Prime TV and Wave FM Separated Fathers CSA
The IDGP in conjunction with Wave FM and Prime TV have developed a community service announcement for radio and TV which encourages men who are having difficulties due to family separation to visit their GP.
The ad has begun airing on Prime TV and Wave FM and will run until 31 October 2006.
Illawarra Support Services For Families Dealing With Separation Issues
The following services are noted as supporting people dealing with separation issues, this is however not an infinite list. If you are aware of any other services or support groups please let us know and we can add them to the list. Contact details for each of the listed organisations are alphabetically listed at the end of the document followed by a list of websites.
MEDIATION
Community Justice Centre
Family Court of Australia
Legal Aid Family Law Conferencing Program
Relationships Australia
Salvation Army
Unifam Counselling and Mediation
COUNSELLING
Adolescent Health Service
Anglicare Counselling & Mediation Services
Centacare Catholic Family Welfare Service
Illawarra Child Development Centre
Northfield’s Clinic
Relationships Australia
Salvation
Southern Young and Family Services Association Inc – Family & Adolescent Counselling & Support Project
Unifam Counselling and Mediation
GROUPS/RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION
Centacare
Relationships Australia
Unifam
SUPPORT SERVICES
Centacare children's contact services
Al-Anon Family Groups
Drug and Alcohol Services – Area Health Service
Family Relationship Centre
Illawarra Family Support Service
Illawarra Legal Centre Inc
Nar-Anon Family Groups
Nothern Illawarra Family Support Service
Post Natal Depression Support Group
Relationships Australia
ADDRESS & CONTACT INFORMATION (alphabetical order)
Child &Adolescent Health Service
1-5 Atchison Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4254 1500
Fax: (02) 4254 1555
Al-Anon Family Groups
Byamee District
P O Box 5
Wollongong NSW 2520
Phone: (02) 4229 7347
Anglicare
66 Plunkett Street
Nowra NSW 2451
Phone: (02) 4423 1018
Fax: (02) 4421 0330
Centacare
25-27 Auburn Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4254 9339
Centacare (Nowra)
Shoalhaven
68 Shoalhaven Street
Nowra NSW 2541
Phone: C/0 (02) 4254 9339
Community Justice Centre
2nd Floor, Transport House
1 Rawson Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4228 0433
Fax: (02) 4226 3630
Toll Free: 1800 650 987
Family Relationship Centre
310 Crown St
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 42201100
www.familyrelationships.gov.au
Illawarra Area Health Service
Drug & Alcohol Services
Phone contacts:
General: 1300 652 226
Crisis Centre: (02) 4272 3000
Oolong House Rehab: (0) 4422 0644
Kedesh House Rehab: (02) 4271 2606
South Coast Aboriginal Medical Service, Drug & Alcohol Service (02) 4422 9662
Social Health Team: (02) 4223 8339
Illawarra Child Development Centre
42A Porter Street
North Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4228 4177
Fax: (02) 4227 3149
Family Services Illawarra
12-18 Adam Murray Way
Flinders NSW 2528
PO Box 350
Warilla NSW 2528
Corrimal Community Centre
15 Short Street
Corrimal NSW
Phone: (02) 4295 6665
Fax: (02) 4295 6657
Illawarra Legal Centre Inc
7 Greene Street
Warrawong NSW 2502
Phone: (02) 4276 1939
Fax: (02) 4276 1978
Legal Aid Commission of NSW
P O Box K847
Haymarket NSW 1238
Phone: 1800 806 913
ATSI Referrals:
Phone: (02) 9219 5714
Northern Illawarra Family Support Service
Corrimal Community Centre
15 Short Street
Corrimal NSW 2518
Phone: (02) 4284 5108
Fax: (02) 4285 4974
Northfield’s Clinic
Department of Psychology
University of Wollongong
Phone: (02) 4221 3747
Fax: (02) 4221 3986
Nowra Family Support Services
Cottage 1, 80 Park Road
East Nowra NSW 2541
Phone: (02) 4421 5499
Fax: (02) 4422 0877
Post Natal depression support group
Phone: (02) 4296 8595
Phone: (02) 4285 1791
Relationships Australia
Level 1, 63B Market Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
P O Box 1448
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4228 7711
Fax: (02) 4227 2876
Website: www.relationships.com.au
Salvation Army
16 Burelli Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
P O Box 1185
Wollongong NSW 2521
Phone: (02) 4229 1079
Fax: (02) 4227 6457
Shoalhaven Drug & Alcohol Service
47 Berry Street
Nowra NSW 2541
Phone: 1300 652 226 (24 hours)
Southern Young & Family Services Assoc. Inc.
(Family & adolescent counselling & Support Project)
17 Staff Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4228 4383
Fax: (02) 4226 5781
UNIFAM
Diamond Plaza
65-67 Burelli Street
(G P O Box 949)
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4229 9863
Fax: (02) 4228 4918
Wollongong Women’s Centre
170 Corrimal Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4228 1499
Fax: (02) 4227 3347
Mobile: (02) 0439 713 877
Email: wwc@ihug.com.au
CRISIS CONTACT SERVICES
Department of Community Services (DOCS) Helpline
(For reporting child abuse or neglect)
Phone: 132 111 (24 hours)
DOCS child protection & family crisis service
Phone: 1800 066 777 (24 hours)
Gamblers Anonymous
5 Nannawilli Street
Berkley NSW 2506
Phone: (02) 4271 2297
G-Line Crisis Counselling & Referral Service
(For people affected by problem gambling)
Phone: 1800 633 635
Lifeline
Telephone Counselling and also a referral line for the following women’s refuges:
Salvation Army Women’s Cottage
Warilla Women’s Refuge
Wollongong Women’s refuge
Phone: 131 114 (24 hours)
Salvation Army Care/Crisis Line
Phone: 1300 363 622
WEBSITE INFORMATION
This is provided as a courtesy to the above services. Inclusion of this information on the IDGP webpage does not imply endorsement of the services by the Illawarra Division of General Practice. GPs should contact the services themselves to check details before referring patients.
