooma & Goulburn Please contact Merridee 0448 838 970
Bega Please contact Emily 02 6492 4203
Young Please contact Jenny 0457 795 812
Education, Skills & Training
· Family Relationship, Education, Skill & Training (FREST)
This program provides in-house as well as outreach Parenting Programs during school terms. The 2-hour presentation offers parents information on a range of topics in the areas of communication and relationship building.
· Parent & Family Effectiveness Training Course (PET/FET)
This is a skill based training course offered to parents and adult members of families. Based on Dr. Thomas Gordon’s Effectiveness model, the course emphasises and teaches relationship building, communication skills and strategies. This includes problem solving, family conflict resolution and building respectful relationships.
Click here to download the Parent Effectiveness Training Brouchure
Contact Information:
Ph: (02) 6162 6100
Family Counselling & Mediation Service
(For carers & families supporting a person with a disability)
This program aims to provide families of a person with a disability, counselling and mediation for any issues which arise from future planning. This may include concerns about the capacity to maintain a caring role, anxieties around what planning for the future entails, defining roles of family members, ensuring decisions made are in the best interests of the whole family and so on.
This service is free of charge.
Click here to download the Family & Mediation Service brochure
Contact Information:
Ph: (02) 6162 6100
Family Relationship Counselling
This program offers individuals, couples and families an opportunity to explore and develop solutions to managing relationship issues and difficulties. This may include coping with loss and change, conflict resolution, step-parenting, parenting after separation etc.
Payment is on a sliding scale according to income.
Click here to download the Family Relationship Counselling brochure
Click here to download the Family Relationship Counselling South Coast & Remote brochure
Contact Information:
Canberra Office - Ph: (02) 6162 6100
Bega Office - Ph: (02) 6492 4203
Moruya Office - Ph: (02) 4474 4158
Homelinx
Homelinx is a CatholicCare Youth Housing program funded by the ACT Department of Disability Housing and Community Services. The Program provides a housing outreach service to young people aged 15-25 years, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and live in the ACT region. The Program can offer assistance to young people by helping them to find affordable, stable and independent accommodation as well as teaching participants living skills such as budgeting, cooking and cleaning to assist them to gain and maintain independence. The Program operates Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm.
Click here to download the Homelinx brochure
Contact Information:
Homelinx
Blackfriars reception
(Please ask to be put through)
Ph: (02) 6163 7600
Fax:(02) 6163 7676
New Arrival Humanitarian Service
This is a program for people arriving in Australia through the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy (IHSS) and is funded by the Department of Immigration & Citizenship. The aim of the program is to provide a resettlement service to refugees which will assist them to develop the knowledge, skills & resources required to establish their new life in the Australian community.
Click here to download the NAHS brochure
Contact Information:
Ph: 6162 6100
(Ask to be put through to the New Arrival Humanitarian Service)
Email: NAHS@catholiccare.cg.org.au
Reconnect
Reconnect is an early intervention Program that aims to reconnect young people aged 12 to 18 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and their families. The Program has strong linkages with community agencies and offers an outreach model of service delivery. Reconnect aims to keep young people connected with their families, school and community by increasing opportunities, choices and support. Reconnect is funded by Family and Community Services, Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and operates Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm.
CatholicCare operates the Reconnect program in the ACT, as well as the Central West including West Wyalong Cowra, Grenfell, Canowindra, Blayney, Molong and Boorowa. The offices are located in Watson, Cowra and West Wyalong.
Click here to download the Reconnect Central West brochure
Click here to download the Reconnect (Canberra) brochure
Contact Information:
Reconnect ACT
Blackfriars reception
(Please ask to be put through)
Ph: (02) 6163 7600
Fax: (02) 61637676
Reconnect Central West
West Wyalong
Ph: (02) 6972 3304
Fax: (02) 6972 0573
Cowra
Ph: (02) 6341 2657
Fax: (02) 6341 2658
Relationship Education
The Relationship Education Program provides courses in pre-marriage education. Couples contemplating or preparing for marriage can choose from 2 programs. The first involves a pre-marriage questionnaire and a facilitated feedback session, while the alternative is a group program where relationship issues are discussed through a variety of formats.
There is a cost associated with these programs.
Click here to download the Relationship Education brochure
Contact Information:
Ph: (02) 6162 6100 (Ask for Relationship Education)
Email: relationship.ed@catholiccare.cg.org.au
Student and Family Counselling
This programme offers counselling and support for students (and their families) attending Catholic schools in the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese. The focus is to assist a student with any issues relating to their emotional, social or educational wellbeing.
Click here to download the Student and Family Counselling brochure
Contact Information:
S&FC Admin Assistant
Ph: 6162 6104
Email: mailto:SFC@catholiccare.cg.org.au.org
Support Options (HACC)
Support Options is a HACC funded program which provides ‘Social Support, Domestic Assistance, Personal Care and limited Case Management’ to adults with a moderate, severe or profound intellectual disability. Priority is given to people who in the absence of the support, within the scope of the program, are at risk of premature or inappropriate long term residential care.
Click here to download the Support Options (HACC) Program brochure
Contact Information:
Support Options
Blackfriars reception
(Please ask to be put through)
Ph:
Fax: (02) 6163 7676
Youth and Wellbeing Program
The Youth and Wellbeing Program is funded through ACT Health. The purpose is to support young people in the community between 12 to 25 years of age who have a mental health condition and/or drug and alcohol, anger and behavioural concerns and related issues. The staff at Youth and Wellbeing aim to encourage resilience and independence through a process of support, education and advocacy. Referrals can be made over the phone on the numbers listed below.
Click here to download the Youth and Wellbeing brochure
Contact Information:
Youth and Wellbeing
Blackfriars reception
(Please ask to be put through)
Ph: (02) 6163 7600
Fax: (02) 6163 7676
