Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS)
p: (07) 4168 1944
p: 1800 12 255 (Freecall)
f: (07) 4168 2969
8:30am – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday
ATSILS provides representation and advice on criminal, family and civil law, advice and referral assistance in legal and sentence management related to prison. ATSILS also provides a Prison Through care service to persons incarcerated in Correctional Service facilities
Aboriginal Family Legal Services Queensland (Maruma-li-mari) (AFLSQ)
P: (07) 4179 0110
M: 0499 617 634
Operating hours:
Tuesday 10.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 3.00pm
Thursday – by telephone 0499 617 634
A Community Legal Centre and referral service offering legal advice, representation, counselling, and advocacy to Indigenous victims of domestic and family violence in the communities of Charleville, Cherbourg, Cunnamulla, Goondiwindi, Gympie, Mitchell, Murgon, Quilpie, Roma, Emerald, St George and Toowoomba. Our service can offer assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have been affected by family or domestic violence and have come into contact with the legal system as a result. We also provide services in Child Protection and Family Law matters.
Barambah Local Justice Group
p: (07) 4168 1190 M: 0488 116 499
(07) 4168 1192
f: (07) 41683977
e: blijg@burnett.net.au
8:30am – 12:30pm Monday
8:30am – 4:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Aims to assist and reduce the over-representation of Indigenous offenders in prison and youth detention. To address law and order issues in a way that Indigenous communities understand in relation to their customs, laws and justice. Provides avenues for community consultations by government and the judiciary about justice issues and acts as an information office for the local community.
Beermar Yumba Aboriginal Children’s Hostel
p: (07) 4168 2921
m: 0448 2714 766
f: (07) 4168 3885
9:00am – 5:00pm
Beermar Yumba Aboriginal Children’s Hostel is a residential care service funded by the Department of Child Safety for children and young people between the ages 5 and 15 years requiring “Out of Home Care” due to statutory intervention or parental agreement. All children and young people must be referred to the hostel by the Department of Child Safety.
Blue Care
P: (07) 4179 5000
P: (07) 1300 258 322
F: (07) 1800 170 446
Monday to Thursday – 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Friday – 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Work with family or carers to develop a personalised care plan that is suited to your exact needs and your lifestyle goals; whether it be long term care or just until you’re back on your feet again. Provides help at home.
Centacare Community Connections – South Burnett
P: (07) 41625439
P: 1300 236 822
F: (07) 4162 5915
F: (07) 4162 5915
W: www.centacarebrisbane.net.au
9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday to Friday
- Family and Relationship Counselling
- Emergency Relief
- Sexual Assault Counselling (Male and Females – over the age of 14)
- Family and Relationships Counselling
- Emergency Relief
- Closing the Gap fuel assistance
Community/Neighbourhood Centre
Centrelink
P: 1800 136 380 (Indigenous Call Centre)
P: 136 150 (Families)
P: 132 717 (Carers)
P: 132 717 (People with disability)
P: 1800 132 317 (ABSTUDY)
P: 132 850 (Newstart)
P: 132 490 (Youth Allowance)
F: 1300 786 102
Monday to Friday – 9:30am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 3:00pm
To provide the community with a range of health, social and welfare payments and services through the Department of Human Services program.
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council
P: (07) 4168 1866
F: (07) 4168 2727
8:30 am to 5:00 pm – Monday to Thursday
8:30 am to 12:00 pm – Friday
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council represents the community of Cherbourg. Responsibilities include works and maintenance of Council parks, gardens and infrastructure; housing; sports and recreation; Indigenous Knowledge Centre and Disaster Management.
Cherbourg Court House Department of Justice & Attorney General
P: (07) 4168 1801 (Murgon)
F: (07) 4168 1669 (Murgon)
8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday (Murgon Court House)
Cherbourg Magistrates Court offers Justice of the Peace service, Magistrates Court, Murri Court and Community Court (JP) services.
Outside of court times, inquiries can for the following services be conducted through Murgon Court House.
