Wheatbelt Community Legal Centre

Wheatbelt Community Legal Centre can assist you in providing advice, information and assistance in:

  • gaining a better understanding of the legal process involved in divorce and separation;
  • making arrangements for children following a separation ;
  • receiving advice about finances after a separation;
  • speaking to someone regarding mediation or family dispute resolution;
  • options you may have to resolve your matter without going to court. The Centre can provide you with advice and assistance regarding;
  • the process of a FVRO application;
  • how to make an initial application and affidavit and assess the likelihood of being granted an FVRO
  • options to settle the matter through negotiations with the respondent (person bound) such as Conduct Agreement Orders
  • how to maintain you and your children’s safety from family and domestic violence
Headquarters are in Northam however lawyers and tenant advocate offer regular outreach services to Narrogin, Merredin and Moora. 
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Wheatbelt Mental Health Services

Wheatbelt Mental Health Service provides free, confidential, quality, community mental health care to people of all ages in the Coastal and Wheatbelt communities. The Wheatbelt Mental Health Service is a team of mental health professionals including a consultant psychiatrist, clinical psychologists, social workers, child and adolescent professionals and community mental health nurses.
Locally based, multi-disciplinary teams are located in Northam, Gingin, Merredin and Narrogin. Regular visits are made to outlying areas within the region to meet community needs. Outreach is supported by telephone consultation and videoconferencing. Clinical liaison is provided to hospitals within the region. Clinical programs include:
  • Aboriginal Mental Health Program (all ages)
  • Adult Mental Health Program (18-65 years)
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program (0-18 years)
  • Seniors Mental Health Program (65+ years)
  • Youth Mental Health Program (15-24 years)
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St John Ambulance Service – Wheatbelt

St John Ambulance is responsible for receiving all State-wide emergency triple zero (000) calls requiring ambulance attendance.

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Share and Care Community Services – Suicide Bereavement Service

This program offers assistance to families who have experienced the loss of a loved one through suicide:

  • Assistance to families in the home with support services, caring for children whilst appointments are being attended
  • Assistance with travel and daily living costs if required
  • Assistance with referrals to free counselling (Psychologists), financial counselling and legal services
  • Referrals to other agencies that may assist with other needs
  • Assistance with Information
  • Other supports and information services as required

This service covers the Wheatbelt.

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Share and Care Community Services – Family and Domestic Violence Child Support

A trained child support worker is on site and will relieve the parent of care if she needs to attend appointments.

The support may include outings with the parents’ permission, liaison with schools for enrolments, play therapy, referrals for mother and or child to a host of other agencies that may assist with the variety of needs the consumer presents with.

These services cover the Wheatbelt and Upper Great Southern, and based in Northam and Narrogin.

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Share and Care Community Services – Homeless Support Service

This service is designed to assist those that are threatened with losing their homes due to financial difficulties, those who are homeless and need support to obtain and maintain long term housing and those who are finding it challenging to remain in one home for any extended amount of time.
 
This service networks closely with the Department of Housing, Emergency Relief services and Financial Counsellors, Supported Housing services through Avon Youth, our Men’s Lodge and other local agencies.

This service covers the Wheatbelt.

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Holyoake Wheatbelt Outreach Locations

Holyoake operates the Wheatbelt Community Alcohol and Drug Service (WCADS). Holyoake provide an outreach service. Holyoake offer counselling and support to people who may be experiencing problems with their own or someone else’s substance use. Individual counselling is available along with specially designed programs to assist individuals and their families to cope with the consequences of alcohol and other drug use. They provides specialised counselling and support for individuals, significant others, families and youth.
 
Provides outreach support in the wheatbelt on a weekly, fortnightly or referral basis. See website for details for your location.
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Avon Community Services – Youth Services

ACS deliver two programs throughout the Wheatbelt that are aimed at young people who are At Risk. The programs focus on the education of young people about the Effects of Drugs, Alcohol & Tobacco, Social & Emotional Well-being, Sexual Education & Connection to Country & Community. ACS also offer a mentoring service for young people, delivered in a Case Management Model that offers low level support for young people needing some guidance. Avon Community Services deliver Housing Services throughout the Wheatbelt in both supported and unsupported accommodation. ACS also provide supported accommodation to young people aged 15 – 25.
Outreach services offered in Moora, Merredin and Narrogin.
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Share and Care Community Services – Mental Health Support Service

Provides non-clinical support to people with severe and/or persistent psychiatric illness to develop/maintain living and social skills.
 
