• 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.

• Centacare Drug & Alcohol Service

  Centacare Drug and Alcohol Service (CDAS) offers a range of support and recovery opportunities for individuals living with substance use, and their family and friends who may be supporting them. CDAS provides counselling support to clients in their homes, at our offices located across metropolitan Adelaide, or by arrangement at an alternative venue where the client feels comfortable.

• Sun Dancing

  Sun Dancing is a specialised counselling program for children who have experienced sexual abuse, and their families. Referral, advocacy, parenting support and education is also provided.

• 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.

• 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

  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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 help to maintain the bond between mother and baby. Based at Pooraka, the service houses young women aged up to 18 years in their own self-contained unit with on-site support and case management.

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

  We support people with HIV, and their carers, who are experiencing social isolation and other challenges. Our individualised psychosocial rehabilitation supports aim to promote recovery, resilience and connection to community.

• Kids in Focus

  Kids in Focus 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) supports women and children in the South-East who are experiencing domestic violence. The Service provides supported accommodation in one, two and three bedroom units and houses. We also provide outreach support for women who do not require accommodation but are still experiencing domestic violence, in keeping with our belief that the ideal place for a woman and her children is their own home.

• 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

  Mobile Family Connections (MFC) is a mobile playgroup and support resource for families with children aged 0 to 5 years living in southern Adelaide. The emphasis is on having fun, forging friendships and learning together through play.

• 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 supports schools to nurture student well-being through pastoral care. Services are tailored to each school community's needs and are delivered by Centacare at Elizabeth and Murray Bridge.

• 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

  The Personal Helpers and Mentors Service supports people whose life is significantly affected by mental illness. The focus is on the individual's recovery by providing them with opportunities, support and services to help them reconnect to community.

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

  Po:rlar Ka:ngkun Tainkuwalun (PKT) Journey to Learning supports Aboriginal families to prepare young children for kindergarten and school, and maintain connection to culture and education. The outreach program engages families and caregivers through mobile playgroups and nature play across the Coorong and Murray Bridge.

• Reconnect Mental Health Service

  Reconnect Mental Health Service provides outreach and early intervention support to young people aged 12-18 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

  Centacare offers a counselling program in Catholic primary schools across South Australia. The service is delivered by our team of innovative and highly skilled children's counsellors. The safety of students is paramount.

• Targeted Intervention Service (Stronger Families)

  Stronger Families is a targeted intervention service that supports families with children aged 0-18 years in their home. Families with children where early child well-being or safety risk factors have been identified are provided with 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.