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Respecting Elders is a service for older people who are at risk of or experiencing elder abuse.
Family consultants at Respecting Elders provide:
- Older Person assessment and identification of support needs
- Ongoing risk assessment and safety response
- Advocacy and Counselling Support
- Care Coordination/ Case Management
- Financial counselling
- Family mediation and conflict resolution
- Older person centred, trauma informed & empowerment based
- Referral to services within the aged care system
- Education and secondary consultation for Service Providers and families in relation to Elder Abuse Prevention.
Outposted to The Orange Door in Heidelberg one day a week.
Practitioners can ring to refer or email respectingelders@betterplace.com.au.
Good Shepherd has established a Financial Independence Hub that supports victim survivors who have experienced financial abuse to feel more confident with money and plan for the future.
This program provides one-on-one financial coaching to build financial independence, manage everyday finances and work towards goals.
The service is open to victim survivors of financial abuse who are in the recovery phase and over 18 years of age.
Services may include:
- Developing skills and confidence for increased financial wellbeing and decision-making
- Budgeting independently
- Improving your relationship with money
- Building your savings
- Paying bills and meeting unexpected expenses
- Connect you to a Financial Counsellor to explore your options
- Preparing to return to work, study or register for Centrelink.
Juno supports women (trans and cis) and non binary people, with or without children, who are experiencing homelessness, often co-occurring with family violence. Juno provide homelessness and specialist family violence support, as well as working with individuals experiencing early signs of being at risk of homelessness and women working on long-term goals for economic independence.
Services include:
- Homelessness support: Supporting women, non binary people, and their children to navigate the housing system and work towards accessing stable housing.
- Family violence support: Specialist family violence risk assessment and safety planning for women, non-binary people, and their children experiencing homelessness.
- Information and referrals to other specialist support services.
Additional Programs:
- EMPower Program: Juno’s flagship coaching program for financial independence and poverty reduction, purpose designed to support women (trans and cis) and non-binary people with low income to build strong, economically secure and thriving futures for themselves and their families.
- Powering Future Choices: Community workshops facilitated by Peer Educators with practical information to reduce the risk of housing and financial stress.
- Rapid Response Clinic: A drop-in and telephone service that provides women (trans and cis) and non-binary people experiencing financial or housing stress with practical support.
The National Debt Helpline is a free service and provides access for people to talk to a financial counsellor over the phone in relation to financial abuse and debt.
As well as a phone service, it offers a live chat facility: 9am-8pm weekdays.
Uniting provides financial counselling for those who are going through financial issues as a result of family violence.
General financial counselling is also available for people who are experiencing financial stress, have large unpaid bills, loans and budgetting problems or are going through financial issues as a result of gambling.
Telephone and face-to-face financial counselling services are available.
Offices in Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Fawkner, Brunswick, Dallas and Sunbury.
Contact: fcintake@vt.uniting.org
Uniting has specialised Family Violence Financial Counsellors for those who are going through financial issues as a result of family violence.
General financial counselling is also available for people who are experiencing financial stress, have large unpaid bills, loans and budgetting problems or are going through financial issues as a result of gambling.
Telephone and face-to-face financial counselling services are available.
Offices in Banyule, Collingwood, Epping, Lalor and Preston. Also outreach to The Orange Door and the Aboriginal Advancement League.
Service provided in partnership with Anglicare and Banyule Community Health.
Ph: 1800 685 682 or email: referrals@nefcp.org.au.