Cherbourg Hospital Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
P: (07) 4169 8800
F: (07) 4169 8801
8:30am – 5:00pm Monday to Friday (Administration Office Hours)
24 hour – Emergency
Hospital Services
- Accident and Emergency
- Acute care beds
- Alcohol and drug program
- Community midwife program
- Diabetics and nutrition program
- Immunisation
Allied Health Services Dietician
- Occupational therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Podiatrist
- Visiting speech pathologist
Outreach services:
- Child health clinic and Community Health Nurse
- Men’s Health
- Pharmacy
- Renal self-dialysis chairs
- X-ray (basic)
Visiting specialist services:
- Paediatrician
- Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
- Cardiology
Clinics available:
- Antenatal and postnatal care
- Eye clinic
- Outpatients
- Child health
- Chronic disease management
- Immunisation
- Nephrology
- Women’s health
- Post Discharge
- Renal follow up
- Sexual health
Community Health Services:
- Child health
- Diabetic care
- Drug and alcohol
- Early intervention for Child Safety
- Environmental health
- Grief and loss support group
- Health promotion
- Inter district services
- Mental health
- Palliative care support
- Sexual health
Social work
Cherbourg Regional Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Services (CRAICCHS)
P: (07) 4169 8600 (Cherbourg)
F: (07) 4169 5164
E: customerservice@barambah.org
W: www.craicchs.org
8:00am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 5:00pm Monday – Thursday
8:00am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 3:00pm Friday
CRAICCHS is a community-controlled health organisation providing a fully comprehensive primary health care service to Indigenous people and the wider community of the South Burnett region.
Clinical Services
- GP Service
- Chronic Disease management
- ATSI Health Checks
- Maternal Health
- Quit Smoking Program
- GP Management Plan
- Team Care Management Plan
- Home visits
- Immunisations
Programs
- Care coordination and supplementary services
- Family Wellbeing
- Healthy for Life
Social and Emotional Wellbeing
Allied Health/Specialist Services
- Paediatrics
- Psychologist
- Audiologist
- Oral health
- Diabetes educator
- Dietitian
- Occupation therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Exercise physiologist
- Podiatrist
- Optometrist
- IROC Respiratory
Cherbourg Sports Complex
P: (07) 4168 3999
P: 0439 558 165
9 – 5pm Monday – Thursday and Fridays 9 – 8pm
- Provide structure to Sports and recreation in Cherbourg community.
- Delivering a range of sport and recreational activities.
Facilitation of programs for diverse range of clients.
Cherbourg State School
P: (07) 4169 9333
8:00 am – 4:00 pm Monday to Friday
Queensland State Primary School from Prep to Year 6 also offering Pre-Prep education. School Attendance Officers.
Child Safety Dept. of Child Safety, Youth and Women
P: (07) 4172 8400
F: (07) 4162 3529
E: kingaroychildsafety@communities.qld.gov.au
W: https://www.communities.qld.gov.au/childsafety
P: Child Safety A/H Service Centre: 1800 177 135
Child Safety Services is dedicated to protecting children and young people from harm or who are at risk of harm, and whose parents cannot provide adequate care or protection for them. Child Safety respond to families in crisis across Queensland, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Where possible, they try their best to keep families together, offering counselling and support services to help families help themselves.
CJG DFV Enhancement Program – Men’s Hub
P: (07) 4168 1448
P: 0490 888 860
E: neredith@cherbourgdfv.org.au
E: coordinator@cherbourgdfv.org.au
Provide a culturally appropriate healing space for men where they can meet, socialise and feel included – but also be a place that will be given high priority to deal with serious issues such as domestic and family violence, substance abuse, diversionary programs and educational health initiatives.
The Hub’s philosophy is a need to take a holistic approach to healing and working with the men and his family to provide safety and wellbeing.
Clontarf Foundation – Barambah Academy
P: (07) 4169 9222
F: (07) 4169 9200
E: contact@clontarffoundation.com.au
W: www.clontarf.org.au
8:00am to 4:00pm – Monday to Friday
The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and by doing so equips them to participate meaningfully in society. The Barambah Academy spans across the Barambah Creek and the two communities of Cherbourg and Murgon: the Years 4, 5 and 6 boys from Cherbourg State School and the Years 7 to 12 boys from Murgon High School.
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (DATSIP)
P: (07) 4169 5952
M: 0459 884 489
8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday
Provides whole of government leadership in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, coordination and monitoring, and the delivery of services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders including social policy, employment and business development, cultural heritage, cultural capability and engagement, reconciliation, community and personal histories service.
Dept. of Housing and Public Works
P: (07) 4324 8600
P: 1800 623 242
P: 1300 137 687 (maintenance)
F: (07) 4121 1775
E: maryboroughhsc@hpw.qld.gov.au
8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday
Public housing is responsible for the management of the department’s Public Housing program. The Public housing program provides secure and affordable rental housing for low to moderate income families and individuals, particularly those who have difficulties accessing housing in the private market.
