Useful Links | Womens Health & Family Services

This page features links to other websites that may be interest to clients, community groups and health professionals.

Please note: Womens Health and Family Services (WHFS) will only accept links to noncommercial health sites within Australia and organisations deemed appropriate and relevant to our clients. Providing a link to another website does not constitute WHFS’ endorsement or approval of the website, its owners or operators, or any information, products or services offered on the website. For more information, please see our website disclaimer.

Adoption
- Adoption Jigsaw
Aboriginal / Indigenous
Communicare Indigenous Family Violence (Men’s Service)

Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service

Indigenous Health Info Net

iTalk Library – Online stories that share Information in Language

Kurongkurl Katitjin (ECU Centre for Indigenous Australian Education & Research)

Yorgum
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Counselling
- Centrecare
- Relationships Australia
- Yorgum (Aboriginal-specific service)
- Anglicare WA
- Kids Helpline
Children and Families
- Communicare:
  - Children’s Services
  - Family services
- Dept for Child Protection (DCP), which includes:
  - Adoption and Foster Care
  - Child protection – children at risk
  - Children and young people in care
  - Family and domestic violence
  - Crisis and emergency
  - Learning and development (CSTC)
  - Working with Children Checks
  - Mandatory Reporting
- Dept for Human Service, which includes:
  - Child Support
  - Separated Parents Support
- Outcare
- Wanslea Family Services, which includes:
  - Reunification Services
Crisis Support Numbers
- Emergency 24/7: 000
- Anglicare WA: 1300 114 446
- Centrecare: 9325 6644
- Communicare: 9251 5777
- Relationships Australia WA: 1300 364 277
- Yorgum: 1800 469 371
- Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health: 9345 5335
- Lifeline: 13 11 14
- Women’s DV Line: 9223 1188 or 1800 007 339 (Country)
- Men’s DV Line: 9223 1199 or 1800 000 599
- Crisis Care 24/7: 9223 1111
- 1800 Respect: 1800 737 732
- Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636
- Headspace: 1800 650 890
- Kids Helpline 24/7: 1800 551 800
- Sexual Assault Resource Centre: 6458 1828 or 1800 199 888 (free call from landlines)
Disabilities
- Women with Disabilities
- People with Disabilities (WA) Inc
- Disability Services Commission
- National Disability Service
- Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre (EDAC)
- People 1st Programme (Sexual Health)
- Centrelink, which includes:
  - Carer Allowance (if you provide daily care)
  - Carer Payments (if you are unable to work in paid employment due to your carer duties)
  - Carer Supplement (annual lump-sum payment if you already receive carer allowance or payments)
  - Child Disability Assistance Payments
  - Special Disability Trusts
- Befriend
Family and Domestic Violence
- Communicare Family Violence & Justice Services, which includes:
  - Breathing Space (Accommodation & Counselling for men who have been abusive)
  - Tuart House Regional Accommodation
  - Families without Fear
  - Domestic Violence Outreach- Safe at Home
  - Partnership for Family Safety
- Domestic Violence Helplines
- Relationships Australia
- Anglicare WA
- Dept for Child Protection (DCP), which includes:
  - Child protection – children at risk
  - Children and young people in care
  - Family and domestic violence
  - Crisis and emergency
  - Mandatory Reporting
Eating Disorders
- Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders
- Butterfly Foundation
- Centre for Clinical Interventions
- Eating Disorders Victoria
- FEAST – Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders
- Hollywood Private Hospital
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration
- Overeaters Anonymous – Groups
- Princess Margaret Hospital – Eating Disorder Services
- The Swan Centre
- Perth Children’s Hospital
Financial
Government Agencies
Health Organisations
Housing
Legal
Mental Health
- Anxiety and/or Panic Attacks
  - Anxiety Treatment Australia
  - Shyness and Social Anxiety Treatment Australia
- Depression
  - Depression Net
  - Depnet
  - Beyond Blue
  - Black Dog Institute (Depression & Bipolar)
  - Bluepages
- A Parent’s Guide to Anxiety and Depression in Young People
- Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS)
- Befriend
- Children of a Parent with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
- Green Book: Directory of Alcohol & Other Drugs + Mental Health Service Providers
- Helping Minds which includes:
- Mental Health Australia
- Moodgym (Free Cognitive Behavioural Therapy online program)
- Children of Mentally Ill Consumers (COMIC)
- Mental Health Law Centre WA (MHLCWA)
- Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)
- Mental Health First Aid (training to support people experience mental illness or crisis)
- SANE Australia
- Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH)
- Multicultural Mental Health (Embrace)
- Carers Charter
Migrant and Refugee
Parenting
- A Parent’s Guide to Anxiety and Depression in Young People
- Centrelink
- Communicare Children and Families Services, which includes:
- Dept for Child Protection (DCP), which includes:
  - Adoption and Foster Care
  - Child protection – children at risk
  - Children and young people in care
  - Family and domestic violence
  - Crisis and emergency
  - Learning and development (CSTC)
  - Working with Children Checks
  - Mandatory Reporting
- Dept for Communities, which includes
  - Child Care
  - Children and Youth
  - Parenting
- Emotional Health for Parents: During Pregnancy and Beyond
- Wanslea Family Services
(Sole) Parenting
Perinatal / Postnatal Depression
Seniors
Sexuality
Unplanned Pregnancy
- Sexual Health Quarters
- Abortion; An information booklet
Welfare
Women’s Health
Women’s Health Regional Sexual Assault Centres
Youth
- Youth Affairs Council of WA
- Young Carers
- Befriend
- Mental Health
- Sexuality
  - Freedom Centre