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You have a right to feel safe. If you’re not, you are within your rights to reach out for support. Here are a collection of third party support services that can help you.

Call the emergency services on 000

If your life or someone else’s is in immediate danger, call the emergency services for support.

Mental Health

Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue is an Australian independent non-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, suicide, anxiety disorders and other related mental illnesses.

Chat Online1300 22 4636

Suicide Call Back Service

Suicide Call Back Service is a nationwide service providing 24/7 telephone and online counselling to people affected by suicide.

Visit Suicide Call Back Service website 1300 659 467

Lifeline

Lifeline is a non-profit organisation that provides free, 24-hour telephone crisis support service in Australia.

Chat online13 11 14

MensLine

MensLine Australia is a telephone and online counselling service offering support for men.

Chat online1300 78 99 78

Families and Children

Child Protection

You should make a report to Child Protection if you have formed a reasonable belief that a child has suffered or is likely to suffer significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect and their parent has not or is unlikely to protect them from harm of that type.

13 12 78

Parentline

Parentline is a statewide telephone counselling and support service for all Victorian parents and carers of children from 0-18 years.
Experienced social workers, psychologists and family therapists can give you counselling and information around a wide range of parenting issues.

Parentline13 22 89

Kids Help Line

Kids Helpline is a service for young people to call anytime, for any reason.

Parentline1800 55 1800

Women's Crisis Line

DVConnect’s Womensline is a free helpline for women and their children in Queensland who are experiencing domestic and family violence.

1800 811 811

WA Women's Domestic Violence 24h Helpline

A list of crisis support helplines for those experiencing family and domestic violence.

1800 007 339

LGBTIAQ+ Support Services

QLife

QLife provides Australia-wide anonymous, LGBTI peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about a range of issues including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.

Chat online 1800 184 527

Family Violence & Sexual Assault Support Services

1800RESPECT

1800RESPECT is a national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service.

1800RESPECT1800 737 732

Accreditation

We are an accredited School Readiness Provider as part of the Victorian State Government School readiness funding menu.

What will I gain from Kids First Trauma-informed Consultancy and Coaching?

With Kids First, you will learn how to:

• support children experiencing vulnerability to reach their full potential while understanding and supporting the child's family
• identify the underlying factors impacting educational outcomes
• strengthen factors that promote resilience within the child and the child's family
• assist in supporting the child to arrive at school ready to learn and thrive.

What will I gain from Kids First Trauma-informed Consultancy and Coaching?

With Kids First, you will learn how to:

Support children experiencing vulnerability to reach their full potential while understanding and supporting the child's family.

Step by step guide for allocating School Readiness funding

We've broken down the process for allocating your Victorian Department of Education School Readiness Funding into a few easy steps!

How to access our services

All of our services are available through the School Readiness Funding Menu. We will prioritise all bookings from services who have included us on their School Readiness Funding plans.

If you are not yet eligible for School Readiness Funding or you did not include us on your plan, please contact us and we can discuss availability to support your service. If you are in the process of developing your School Readiness Funding plan, please contact us and we can support you to develop a tailored package to ensure you make the most of your funding allocation.

Consultancy and coaching packages

We understand that every service is different. Kids First works with you to develop a suite of services that meet your needs and budget. Our packages include the following training topics:

• Building Relationships with Families
• Sensory Strategies for Trauma Informed Practice
• Supporting Children and Families Experiencing Vulnerability
• Trauma and Attachment Theory
• Trauma and Attachment – Practice
• Self-care for Educators

School readiness packages

Interested?

For more information about any of our packages please fill in the below form and one of our lovely School Readiness team members will be in touch with you shortly. Alternatively, if you would like to speak to someone on the phone please call (03) 9450 0900.

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