Disability Services Dept. of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors
P: 13 74 68
P: (07) 4168 2513
8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday
Local area coordinators work in rural and remote communities across the state, linking people with a disability to a range of different support networks and services, depending on individual needs and interests.
Domestic and Family Violence Integrated Service Response / High Risk Team
P: 0472 866 415
E: krista.vanes@csyw.qld.gov.au
8:30 am to 4:30 pm – Monday to Friday
Integration Manager for the Integrated Service Response/High Risk Team response to domestic and family violence in Cherbourg.
Graham House Community Centre
P: (07) 4169 8400
P: (07) 4168 3491
Monday – 10:00 am to 4:00pm
Tuesday – Wednesday – 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Thursday – 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Friday – 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Graham House Community Centre provides holistic assistance and nurtures the strengths of individuals and the community to empower them to meet their own needs.
- Family Support Program – developing family strengths and increasing opportunities for improved individual and family goals.
- Transport Services – for eligible residents of the South Burnett
- Centrelink Agency –general questions on payments and services
- No Interest Loans Scheme (NILS)
- Community Development, Community Forums, Broadband for Seniors, Community garden, community kitchen, book club.
- Family to Family – provides relief for people experiencing genuine need
- Facilities and Equipment – room and hall hire
- Personal Helpers and Mentors Service – available to people aged 16 years and over to assist in the recovery of mental health illness.
Emergency Relief –immediate financial crisis
Graham House Community Centre – Older Wiser Stronger
P: (07) 4169 8400
P: (07) 4168 3491
Monday – 10:00 am to 4:00pm
Tuesday – Wednesday – 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Thursday – 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Friday – 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Program delivery hours vary.
Perpetrator Intervention Program – Older Wiser Stronger – individual counselling and behaviour change program ‘Stop the Cycle’ for men aged over 17 years who have used domestic and family violence in their intimate relationships.
Gumbuya Family Wellbeing – CRAICCHS
P: (07) 4163 6566
M: 0439 115 253
8:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday to Thursday
8:30 am – 3:00 pm Friday
To connect with and empower the community to support healing and cultural connection. Support and empower families to stay together and reconnect with self, culture, country and kin. Gumbuya hopes to promote family wellbeing and sustainable community connection to celebrate all that we have; the resiliency, strength, power and passion of the people.
Gundoo Early Childhood Learning Centre
P: (07) 4168 2832
F: (07) 4168 3349
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday to Friday
Early childhood centre providing long day care for children up to school age.
Hub Community Network
P: (07) 4168 3255
M: 0428 862 972
M: 0418 783 932
W: www.hubdisabilitysupport.org.au
A service for people with disabilities in Murgon and Cherbourg and the South Burnett region. Provide in home support and assistance for daily needs and social and support networks in the community.
Job Match Employment
Tracey Mahara
P: 4162 7200 / 0436 357 225
Murgon – Fortnightly by appt
Kingaroy – Weekdays 8.30am -5pm
Nanango – Fortnightly by appt
Jobmatch Employment is a locally owned and run, not-for-profit FREE employment service assisting our clients into employment for over 30 years.
Learning about each of our clients’ strengths, challenges, and goals in life, we then tailor our program to suit the individual needs and then together work towards the goals with a plan.
We offer the following services-
- Disability Employment Services – Assisting clients who may experience invisible illness, injury and disabilities, such as anxiety, depression, learning issues, physical illnesses or injury
- NDIS employment supports – Jobmatch NDIS in a registered provider who can Assist, Access and help Maintain Employment for our participants.
- Eligible School Leaver assistance – Jobmatch is a registered provider of Eligible School Leaver Program (ESL). Our Eligible School Leaver Program is built around helping students prepare for a job, find a job and keep it.
Workplace modifications– Assistance is available for a broad range of modifications including, but not limited to, physical and environmental workplace adjustments, computer software upgrades, vehicle modifications, communication technology devices and specific items of equipment an employee may require to do their job.
Laurel Place
P: (07) 4168 2079
F: (07) 5482 4421
9:00 am to 4:00 pm – Wednesday and Thursday
To educate our communities on the prevention and awareness of sexual assault issues, providing interventions to people affected by sexual violence and developing collaborative relationships with individuals, organisations and communities.
- Counselling for children and young people who have experienced recent or past sexual assault
- Counselling for children 12 years and under who display sexualised behaviours.
- Counselling for non-offending parents/carers and supporters of people who have experienced sexual assault.
- Specialised counselling intervention programs for young people who have sexually abused.
