Parenting Support

East Arnhem Regional Council provides the nine communities with accessible services that cater to the needs of the communities while specifically supporting the overall wellbeing of families and children, including childcare and nutrition. 

FACES is a telephone hotline that offers information about and referrals to support services throughout the whole of the NT. This service can be accessed by anyone in the community from parents and carers to professionals, who are seeking advice on resources and services that can help support and empower families and children.

East Arnhem Regional Council operates Galiwin’ku Child Care Centre with programs designed to provide early education and care services according to the needs of the children, families and the local community. The Child care centre support the growth and development of children through nutritious meals and snacks, various activities and programs. To ensure cultural strength, the centre employ local Indigenous educators, with an ongoing commitment towards mentoring and training opportunities for all staff.

East Arnhem Regional Council operates Gapuwiyak Child Care with programs designed to provide early education and care services according to the needs of the children, families and the local community. The Child care centre support the growth and development of children through nutritious meals and snacks, various activities and programs. To ensure cultural strength, the centre employ local Indigenous educators, with an ongoing commitment towards mentoring and training opportunities for all staff.

We promote sustainable economic and social development in communities through individual and community achievement, providing supports through management of:

• Julalikari Workshops & Construction
• Barkley hardware / BP service station/ Funeral services / Jajjikari café
• Marlungku-Kari child and family centre offering parenting programs and playgroup
• Nyinkka Nyunyu Art Centre
• Manu-Jinakurnta Land management and nursery
• Aged and disability services including home and community care
• Night patrol

Katherine Isolated Children’s Service is a not-for-profit, registered charity and an incorporated association. KICS began remote playgroups in the Northern Territory in 1988 and became incorporated in 1989.

Katherine Isolated Children’s Service visits children and families who are socially and geographically isolated. KICS visits children living on pastoral properties, in Indigenous communities, in the small towns of Mataranka, Timber Creek and Elliott and participates in invitational events such as campdrafts, Ladies Days, Family Days and Katherine School of the Air events.

Kidsafe NT is the leading non-government, not-for-profit, charity organisation dedicated to the prevention of unintentional childhood accidents, injuries, and deaths in the Territory. We offer:

• Renowned child car restraint hire, fit, check, sales, and advisory service. Our Type 1 Fitters are highly trained and accredited professionals and all funds raised from this service goes back into producing programs and materials for parents and caregivers to create safer environments for Territory kids.
• Fee-for-service workshops and formal accreditation for parents, caregivers, professionals or employed staff who are required to transport children. We also offer customised sessions to meet your needs, we are happy to deliver training specific to your learning outcomes.

Known locally as MacKids, Children’s Services deliver Early Learning programs for children from birth to school age across ten of our communities.

Providing early childhood services within the MacDonnell region offers children and families in remote Aboriginal communities a safe and healthy space that allows children to explore, discover and learn about their world and develop to their potential.

Our program engages young people ages 5-25 across our region, delivering regular youth program in Amoonguna, Areyonga (Utju), Docker River (Kaltukatjara), Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji), Hermannsburg (Ntaria), Imanpa, Finke (Aputula), Kintore (Walungurru), Mount Liebig (Watiyawanu), Papunya (Warumpi), Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) & Titjikala.

We deliver activities that engage young people in sport and recreation, cultural learning, health education, leadership development, safety and diversion & support to engage with engage with education, training and development.

This program was developed by the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, to support survivors of torture and trauma by providing specialised services to improve their emotional and mental wellbeing. The Program is open to permanently resettled refugees and humanitarian entrants and those on temporary substantive visas living in the community, who are experiencing psychological or psychosocial difficulties related to their experience before coming to Australia. It offers a safe, professional and nurturing environment for clients to discuss their pain, deal with their grief and address their fears. Ultimately, the Program’s goal is to help clients to heal, with a focus on counselling.