• Counselling – Family Relationships

  Life challenges can present relationship difficulties and other issues which require adjusting to new circumstances. Centacare provides confidential counselling support to individuals, couples, families and children. Our emphasis is on safe and respectful family interactions while maintaining a child focus.

• Family Dispute Resolution

  Family Dispute Resolution provides mediation as an alternative way to resolving disputes and can avoid the financial and emotional costs of legal action. Our accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners guide the process of discussion and facilitate those in dispute to reach their own agreements.

• Relationship Education

  Centacare delivers Relationship Education across metropolitan Adelaide. We support couples to build strong, healthy relationships and assist parents and children to navigate each stage of child development. Education includes workshops, courses, and group work.

• Counselling Services

  Sometimes it just helps to have a friendly face to talk to. Counselling with Centacare is just that – our qualified counselling team is both professional and caring. They listen and advise.

• Family Connections

  Family Connections provides free family-friendly playgroups, activities, workshops and other support to families of children aged up to 12 years living in the South-East.

• Family Preservation Service

  Family Preservation works with families to address safety concerns and increase parenting capacity. Families of children aged up to 18 years who are experiencing challenges in their lives are supported to address lifestyle and other factors affecting the ability to parent.

• Findon Family Housing

  This program offers supported accommodation to young families up to the age of 25 years, who are pregnant or parenting and are homeless or are at-risk of homelessness but who have low need support requirements. Support is provided on a one-on-one basis and families are connected with local community services as required.

• ACCESS Programs

  Access programs is a social enterprise of Centacare and specialises in the provision of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and other workplace mental health services. Services are provided on a fee for service basis and include confidential counselling, critical incident debriefing, conflict resolution, training and management coaching.

• Dad’s Business

  Dad’s Business delivers a range of fathering activities in the Playford area in a no-pressure environment. Young dads meet with a skilled male worker to discuss their expectations, hopes, anxieties and build their knowledge around birth and early childhood development.

• Fathers and Families

  Fathers and Families provides activity-based educational opportunities and support for dads and families with children aged up to 12 years. Through group and individual sessions, fathers are supported to grow their parenting capacity and play an active and meaningful role in their child’s life.

• Outer North Youth Homelessness Service

  Centacare’s Outer North Youth Homelessness Service provides case management, early intervention, outreach, post-crisis and wait-list support to young people aged 15-25 years old who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

• Whyalla Generic Homelessness Service (YOUTH FOCUS) Program

  Whyalla Generic Homelessness Service (Youth Focus) provides supported transitional and crisis accommodation and other related services including information, advocacy and referral to individuals, couples and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

• Wandana Community Centre

  The Wandana Community Centre is run for and by the community at Gilles Plains in Adelaide’s north. Respecting people from a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, ages and gender, the Centre fosters and encourages personal growth and lifelong learning.