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Family Violence - Children

Our Family Violence Service can help children overcome Family Violence. We can help families to make a plan to help kids stay safe. We are a confidential service.

We aim help children by:
  • Educating people
  • making strategies to keep kids safe at home
  • Make strategies to help kids with their education
  • Helping kids social development.
We can help you with:
  • Advocacy
  • Brokerage applications
  • Secondary consultation for professionals
  • Community Education
We can help you in a lot of ways. We help the:
  • Primary Carer
  • Family
  • School, kindergarten or childcare.
We can help the Primary Carer  with:
  • Risk assessment
  • Safety planning
  • Needs Assessment
  • Goal setting
  • Parenting skills
  • Information
  • Helping with a parenting agreement
  • Making routines and cooperation at home
  • Support and coaching in Access visits
We can help the family by:
  • Making strategies
  • Counselling for siblings
  • Teaching negotiation skills
  • Teaching communication skills
We can help the school/kindergarten or childcare by:
  • Providing strategies
  • Education advisor supports
  • Care coordination
  • Advocacy and program support in schools.
We have programs to help you, like:
  • Theraplay - this is for the safe parent and child. We can give you parenting support and strategies.
  • 'Tuning into kids' - This is for parents of young  kids
  • Tuning into teems -this is for parents of teenagers
  • Home Safe Home - this is to help you parent after family violence.
  • Super Friends - this is to help the social skills of primary age children
  • Girls with Attitude - this is to help the social skills of secondary school girls.
  • Connect - this is a social group for young people.
Click here to find out more about our Child Safety at Nexus.

What to Expect

You can call us for more information about what to expect from our services. You can call us on 1300 77 33 52.

Our team

We have a qualified and experienced team.


Referral process

For Professionals:
Professionals can consult with a specialist Family Violence Practitioner to determine how to best support families.

Please refer through the Nexus Referral Pathway

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