Dubbed the Cathedral City, Armidale in the New England High Country is one of Australia’s most elegant regional cities. With an altitude of a kilometre above sea level, it’s known for vibrant autumn foliage and cool breezes in summer. Wander its streets and find 19th century churches mixed with modern cafes and restaurants.
Our office in Armidale is nestled on the edge of the CBD, on the corner of Dangar and Rusden Streets. We have been in this same location since we began providing services, expanding into other areas of the building as we have grown.
Provides psychology services to all Catholic Schools in the region as well as the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) staff. Support includes
therapy and psychological assessment for students, staff and support to families.
This service delivered face to face at the schools as well as via e-therapy/telehealth services direct to clients where needed.
Referrals come through schools directly or the CSO.
The Community Visitor Scheme provides volunteers for 1 hour per fortnight to visit with residents of aged care facilities. These residents
would otherwise be isolated, as many are far from their family.
Imagine being able to make someone’s day just by visiting them for an hour or two each fortnight. Making a difference in someone’s life is
one of the most rewarding things that you can do. And what better way to do that than by volunteering with the Community Visitors Scheme?
This program offers friendship and companionship to people who may be facing loneliness or isolation. It’s a great opportunity for you to
give back to your community and make a real difference in someone’s life. Plus, you get to meet new people and have some fun too!
Couples wanting to address challenges in their relationship can do so by accessing Couples Counselling with one of Centacare’s trained clinicians. Clients can access services in person or via telehealth.
Centacare NENW has a number of contracts with businesses in the New England North West region to provide psychological support to their
employees.
Psychology services include counselling over 3 to 6 sessions, supervision of employees and on-site critical incident support.
Fees range from $150 per session and services are paid for by employers with no out of pocket cost to the employee.
Family Counselling aims to assist individuals experiencing difficulties within their relationships.
Family counselling can help people to better manage personal or interpersonal issues connected to their children & family during marriage, separation or divorce. The aim of this service is to help strengthen relationships to prevent any further breakdowns. The
wellbeing and safety of children is a priority. Family Counselling is a short-term, early intervention service.
Online Referral Form: https://forms.office.com/r/LNSV76ga52
Centacare NENW’s Family Relationship Centre is a gateway to the broader law and family support service system.
We provide families with support around their relationships and parenting through appropriate information and referral; provide separating
families help to achieve workable parenting arrangements (Parenting Plans), outside the court system, through information and referral,
support and family dispute resolution services; and deliver high quality, safe and ethical services.
The Family Relationship Centre also provides Property and Financial dispute resolution services, assisting post separated families to
negotiate the equitable distribution of their property and financial assets, and the creation of a Property and Financial Agreement.
The Family Rural Resilience Program (FRRP) is a free and flexible early intervention, wellbeing program that works with children aged 0-18,
and their families.
FRRP programs are designed to build skills in wellbeing and family resilience. We aim to support families to increase wellbeing, safety,
connectedness and overall functioning. We provide short and long term case management as well as a range of courses to help you achieve
this.
Our community Aboriginal Liaison Officer provides regular face to face community events to support, celebrate and acknowledge the strength
of our first nation’s people.
The program offers advocacy and support to reduce barriers and challenges for First Nation’s persons to access information, service and
supports through Aboriginal specific, and mainstream services and is available to walk beside First Nation’s persons through their journey
with Centacare.
The new GambleAware program is a stepped care mental health model aimed at supporting anyone affected by gambling harm or at risk of
developing issues with gambling. This can include the gambler themselves as well as any friends or relatives. As gambling harm is usually
associated with other underlying issues such as depression, anxiety and trauma, clients accessing support through this program receive
holistic mental health support and/or Financial Counselling with trained professionals.
Referrals are open (with no age restrictions), so they can come from any source including self referrals.
Centacare NENW provides this program across the Hunter New England Local Health District in partnership with Centacare Hunter Manning.
