Tailored support for: Older people

Uniting – Integrated Family Violence Program (IFVP) Broadmeadows

Uniting IFVP Broadmeadows provides phone and face-to-face specialist family violence case management support – including risk assessments, safety planning, psychoeducation and referrals to external services including financial counselling and legal services – for people experiencing family violence in the Hume Moreland.

This service offers tailored support for:
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Contact:

03 9302 6100

ifvpreferral@vt.uniting.org

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Seniors Rights Victoria

Seniors Rights Victoria has a team of experienced advocates, such as social workers, who provide free information, advice, referral and support to older people who are either at risk of or are experiencing elder abuse or to other people, such as family members and friends, who are concerned that someone else may be experiencing elder abuse. Our advocates can also provide information to other professionals concerned about someone experiencing elder abuse.

Seniors Rights Victoria was established in 2008. It is a program of the Council of the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and is governed by its Board. Victoria Legal Aid and the Department of Health and Human Services provide the main funding. Seniors Rights Victoria works closely with Justice Connect’s Seniors Law team and Eastern Community Legal Centre’s elder abuse services.

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Contact:

1300 368 821

casework@seniorsrights.org.au

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Peninsula Health

Peninsula Health offers the Keeping Families Safe (KFS) program to focus on the safety needs of families when an adolescent is using violence at home. The program is available to parents, carers, family members and young people aged 12-18 living in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula shires.

Their Elder Abuse Liaison Officer provides secondary consultation to any service providers across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula who are concerned about or suspect instances of elder abuse. This includes GPs, Allied Health, any community aged care service provider or family violence workers.
They also offer a men’s behaviour change program.

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Contact:

03 9784 7073

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Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative offers services to support families experiencing family violence, and provides this support with an understanding of cultural needs. They offer appropriate support in relation to safety, housing, trauma, health, child development, social inclusion and anything else needed.

Contact:

03 5277 0044

admin@wathaurong.org.au

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Hours:

Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5:00pm

Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Limited

Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Limited is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation that provides culturally appropriate care and support to individuals, their families and their friends who are experiencing difficulties to improve not only their future, but also create safer and more cohesive communities.

Contact:

03 5820 0000

admin@raclimited.com.au

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Hours:

Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm

1800RESPECT

1800RESPECT can support people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing family violence. They provide confidential information and counselling and can provide a referral to other services.

The service is also available for workers and friends and family who need advice.

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Contact:

1800 737 732

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Hours:

24 hours / 7 days

Anglicare Victoria – Dandenong

Anglicare’s Beyond The Violence program helps families establish safety, rebuild relationships and move forward with their lives after violence. This 8-week program is for non-offending parents and their children who have experienced family violence.

This service offers tailored support for:
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Contact:

03 9293 8500
Olivia.Reilly-McNeil@anglicarevic.org.au

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