Who can help me and/or my children recover from domestic violence?
- Family and Child Connect Family and Child Connect is a local, community-based service that helps families to care for and protect their children at home by connecting them to the right services at the right time.
- How Victim Assist can help you Victim Assist Queensland helps victims of crime to get back to normal after experiencing violent crime or domestic and family violence in Queensland. Find out what support is available to you.
- Child psychological services Child psychology is a specialised field that focuses on the mental, emotional and developmental wellbeing of children. Find out how to identify a mental illness, find a service and access financial support.
- Support for victims of crime Find out how you can be supported as a victim of crime, including support services, support for young victims and witnesses of crime, cleaning of a crime scene, and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of crime.
- Support for young victims and witnesses of crime When someone intentionally hurts you, you might struggle to know what to do or who to talk to. Victim Assist Queensland offers free support to help you get your life back on track. If you were hurt in Queensland, we may also be able to pay for services to help you recover.
- Help lines, counselling and support groups Find out how to contact a mental health service, how to access counselling, and where to get after hours medical help.
- Family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access these family support services to help you.
- Recovery from sexual violence Sexual violence can have immediate and long term effects on your overall health and wellbeing. If you are concerned about how you are coping, or feel unsafe, you can contact a service for help and support. Find out how you might be affected and how to develop coping strategies.
- Triple P Positive Parenting Triple P - Positive Parenting Program is a world-renowned program that helps make raising children and teenagers easier. It is available free of charge and on a voluntary basis to all Queensland parents and carers of children up to 16 years.
- Parentline This will open (www.parentline.com.au) Parentline is a confidential telephone service providing professional counselling and support in Queensland.