Children & Families

Mothers in Mind

Being a mum can be hard sometimes. Upsetting experiences in your past or present can add unique challenges when parenting young children. Mothers in Mind is a mother and child group specifically designed to meet the parenting needs of mothers who have experienced things like family violence, childhood abuse, and sexual assault, and who have a child aged four or under.

Family Violence Program

The Australian Childhood Foundation provides a specialist Family Violence Counselling service for children and young people impacted by Family Violence.

Family Support Services

Integrated Family Support Services (IFSS) provides outreach support for eligible families with children aged 0 -18 years old.

Personal Safety Education for Children

Ditto's Keep Safe Adventure Show teaches children protective behaviours in a non-confrontational, fun and engaging fashion.

Family Violence Response and Referral Line

A 24 hours information and referral service by which callers are able to access the full range of response, counselling, information and other support services provided by Safe at Home.

Child Protection

We're Australia's first secular for purpose organisation to focus entirely on the prevention of child abuse and neglect before it starts.

AK Young Women’s Emergency Accommodation Service

** COVID-19 UPDATE - Contact us any time of the day to arrange a time to access the service **
AK Young Women's Emergency Accommodation Service operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Providing safe, secure, supported accommodation to young women aged between 13 and 20 years who may be experiencing family violence, homelessness, or are at risk of becoming homeless.

Tasmania Police

We work to make the community to feel safe and be safe, to reduce crime, to improve driver behaviour through traffic law enforcement and to contribute towards community resilience through effective security and emergency management.

Family Dispute Resolution (Mediation)

** COVID-19 Update - We aim to keep our services operating, as far as is practical and within government guidelines. This service is offered by phone or online. For further information please call 1800 819 447 or visit our website. **

CatholicCare helps separating families resolve disputes without taking the matter to Court.

Advice and Referral Line

Strong Families, Safe Kids Advice & Referral Line is the first point of contact for child wellbeing and safety.

Family Violence Phone and Online Services

** COVID-19 Update - All Engender Equality counselling and support is available via phone and video. We encourage people to use our phone and video services, however if there is a barrier to doing this (safety or otherwise) we are able to meet in person. Click for further details **

Engender Equality provides support to people who are experiencing or have experienced family violence. You can access our counselling services via phone, or online using Skype.

Men Engaging New Strategies (MENS) Program

A men’s behaviour change program for low to medium risk family violence perpetrators.