- Creating Safer Families.
- Group programs.
- Community education (Let’s Get Savvy and Let’s Get Savvy About Sexting for High School students)
- Information and resources on sexual assault and legal, medical and court procedures
- An Indigenous Community Liaison Worker who is available to work collaboratively with counselling staff in providing support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
Self-referrals available for adults and young people 15 years and over.
Legal Aid Queensland
P: (07) 4037 1400
F: (07) 4131 5456
P: 1300 65 11 88
P: 1300 65 01 43 (Indigenous Information Line)
8:30 am to 4:30 pm – Monday to Friday.
Legal Aid Queensland give legal help to financially disadvantaged people:
- Experiencing domestic and family violence
- Have a child protection matter
- Are or might be separating (parenting arrangements, child support, separation, divorce)
- Have been charged with an offence
- Have questions about consumer and debt matters (consumer rip-offs, loan payments, house repossession)
Are making an anti-discrimination claim (race, age, gender, sexuality).
Mercy Services – Youth Justice
P: (07) 4168 2921
M: 0448 201 117
F: (07) 4168 3885
9:00am to 5:00pm – Monday to Friday
Provide an early intervention program for young persons aged 10-14 years old, in contact with the Youth Justice system.
Mudjimba Women’s Safe House Uniting Care Community
P: (07) 4160 4650
E: kingaroy@uccommunity.org.au
Office Hours: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday
24 Hour – Referral Service
- Provides immediate supported accommodation for women and their children when they are homeless or at risk of homelessness as a result of domestic and family violence.
- Intensive case management is also available to provide ongoing support to clients with housing, legal, financial and child support issues.
Self-referrals available in the Cherbourg community. Referrals also available through DV Connect.
Nurunderi TAFE (QLD – South West)
P: (07) 4179 6899
E: southwest@tafe.qld.edu.au
8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
9:00 am – 4:30 pm Wednesday
Nurunderi TAFE campus is part of TAFE Queensland South West. The TAFE campus offers traditional TAFE programs, as well as specific Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs.
Ny-Ku Byun – Aged Care
P: (07) 4168 2699
F: (07) 4168 2908
P: 1800 838 929 (Referrals)
E: residentialcare@bluecare.org.au
Office hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Visiting hours: 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Aged Care hostel providing safe, adequate care for disabled and elderly persons who are unable to manage in their homes. Intake referrals completed through Blue Care.
PCYC – Indigenous Community Sport and Recreation Program
P: (07) 4168 1899
F: (07) 4168 3586
9:00am to 5:00pm – Monday to Friday
Delivery of Sport and Recreation activities to Cherbourg community.
Personal Helpers and Mentors (PHaMs)
P: 0458 077 152
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
Personal Helpers and Mentors Service (PHaMs) is for people with mental health illness who experience difficulty living independently in the community because of the impact of their illness. The service does this by:
- Supporting people to manage their daily activities
- Helping to access the services they need as required such as accommodation, social support, health, welfare and employment services
- Building personal capacity and self-reliance
- Increasing levels of community participation
- Providing increased opportunities for recovery for people whose lives are affected by mental health illness
- Taking a strength based recovery approach.
Who is eligible?
A person does not need to have a formal clinical diagnosis of mental illness to be able to access the service. Participants must:
- Be 16 years of age or over
- Have a mental illness and have functional incapacity due to the mental illness
- Be willing to participate in the service voluntarily
- Be willing to comply with health and safety policies of the service
- Live in the coverage area of the PHaMs service where they are seeking support (South and North Burnett)
Be willing to address other conditions including drug and alcohol issues if applicable.
Police – Cherbourg Station Queensland Police Service
Emergency: 000
P: (07) 4179 5555
24 hour – calls for service
8:00am – 4:00pm, Monday to Friday (Administration Office Hours)
The Queensland Police Service is responsible for preserving peace and good order in all areas of Queensland; protecting and supporting the Queensland community; preventing and detecting crime; upholding the law; administering the law fairly and efficiently; and bringing offenders to justice.
Police – Murgon Station Queensland Police Service
Emergency: 000
P: (07) 4179 5222
F: (07) 4179 5299
24 hour – calls for service
8:00am – 4:00pm, Monday to Friday (Administration Office Hours)
The Queensland Police Service is responsible for preserving peace and good order in all areas of Queensland; protecting and supporting the Queensland community; preventing and detecting crime; upholding the law; administering the law fairly and efficiently; and bringing offenders to justice.
