• 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.

• ASCEND Youth Suicide Intervention Program

  ASCEND is a youth suicide intervention program and supports young people aged up to 25 years who are at risk of self-harm. The service also provides specialised training to build the capacity of people to appropriately respond and recognise warning signs.

• Drug & Alcohol Service

  Drug and Alcohol Services assists families to deal with addiction in a loved one’s life. The program provides outreach services to individuals and family members where there is a young person who is a substance user.

• CSA Counselling

  Counselling for children who have been affected by sexual abuse is a critical stage in the child dealing with what has happened to them. The program offers counselling to children and their families and carers where children have been affected by sexual abuse.

• Counselling – Family Relationship Program

  Evidence suggests that addressing a problem early gives couples and families a greater chance of incorporating strategies to help them manage differences and build strong, healthy relationships. Our counsellors are well trained to assist couples, individuals and families experiencing relationship difficulties in a range of ways.

• 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.

• Dad’s Business

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

• Family Connections Program

  Working in collaboration with a range of local community support services and groups, the Family Connections Program is a mobile resource family support program working with vulnerable and disadvantaged families with children 0-12 years in Mount Gambier, Millicent, Penola and the Wattle Range Council area.

• Family Dispute Resolution

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

• Family Preservation Service

  Family Preservation involves keeping the family together, ensuring that concerns regarding the safety of children are met, and that it is safe for children to stay in the family home. This is a voluntary service where families consent to referral.

• Fathers and Families Support

  Fathers and Families Support is a Communities for Children program. We provide a flexible outreach service by using soft entry points to engage with families. This includes vulnerable and disadvantaged families, those experiencing social isolation and a range of personal and economic barriers to community participation.

• 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.

• Hannah Place

  Hannah Place provides support and accommodation to young women who are pregnant or parenting and require support with their pregnancy and parenting to maintain that important bond between mother and baby.

• Individualised Support Program (ISP) for People with HIV – Cheltenham Place

  HIV Individualised Support Program (ISP) - Cheltenham Place assists people with HIV, and their carers, who are experiencing reduced independence and/or increased need. The program aims to provide individualised psychosocial rehabilitation support to promote recovery, resilience and connection to community

• Kids in Focus

  Kids in Focus is a unique program which supports parents/carers who are misusing alcohol and/or other drugs (AOD). In addition to a range of child focused interventions, the service works to increase parenting capacity, build healthy relationships between parents and their children and provide safe family environments.

• Limestone Coast Domestic Violence Service

  The Limestone Coast Domestic Violence Service (LCDVS) provides a range of services to women and children experiencing domestic and family violence, using a safety first approach. Services include assistance to keep women and children safe in their own homes, supported accommodation in a range of housing options, safety planning, referral, advocacy and individualised case management to support and enhance women’s choices.

• Making Moments Program

  The Making Moments Attachment Program is an early intervention home visiting service. Which works with women who have mental health challenges, including being at risk of postnatal depression from second semester of pregnancy until baby is 12 months. in the Playford region.

• Mobile Family Connections Program

  Mobile Family Connections is a Communities for Children program that engages families with children under the age of five. Located in the south of Adelaide, this free weekly program provides street-level mobile ‘Play and Chat’ sessions for families.

• Murray Mallee Adelaide Hills Domestic Violence Service

  The Murray Mallee & Adelaide Hills Domestic Violence Service provides support to women and children experiencing or escaping family and domestic violence to ensure their safety. Our offices are located in Murray Bridge and Mount Barker, however experienced workers provide outreach services and will travel anywhere within the Murray Mallee, Adelaide Hills and Coorong regions.

• National School Chaplaincy Program

  The National School Chaplaincy Program aims to support schools in promoting the wellbeing of students by providing a service that contributes to the maintenance or establishment of Pastoral Care Worker services in schools.

• 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.

• Personal Helpers & Mentors Program

  We have Personal Helper and Mentors to support you with many different things. Whether that is learning how to better manage everyday tasks, supporting relationships with family and friends or getting involved in a community activity that you would really like to do … we are here to help.

• Po:rlar Ka:ngkun Tainkuwalun (PKT) – Journey to Learning

  PKT is a family focused outreach service that provides opportunities in a non-threatening environment for Aboriginal families/caregivers to learn about children’s physical, intellectual and emotional development and the role it plays in school readiness.

• Reconnect

  The Reconnect Mental Health Service is an outreach and early intervention service supporting young people aged 12 to 18 years and their families, where there is a risk of homelessness and emerging mental health concerns for the young person.

• Riverland Domestic Violence Service

  The Riverland Domestic Violence Service (RDVS) supports women and children in the Riverland who are experiencing domestic violence. The Service provides short-term accommodation, confidential and professional counselling, information and referrals for options in housing, medical, legal, income and advocacy.

• School Counselling Program

  Our Children’s Counsellors work in partnership with Catholic Primary Schools to offer support and information to help students’ well-being. Working respectfully and collaboratively with students, parents/caregivers and teachers, they can assist with issues such as anxiety and depression, social skills, grief and loss, family breakdown issues, relationships, violence or abuse.

• Targeted Intervention Service (Stronger Families)

  Stronger Families is a targeted intervention service that supports families with children aged 0-18 years in their home. The service aims to support families with children where early child well-being or safety risk factors have been identified by providing timely, individualised and culturally-sensitive interventions.

• 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.

• 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.

• Whyalla Regional Domestic Violence Service

  The Whyalla Regional Domestic Violence Service provides supported transitional and crisis accommodation and other services to clients experiencing domestic and family violence or Aboriginal family violence in Whyalla and surrounding areas.