This services also encourages the consumer to participate in community life and activities and decrease the burden of care for the carers. Consumers must provide a referral from the Wheatbelt Mental Health Team, GP, Psychiatrist or Psychologist.
 
This services covers the Wheatbelt.
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Narrogin Financial Counselling Services

Assistance with budgeting, negotiating with creditors,  NILS and HUGS grants
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KEEDAC – Thrive Program

Thrive is a new support program for Aboriginal housing and public housing client. The program takes a holistic approach to enhance people’s lives by looking at the wider needs of the individual. The program assists clients to improve their life skills, increase their ability to manage their household independently and participate in their community. Thrive will support people by;
  • Assisting people to manage their household by developing strategies to grow their capacity and resilience;
  • Helping people to navigate and link up with support services and programs across government and the private sector;
  • Providing people with long term sustainable support networks; and
  • Building people’s connections to their community.
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Share and Care – Narrogin Outreach Counselling Service

This program offers outreach support to women who have recently utilised the Women’s Refuge or feel they need support to work through Family & Domestic Violence issues in their existing relationships. 
Our Support Workers maintain confidentiality, are highly skilled and will provide women with referrals to other agencies, court support and teach daily living skills where requested. Support for the clients is ongoing until the client indicates the support is no longer required. The counsellor (Psychologist) is in Narrogin, transport by the outreach support workers will be provided where requested by the client. 
 
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Share and Care – Rainbow Centre

The Rainbow Centre offers an informal skills cafe for women.The cafe environment naturally invites informal discussions between women and provides assistance with CV’s, home making skills such as sewing and cooking, budgeting, shopping on a budget, computer basics, links to education facilities, guest speakers and much more.
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Narrogin Rainbow Centre

The Narrogin Rainbow Centre offers an informal skills cafe for women. The cafe environment naturally invites informal discussions between women and provides assistance with CV’s, home making skills such as sewing and cooking, budgeting, shopping on a budget, computer basics, links to education facilities, guest speakers and much more. 
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Wheatbelt Alcohol and Drug Service

They offer counselling and support to people who may be experiencing problems with their own or someone else’s substance use. Individual counselling is available along with specially designed programs to assist individuals and their families to cope with the consequences of alcohol and other drug use. Their team provides specialised counselling and support for:
  • Individuals;
  • Significant others;
  • Families; and
  • Youth
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Share and Care – Family and Domestic Violence Child Support

The Family and Domestic Violence Child Support service ensures that a trained child support worker is on site and will relieve the parent of care if she needs to attend appointments. 
The support may include outings with the parents’ permission, liaison with schools for enrollments, play therapy, referrals for mother and or child to a host of other agencies that may assist with the variety of needs the consumer presents with.
 
These services cover the Wheatbelt, and Upper Great Southern, and based in Northam and Narrogin.
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Upper Great South Family Support Association

The Upper Great Southern Family Support Association welcomes people with a disability, their families and carers. They take pride in the person centred approach to individuals providing opportunities for service users to be active and involved members of their community through individualised funding and inclusive programs.
The staff at the association are able to achieve this goal by ensuring people with a disability access their communities by strengthening community networks and empowering individuals to become valued members where they live.
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Share and Care -Rainbow Women’s Centre

Provides safe accommodation for women and children escaping domestic or family violence and homeless women.
Referrals for financial assistance, medical issues, legal matters and transport to safe accommodation. 
 
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Narrogin Regional Early Education and Development

REED works in partnership with families, early childhood professionals and the broader community to ensure children are happy, healthy and develop a love of learning. They provide a number of  services including centre based care, before and after school care, and vacation care. They also offer Family Day Care (FDC) in the home of Educators and ‘In Venue’ FDC with a single Educator in community facilities. FDC is a high quality, flexible child care service which is provided in a safe and secure home environment or a community facility and is offered in towns where the number of young children is too small for a dedicated child care centre to be provided

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Narrogin Motel

The Narrogin Motel is situated on Williams Road being the western main entrance to Narrogin, diagonally across from the Hospital.
Every room comprises of an en-suite, reverse cycle air conditioning, digital colour television, digital clock radio, mini refrigerator, toaster with tea/coffee making facilities and telephone.
They pride themselves with quality rooms, clean, comfortable and very affordable, a room for every budget with staff who are friendly and always willing to help. 
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