Probation and Parole Queensland Corrective Services
P: (07) 4172 8600
F: (07) 4162 5161
9:00 am to 5:00 pm – Monday to Friday
Administer and manage the sentences imposed by the courts. Provide safe, secure and humane management of prisoners in correctional centres. Effectively supervise adult offenders in the community. Provide opportunities for prisoners and offenders to make reparation by performing community service. Reduce crime and re-offending by delivering evidence-based rehabilitation programs and risk management.
Q-Build Call Centre
P: 1300 738 616
24 hour – calls for service
Responsible for the delivery of pre-hospital ambulance response service, emergency and non-emergency pre-hospital patient care and transport services, inter-facility ambulance transport, casualty room services, and planning and coordination of multi-casualty incidents and disasters.
Queensland Ambulance Service
Emergency: 000
P: (07) 4616 1521
P: 13 74 68 (General Enquiries)
24 hour – calls for service
Responsible for the delivery of pre-hospital ambulance response service, emergency and non-emergency pre-hospital patient care and transport services, inter-facility ambulance transport, casualty room services, and planning and coordination of multi-casualty incidents and disasters.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Service
Emergency: 000
P: (07) 4172 8701
F: (07) 4162 8025
24 hour – calls for service
Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) is the primary provider of fire and emergency services in Queensland. Aims to protect person, property and the environment through the delivery of emergency services, awareness programs, response capability and capacity (preparedness), and incident response and recovery for a safer Queensland.
Ration Shed Museum – Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group
P: (07) 4169 5753
W: rationshed.com.au
9:00am to 4:00pm – Monday to Thursday
9:00am to 1:00pm – Friday
Ration Shed Museum offers opportunity to experience how life was and is in Cherbourg. Tours and Educational Programs for schools, institutions and groups of visitors; Keeping Place and Archive which conserves and exhibits artefacts, documents and displays; The Memory – an interactive archive documenting family, clan and community histories; Art, books, clothing, DVD’s and souvenir items for sale; community art gallery, art studio and meeting place – in The old Boy’s Dormitory; Corroboree ring and stage and landscaped gardens; Cultural Awareness programs; small conference venue for hire.
RHealth
P: 1300 012 710
RHealth provides Mental Health Service Navigation support for the following regions:
- Goondiwindi – Western Downs – Southern Downs
South Burnett – Cherbourg – Somerset
Sarina Russo Job Access
P: 13 15 59
8:30am – 5:00pm Monday-Friday
Sarina Russo Job Access (Australia)
Is the largest Australian-owned private sector jobactive provider with 93 sites in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales.
- Jobactive– Placed over 69,000 job seekers into work since 1 July 2015
- Disability Employment Services – Supported over 8,000 people with a disability since 2006
- New Enterprise Incentive Scheme – 9,000 people have become their own boss since 2000 – 80% were still in business after 3 years.
- Harvest Labour Services – 3,100 agricultural labour placements since 2011.
Skill Centred
P: 0439 701 291
7:00am – 4:00pm Monday-Friday
Through our partnership with Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council, SkillCentred is committed to working collaboratively with Council, service agencies and the Cherbourg community.
SkillCentred manages and operates the Cherbourg Community Café & Training Centre situated on Barambah Avenue, Cherbourg. Our friendly team open the café 5 days per week and offer a catering service for community events and agency meetings as required.
The centre provides an opportunity for members of Cherbourg (and the surrounding district) to access introductory accredited training in hospitality and retail through combined theory and hands-on skills development approach and by providing participants with an opportunity to undertake ‘real’ work in the café.
South Burnett CTC
P: (07) 4169 5940
F: (07) 4169 5942
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
Individual programs detailed below:
South Burnett CTC – Family and Child Connect
P: (07) 4162 5973
P: 13 32 64
E: facc@sbctc.com.au
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
What is Family and Child Connect?
- Free local community based intake and referral service that supports families under stress.
- Family and child connect provides referral pathways that enable families to access the right supports at the right time, building on their own strengths.
- Families can self-refer, be referred from other services with consent, or be referred from prescribed entities
How will Family and Child Connect work with Families?
- South Burnett Family and Child Connect recognises that every family’s needs are different and aim to develop plans specific to their needs.
- Family and Child Connect will work with families for a period of up to six weeks and can meet at your home, a public area, or in the Kingaroy/Murgon office.
- Duirng this time, referrals to services will be made so that the family has on-going support
Who is eligible?
