The Narrabri Region is the heart of the rich Namoi Valley located in north west NSW. Come and discover what makes our region a great place to visit!
Our office is located on Barwan Street, just outside of the CBD.
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!
Provides one-off financial & material assistance to address immediate basic needs in times of crisis. Emergency relief can act as a
safety net for people experiencing financial distress or hardship and who have limited means or resources to help them alleviate their
crisis.
Types of assistance offered by ER providers may include food, clothing, vouchers, budgeting assistance and referrals to other services.
Services only available in the Walgett, Lightning Ridge and Moree LGAs.
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
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 >
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.
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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.
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 $80.
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.
Centacare New England North West have a range of services and programs to support families and professionals in the family law space who
are dealing with family breakdowns and separations.
We can assist with mediation, support for individuals, parenting support and programs, as well as counselling and other programs.
Family & Relationship Support & Mediation:
The Family Relationship Centre at Centacare provides 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 (including property and financial dispute
resolution services); and deliver high quality, safe and ethical services.
Parenting & Caring Support:
Our Post Separation Co-Operative Parenting (PSCP) Programs assists separated parents with interventions to establish new cooperative
parenting arrangements. All services are child-focused, intensive and holistic. Both group work and one-on-one individual support is
available.
Family Law Pathways Network (FLPN) for Professionals:
Centacare are also proud to partner with the Family Law Pathways Network (FLPN) which facilitates a steering committee across the New
England North West region, supporting a network of representatives from legal firms, community legal services, family services, Children’s
Contact Services, family violence services, community based Aboriginal services and family support services. The Network supports connection
between community Family Law service providers, education opportunities, and investment in the new generation of Family Law Service
Providers.
General Mediation:
Centacare also offers other forms of mediation that fall outside of our funding streams, which can be conducted on a fee-for-service
arrangement. These mediations cover workplace, community, child protection arrangements and other family mediations that do not fall within funded guidelines. Please chat to us to see if we can assist you further.
Youth Drug and Alcohol Service (YDAS) is a strengths based recovery model of care, focusing on the principles of early intervention, harm
minimisation, engagement and delivery of evidence-based practices to promote best treatment outcomes for young people.
YDAS is available in the Moree, Narrabri and Tamworth LGAs only.
Click here for our online referral form >
