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Emergency Support - ACT The below contacts are provided to assist you if you have an immediate need for the wellbeing of a child. Child Abuse Child Support Community & Health Centres Domestic Violence Family Support Immediate Help, Support or Counselling Parenting Support Sexual Assault Prevention Service Child Abuse Centralised Intake Service: Crisis Service t o report abuse or suspected Abuse. Phone: 1300 556 728 or 1300 556 729 Child Support SIDS and Kids: SIDS and Kids is dedicated to the elimination of sudden and unexpected infant deaths from 20 weeks gestation to two years and, through its Member organisations, the provision of quality services that reduce the impact of that death. Phone: 62874255 Email: familyservicesact@sidsandkids.org Web Address: http://www.sidsandkids.org/ Office for Children, Youth and Family Support: The Office for Children, Youth and Family Support facilitates and delivers support to children, young people and families of the ACT. Phone: 6207 1114 Web Address: www.decs.act.gov.au Community and Health Centres Disability ACT: A division of Disability, Housing & Community Services. Disability ACT is working with other agencies to establish appropriate systems in which to develop and provide a range of high quality, sustainable support options for people with disabilities. Phone: 6207 1086 Email: DisabilityACT@act.gov.au Web Address: http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/DisabilityACT/default.htm Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Crisis Service: 24 hours / 7 days a week crisis service. They have crisis intervention and telephone support, information and referrals for women and men, contact with safe accommodation agencies, i.e. refuges, education and resources, court support, a service to all people who may be affected by domestic violence. Phone: 6280 0900 Web Address: http://www.directionsact.com/health/dv.html Family Support Domestic Violence Crisis Services: Counsellors can listen to you and give you support, ideas and information on what you could do. A domestic violence service can talk to you about abuse in relationships. A sexual assault or rape crisis service can support you if you have been sexually assaulted or raped by your boyfriend, or by anyone else. Most of these services can talk to you and provide support and information over the telephone, and will refer you to see a counsellor in person if you want to. Phone: 8945 6200 Web Address: http://www.dvirc.org.au/whenlove/services.htm#act Cyclopas ACT: Service for young carers and their families that offers information, referral, case management, personal support, support groups, recreation, education and training, advocacy and brokerage. Eligibility: From 10 to 18 years. Young carers and their families. Phone: 6262 8892 Email: team@cyclopsact.org Web Address: www.cyclopsact.org National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline: To report abuse or suspected Abuse. Anyone can call the Hotline to report cases of abuse or neglect or to find out more about the service. The Hotline is open from 8am to 8pm across Australia, seven days a week. Freecall:1800 880 052 Web Address: http://www.disabilityhotline.org/ Immediate Help, Support or Counselling The Child at Risk Assessment Unit: ACT Community Health's Child at Risk Assessment Unit provides medical and psychosocial assessments, counselling and consultancy for children and their families who have been sexually, physically or emotionally abused, neglected and/or experienced domestic violence. Phone: 6244 2712 Email: affairs@act.gov.au Web Address: http://health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=da&did=10039032&pid=1059697058 Parenting Support Office of the Community Advocate: Undertakes a range of individual and systemic advocacy functions on behalf of children and young people who are in need of protection from abuse, exploitation or neglect. Phone: 6207 0707 Email: oca@act.gov.au Web Address: www.oca.act.gov.au Parent Link: Provides telephone information, advice, guidance and referral service. Calls are answered by parenting advisers who are professionally trained to help you find the information you're looking for. Phone: 6205 8800 Email: parentlink@act.gov.au Web Address: http://www.parentlink.act.gov.au Barnardos Parenting Outreach: Family support for teenage and older parents experiencing difficulties with domestic violence, drugs, alcohol, depression, poverty and isolation, where there are children at risk of being placed into substitute care. Freecall: 1800 061 000 Email: barnmktg@zip.com.au Web Address: www.barnardos.org.au Sexual Assault Prevention Service Forensic & Medical Sexual Assault Care (Famsac): Providing free and confidential information, counselling and treatment. Phone: 6285 3395 Email: cshc@act.gov.au Web Address: www.canberrahospital.act.gov.au |
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