Family Dispute Resolution

Our accredited Family Dispute Resolution practitioners assist separating couples work through issues such as living arrangements for their children and property settlements. Impartial practitioners provide mediation to help both parties reach an agreement.

Family Dispute Resolution is a voluntary process. It is non-adversarial, confidential and inexpensive compared to the Family Court system and can produce quicker results.

Child-inclusive sessions are also available to families. These may be recommended by a Family Dispute Resolution practitioner or by our specially trained Child Consultants.

For the Kids’ helps parents understand what makes co-parenting work and to build skild and their capacity to sustain a cooperative co-parenting arrangement following separation,in the best interest of their children. The program helps parents understand the effects of conflict on children, build positive communication and reduce court action. For the Kids offers: individual counselling for parents; individual counselling for children and For the Kids group education short courses. Check website for course availability,noting indiviual sessions and followup support cna also be provided. *We use a sliding scale to set fees. Let us know if you are experiencing financial difficulties or are on a low income. No-one is excluded. Fees will be negotiated at your first appointment.

Mobile animal assisted therapy services with rabbits, blue tongue lizards, frogs, chickens or hermit crabs.

Animal-assisted therapy can be a useful intervention for some individuals or groups. It can help with a variety of experiences and conditions including:
Stress
Anxiety
Depression
Autism
ADHD
Addiction
Schizophrenia
Emotional and behavioral problems
Alzheimer’s disease

The Community Development Program is the NIAA’s remote employment scheme. CDP supports job seekers in remote Australian communities to build work skills, address employment barriers and contribute to their communities through a range of high-quality activities, projects, employment and intensive case management.

ALPA operates a community-controlled model for the delivery of CDP, ensuring that we are working closely with community members to co-design the priorities of the program and to ensure it meets the needs of the wider community in each area that we deliver.

ALPA delivers in the following locations and engages nearly 4000 people in the program:

• Galiwin’ku
• Milingimbi
• Ramingining
• Gapuwiyak
• Minjilang
• Gunbalanya
• Jabiru
• Nhulunbuy
• Gunyangara
• Yirrkala

In addition, and in partnership with regional Aboriginal corporations, we deliver the CDP in more than 200 homelands across Arnhem Land.

We focus on building strong relationships with each participant and working with them to identify their goals and aspirations and providing high quality tailored supports to achieve those goals. Taking this focus when delivering CDP means that we are supporting community members to make self-determined choices about what their future looks like and what they want to do with it.

We offer a variety of activity programs to support social interaction and enhance life skill capacity.

These services include:

Clay and pottery exploration alongside other artistic activities

Independant vehicle maintenance skills

Independant home maintenance skills

Independant food handling skills

Sand and water tray play
Bushcraft activities
Night Social Activities including dances, games and social dinners.

Participants will develop skills to enhance their life from meeting others with similar interests, to developing an understanding of how things work and how to repair them.

NT Legal Aid has a Family Court duty lawyer service to help people who don’t have a lawyer.

The family law duty lawyer can help talk to the other party, fill in simple forms, get an adjournment (set another court date) and can also organise legal information and advice.

To contact the Family law duty lawyer:

• In Darwin, go to the legal aid duty lawyer office at the Federal Magistrates Court on the day you have to go to court.
• Outside Darwin in the NT, call the duty lawyer on 08 8982 0821 from 8 30 am on the date your case is in court.

What is the Family Relationship Advice Line?

The Family Relationship Advice Line is a national telephone service that helps families affected by relationship or separation issues, including information on parenting arrangements after separation. It can also refer callers to local services that provide assistance.

Who can call the Advice Line?

We provide free and confidential legal information, referral to other helpful services and legal advice appointments for most legal problems in the NT.

Call the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343. The Helpline operator will talk about what type of problem you need help with and connect you to the correct office at Legal Aid to make an appointment. We provide legal advice over the phone, or in person if that is preferred.

Your nearest Legal Aid office runs legal advice clinics in family law, criminal law and civil law matters.

Ongoing legal representation is available to people who qualify for a grant of legal aid.  We require you to meet a financial means test and your legal problem must be something we are funded to provide representation for.

Take your first step towards a solution and call the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343

We provide free and confidential legal information, referral to other helpful services and legal advice appointments for most legal problems in the NT.

Call the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343. The Helpline operator will talk about what type of problem you need help with and connect you to the correct office at Legal Aid to make an appointment. We provide legal advice over the phone, or in person if that is preferred.

Your nearest Legal Aid office runs legal advice clinics in family law, criminal law and civil law matters.

Ongoing legal representation is available to people who qualify for a grant of legal aid.  We require you to meet a financial means test and your legal problem must be something we are funded to provide representation for.

Take your first step towards a solution and call the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343

Positive Behaviour Support is an evidence-based approach our therapists use to support children and adults who display behaviours of concern. It is also used to help families and support networks respond more effectively to individuals who display these behaviours.

The first step in Positive Behaviour Support is to identify why the behaviours of concern are occurring. Once we understand what a person is trying to tell us through their behaviour, we can develop strategies to better support them. These strategies might include making changes to the person’s environment (e.g. home, school, work) so that it meets their needs, changing the way others interact and/or communicate with the person, teaching the person new skills or helping meet their needs (e.g. sensory needs).

This may include:

• Behaviour assessments
• Behaviour intervention services
• Behaviour support plans
• One on one direct support
• Skills programs and resources
• Services provided under both ‘Improved Relationships’ and ‘Improved Daily Living’

Each of these activities aim to improve the quality of life of the individual. Support will be tailored to the individual and their specific goals.