- Anyone can contact Family and Child Connect for advice and information, however for direct support from Family and Child Connect can support where:
- There is a child or young person (unborn to 18 years) living in the home
- The family would benefit from access to external supports in the South Burnett Region
Currently not supported through the Dept. of Child Safety
South Burnett CTC – Reconnect
P: (07) 4169 5940
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
Reconnect uses community based early intervention services to bring about family reconciliation for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and their families.
Reconnect helps these young people between 12-18 years to improve their level of engagement with family, work, education, training and their local community.
Who is eligible?
Young people 12-18 years old who live in or are connected to Cherbourg.
South Burnett CTC – Safe Haven
P: (07) 4169 5940 (Murgon)
4:30 pm to 1:00 am – Wednesday to Saturday
Safe Haven provides additional support to families, young people and the community to reduce the impact of domestic violence on children in the community.
What does Safe Haven do?
Family support workers – provide support and assistance to families who witness or experience domestic and family violence to develop skills and knowledge to care for their children, increase their capacity to manage and resolve complex issues and provide information regarding parenting issues.
Youth Worker – provides support to young people who experience or witness domestic and family violence. This service works towards enabling youth people to address the social/emotional issues that confront them in their daily life as they make the transition from adolescence to adulthood as a contributing member of society.
Community patrol – provides a prevention and intervention service addressing the safety and wellbeing of young people found wandering the streets of Cherbourg at night. The Safe Haven Patrol operates Wednesday through to Saturday between 4:30pm to 1:00am.
Community Capacity – works in collaboration and partnership with other networks and organisations to build and improve their capacity to provide prevention and intervention activities to children, young people and families who witness or experience domestic and family violence.
Who is Eligible?
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families with children (under 18 in the house) living in or connected to Cherbourg and affected by Domestic Violence.
- Young people affected by domestic violence
Children in the community of Cherbourg.
South Burnett CTC RENEW – Intensive Family Support (IFS)
P: (07) 4169 5940 (Murgon)
P: (07) 4162 5973 (Kingaroy) P: 13 32 64
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
RENEW Intensive Family Support (IFS) works with families under stress through immediate assistance; practical hands on assistance; linking families to other specialist help and advocating with the family to get the help they need. This will allow families to work on a single case plan which includes all the support they need to help families be safe, resilient and to thrive.
Active engagement utilising people and services with whom the family is comfortable; meeting people at a safe place of their choice; rapid take up of referral; focussing on immediate assistance through practical help and utilising a strength based, solution focused model with families.
Practical, concentrated hands on assistance. Initial support will be intensive and will include:
- Developing a single case plan
- Providing supported referrals to specialists including clinical or therapeutic services
- Linking the family to supports such as housing, emergency relief, child care, tutoring
- Providing practical in home support such as developing daily routines, embedding behaviour strategies for children, budgeting, shopping and cooking
Ongoing engagement with the family to ensure the strategies from the single case plan are embedded and continue. Families will also be encouraged to be involved in groups around support or involvement of their children.
Who is eligible?
IFS will support families where:
- There is a child or young person (unborn to 18 years) and
- The family has multiple and/or complex needs and
- The family would benefit from access to intensive and specialist support services and
- Without support the child, young person and family are at risk of entering or re-entering the statutory child protection system and
The child is not currently in need of protection
South Burnett CTC South Burnett Domestic Violence Service
P: (07) 4162 7788
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
The South Burnett Domestic Violence Service provides:
- Domestic Violence counselling;
- Pre and post court counselling
- Private application assistance (including applications for variations)
In court support (Kingaroy, Nanango, Murgon and Cherbourg Courts
Wide Bay Aboriginal Corporation for Child Protection
P: (07) 4168 3122
F: (07) 4168 2855
E: wbaccpcherbourg@bigpond.com
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
After Hours as required
Recognised entity for Child Safety.
Wondin-dee
P: (07) 4169 5940
8:30am to 4:30pm – Monday to Friday
Wondin-dee (translation – place of hope) uses a strengths based approach that respectfully empowers individuals, groups and families to identify the positive resources and abilities they possess to assist them deal with their own challenges.
Wondin-dee staff will provide one-on-one counselling or group counselling with each client of the service.
Who is eligible?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in or connected to Cherbourg who are victims, child witnesses or perpetrators of domestic violence.
Youth Justice – Dept. of Justice & Attorney General
P: (07) 4169 9444
F: (07) 4168 1404
8:30 am to 4:30 pm – Monday to Friday
To provide support to young people in receipt of community based orders. Administration of orders made against young people in the courts. Services to the Children’s Court and Magistrates Court.