Referral Phone: 1800 497 065
Click here for our online referral form >
Our Family Services program offers conflict resolutions services to cover workplace, community, and family mediation situations that may not
fall within funded service streams. These are organised on a fee-for-service arrangement, in negotiation with parties.
We also offer family mediations for situations that fall outside our funding streams. Examples of these mediations include mediating child
protection arrangements, assisting a family of adults who were able to agree on particular family issues and mediating families who have
long-held and consistent disputes (unrelated to children or a separation) to move forward.
headspace Tamworth (and the outposts Gunnedah, Narrabri, Moree) and headspace Armidale offer free early intervention services and support to young people aged 12 – 25 (and their family and friends) experiencing mild to moderate difficulties in four key areas:
Keep on Track is an early intervention program that supports young people aged 10-17 years of age, who are at risk of ongoing engagement in the criminal justice system.
Keep On Track will support and complement the Youth on Track program and will be available in Tamworth, Armidale, Narrabri & Moree. The
caseworkers will work with young people aged between 10-17 years to address any social/welfare issues, prior to them having committed a crime. Our aim is to reconnect young people back with education/employment opportunities, as well as link them in with recreational
activities and community based programs; helping to improve their engagement and reduce any antisocial behaviours.
Click here for our online referral form >
Our Multicultural Officer is available to provide guidance, education, information, support and referrals to a range of services that can
help you during your settlement process.
We encourage everyone in the community to be join in with our activities and seasonal events through the year.
We can support and assist you throughout your settlement process in a number of ways, including:
Centacare’s clinicians provide clinical services to Disability clients with an NDIS Plan.
These services can include Specialist Behavioural Intervention and Behaviour Support Plan under the Improve Relationships category as well
as Psychology Assessments and Individual Counselling under the Therapeutic Services category.
These services are available to clients via telehealth where it is acceptable and appropriate, as well as in person.
Click here for our online referral form >
Plan Management oversees financial aspects of NDIS plans for people who wish for their funding to be “plan-managed” (as opposed to agency or self-managed). This involves:
Nurturing Resilience and Growth (NRG) provides mental health support to young people, aged 12 to 25, who are experiencing, or at risk of
experiencing, complex mental health issues.
This program is co-located with Centacare’s headspace services, allowing for transition of young people depending on their needs.
Centacare NENW provides psychology services to both current and ex-military service people and their families as part of the Department of
Veteran Affairs Open Arms program.
Referrals come through the Department of Veteran Affairs Open Arms head office team.
The Post Separation Cooperative Parenting (PSCP) program assists separated parents, often in high conflict, with interventions to establish new cooperative parenting arrangements. All services are child-focused, intensive and holistic. Parenting programs such as Building Connections, Keeping Kids in Mind, My Kids and Me and Caring Dads are run under this stream. One-on-one individual support is also available under this stream where a specialist works with clients on positive parenting practices.
Clients can access up to 10 Psychology services in a calendar year via a referral and a Mental Health Care Plan prepared by a GP. The fee
per session offset by Medicare’s Better Access Scheme, with clients only out of pocket approximately $45.
Those clients without a Mental Health Care Plan, access to EAP or other pathway to seeing a clinician can engage with psychology services
privately via Centacare’s General Counselling services.
Clients can choose to access services in person or via telehealth. Fees per session are paid for by the client as they complete each
session.
Referrals are open (with no age restrictions), so they can come from any source including self referrals.
Regional Family Dispute Resolution (RFDR) services are designed to meet the particular needs of regional communities, providing a range of
services to help separating families resolve disputes and reach agreement on parenting arrangements and property.
These services provide dispute resolution for both post separation Parenting Plans and Property and Financial matters, as well as education,
information and counselling.
Youth on Track is an early intervention program that supports young people aged 10-17 years of age, who are at risk of ongoing engagement in
the criminal justice system.
The program provides intensive one on one case management that is tailored to the specific criminogenic factors that affect the young person
risk of reoffending. Factors can include substance use, peer relations, education/employment, attitudes and beliefs, family living
circumstances, leisure/recreation and personality/behaviour. Case management support is generally 3-12 months in duration.
