Junction Australia Domestic Violence Services support people experiencing domestic and family violence across the Fleurieu and on Kangaroo Island.
Their services include:
- Support with safety planning
- Support to engage with police and legal services
- Exploring financial assistance options
- Referrals to Domestic and Family Violence specific services e.g. counselling & legal services
- Support to stay safely in your home
- Exploring housing and accommodation options
- Culturally specific support for First Nations and non-English speaking people
- Referrals to other service providers and community organisations
The Fleurieu Domestic Violence Services operating along the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula, covers the Victor Harbor, Alexandrina and Yankalilla council regions.
If you DO NOT live on the Fleurieu Peninsula or Kangaroo Island and need assistance, please see their other resources below:
- SA Police: 131 444 or 000 in an emergency
- Domestic Violence Crisis Line (emergency accommodation and after hours support): 1800 800 098
- 1800 Respect (national counselling helpline, information and support 24/7): 1800 737 732
- Women's Legal Service Advice Line (legal advice, representation and community education): 1800 816 349
- Indigenous Women's Outreach: 1800 685 137
- Rural Women's Outreach: 1800 685 137
- Child Abuse Report Line: 13 14 78
The Leaving Violence Program
The Leaving Violence Program supports people leaving a partner who uses violence with financial and other supports. This can be a risky time. The Program is available to eligible victim-survivors regardless of gender or visa status.
The Program is delivered through the National Program and 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led service providers based in the Broome WA, Cairns QLD, Darwin NT and Dubbo NSW regions.
What is the Program?
The Leaving Violence Program can support you to leave an intimate partner who is violent through support packages that offer financial and other supports. The Program is available to support those who are eligible regardless of gender or visa status.
The Program offers 2 models for how someone can apply for and be supported by the Program. This is through the National Program that you can apply for using this website or, if you live in the Broome, Cairns, Darwin or Dubbo regions, through 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led service providers.
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.
They also provide outreach support for women who do not require accommodation but are still experiencing domestic violence, in keeping with their belief that the ideal place for a woman and her children is their own home.
Staff provide individual case management in a culturally-sensitive way that respects the choices that people make, and offers additional support through confidential and professional counselling, information and referrals for options in housing, medical, legal, income and advocacy.
Who: Women and their children who are escaping or experiencing domestic and family violence, or are homeless or at risk of homelessness due to that violence, are eligible for services.
Where: The LCDVS has services available to women across the Limestone Coast. Our team workers will travel to all communities as needed.
How: For a confidential assessment please call 8303 6640.
Contact: The team on (08) 8303 6640 or by email to lcdvs@centacare.org.au.
Support for men who use violence to change their behaviour
No to Violence provides a range of services to support men concerned about their behaviour to change what they are doing and keep women, children and communities safer.
Each of the services on this web page is operated by qualified and experienced counsellors and family violence experts at No to Violence.
Men’s Referral Service
The Men’s Referral Service is the national counselling, information and referral service for men who use violence and abuse to change their behaviour.
Who can the Men’s Referral Service support?
Men who are seeking support to change their behaviours.
Family members who are impacted by a man’s use of violent and abusive behaviours.
Friends, family or colleagues of men who may be using family violence and wanting to know how to best support them.
Professionals working with men who are using violence or family members impacted by violence and seeking secondary consultation.
The Men’s Referral Service can have a conversation with you, help you with some short term tactics, and put you in touch with some supports that can help you along your journey.
MensLine Australia is a free telephone and online counselling service offering support for Australian men anywhere, anytime.
MensLine Australia offers free professional 24/7 telephone counselling support for men with concerns about family violence.
Supports include:
- 24/7 phone supports.
- Online and video chat supports.
Women’s Safety Services SA offers a specific service for women of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds who are in unsafe relationships. The Migrant Women’s Support program is responsive to culturally sensitive needs, conducts risk assessments, safety management, information, advocacy, and refers to, and engages with other relevant services.
The staff of the program are bilingual and bi-cultural and work in partnership with domestic violence services, and other service providers including interpreters. They have specialised knowledge about the complexity of domestic and family violence within culturally diverse communities.
To contact the Migrant Women’s Support program directly, please call them on (08) 8152 9260.
CALD women are less likely to report violence, can experience more barriers in accessing support services, and are less likely to leave a family violence situation than other Australian women, due to the following factors:
- Understanding of Australia’s laws, rights and cultural norms, especially by new arrivals
- Familiarity with knowledge of support services
- Availability and accessibility of support services
- Resolving immigration status and eligibility for support services and payments
- Women’s isolation and community participations
- Cultural beliefs and norms about gender and marriage
- Capacity of community and religious leaders
- Standards in interpreting and translating
- Police interventions
- CALD men behaviour change
- Intersectionality of issues for CALD women
Centacare provides support to women and children experiencing or fleeing 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.
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviour by a person within an intimate relationship who seeks to establish and maintain power and control over the other. This includes physical, psychological, emotional, verbal, sexual and financial abuse.
Services provided:
- Crisis support
- Case management and coordination
- Safety planning
- Advocacy
- Information and referral to other required services
- Counselling
Program details
Who: Women and their children who are experiencing or escaping domestic or family violence.
Where: Murray Bridge, Mount Barker, Tailem Bend, Mannum, Pinnaroo, Raukkan, Meningie, Tintinara, Karoonda, Nairne, Woodside, Stirling, Bridgewater, Gumeracha.
How: Self-referral, or referral by family and friends, government and non-government agencies.
Contact: 08 8228 8960 or the Domestic and Family Violence Gateway on 1800 800 098.
Red Cross Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) Financial Assistance program supports people on temporary visas who are experiencing domestic and family violence.
The program is available to people:
- on temporary visas, or with uncertain visa status, who are living in Australia, and,
- experiencing family or domestic violence, and,
- experiencing financial hardship.
The program can help you with:
- payments of up to $5,000
- referral to a specialist FDV agency or other services
- support coordination for up to 3 months (upon assessment).
Applications for FDV Financial Assistance can only be made online.
Specialised Family Violence Service provides counselling and support for couples and families who are or have experienced family and domestic violence.
Supports available to families, individuals and children.
Supports include:
- Face to face counselling
- Telephone counselling
- Telehealth counselling
- Group education
- Behavioural change programs
- Referrals to additional support services