Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence

Our Men’s Behaviour Change Program is committed to ensuring the safety of women and children. This program addresses and aims to change the behaviour of men who perpetrate violence against their partners.

How we help

We provide a group work program that runs for 24 sessions. By working in a safe environment with skilled practitioners we can help individuals understand their behaviour, make different choices and live a non-abusive and non-violent life.

What is the referral process?

Individuals, family members and service providers including legal services, Corrections and others can refer people to this program.
For referrals or enquiries email: MBCP@catholiccarent.org.au

NO MORE is an early intervention and prevention initiative that aims to decrease the incidence of family, domestic and sexual violence.

NO MORE provides community information and education, group work and individual support to raise awareness and mobilise people and communities to decrease violence and increase women and children’s safety and wellbeing. We form strong collaborative relationships and work closely with sporting clubs, corrections, police and other community stakeholders to create agreements and domestic violence action plans that support non-abusive and non-violent behaviour.

Individuals, family members and service providers can refer people to this program.

CatholicCare NT provides Safe Houses for women and children who are at immediate risk of harm because of family violence.

How we help

Our Safe Houses provide an immediate safe place for people escaping family violence. We help families reduce the effects of violence through counselling and support. Our support workers encourage peaceful and non-harmful solutions.

We know that there are many contributing factors to family violence, so we provide referrals to other services including AOD and family support programs.

CAAFLU provides culturally appropriate legal and support services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have experienced or are experiencing domestic and family violence or sexual assault.

• legal advice and representation
• advocacy
• information
• referrals
• support

Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) delivers a holistic, culturally safe, trauma informed legal service for women. Our team can help with information about legal issues, legal advice and representation, referral to support services, community legal education and law reform advocacy.

The Changing for Good service provides a one to one telephone counselling service for men who want to maintain respectful relationships without using violence.  The service aims to support and strengthen relationships with others and improve well being and increase participation in community life.

DAIWS provides safe and culturally appropriate services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who are escaping family violence.

The services provided include support, referral, outreach and domestic violence crisis accommodation.

Counselling

Counselling is available for Aboriginal women and children experiencing domestic violence. After-hours contact is available.

Crisis Accommodation

Crisis accommodation is available for Aboriginal women & children escaping domestic violence and sexual assault. After-hours contact is available.

Information & Support

Information, referral and support is available for Aboriginal women and their children experiencing domestic violence. After-hours contact is available.

Accommodation Shelter

Crisis accommodation is available for women with children experiencing or escaping domestic or family violence. Referral to specialist domestic violence counselling is offered. Twenty-four-hour telephone contact is available.

Domestic Violence Community Education Service

Provides training & resource support relating to domestic or family violence for government & non-government agencies. Dawn House  participates in community development activities that work to reduce the incidence of domestic and family violence.

Domestic Violence Support

Provides outreach, assistance, information, advocacy, training, counselling, referral and support for women and children who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence. A children’s support worker is available.

Twenty-four-hour telephone contact is available.

Reconnecting Aboriginal men with cultural identity, responsibilities and community.

Codes 4 Life is an Abo­rig­i­nal men’s pro­gram that seeks to address and curb unlaw­ful behav­iour stem­ming from alco­hol and sub­stance abuse, includ­ing drink dri­ving, domes­tic vio­lence, and sex­u­al assault.

A co-designed, primary prevention program for women, to address domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV).

The work­shop-based DFSV Respect­ed Women Pro­gram is for women only, and aims to:

• Raise aware­ness about DFSV, its types, its dri­vers, and the tools we can use to pre­vent it;
• Edu­cate par­tic­i­pants on how to access help, and how to respond to vio­lence when needed;
• Cre­ate a safe place where par­tic­i­pants can ask ques­tions and share stories;
• Rein­state the author­i­ty of Elders using sto­ry­telling to teach women expe­ri­enc­ing DFSV about tra­di­tion­al knowl­edge and prac­tices for pre­vent­ing and respond­ing to vio­lence; and
• Break the bias that cul­ture jus­ti­fies violence.