Our Womens Support Workers are qualified Social Workers or have similar qualifications and experience.
They provide pregnancy help via;
A caring and confidential service
In-home care (we come to you)
Early parenting education
Family Violence education
Strong advocacy in all settings (including Child Safety and Medical/Health Care)
Case management
Networking (working together with other services to give our clients the best service)
Referral.
Mentors provide help during pregnancy by:
Becoming a trusted friend for you to do this journey with
Providing in-home help
Providing transport for pregnancy appointments
Accompanying you on shopping for essential goods
Attending community based social outings together
Other services that can be provided to our clients are:
Counselling
Meal support after birth
Our pregnancy help and support services operate in:
HOBART - within a 35 kilometre radius of Hobart, Tasmania
CALOUNDRA - within a 35 kilometres radius of Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Our clients are always pregnant and contact us for varying reasons.. Most often they are experiencing more than one of the following:
Navigating Child Safety Services,
Family violence,
At risk of homelessness
Unexpected pregnancy,
Pregnant and living with disability,
Isolation, no family or support network and/or just needing some guidance and a hand up.
No matter what the issue, we offer women a safe space to pause, process and progress.
WHO We Help?
Any pregnant woman who needs support.
HOW We Help?
ADVOCACY - we help the women who come to us get what they need. This can include but is not limited to, accompanying them to appointments, helping them to talk with someone they are struggling to communicate with, practical help, navigating the NDIS, assisting with Child Safety and/or court support.
EDUCATION - Our case workers are trained in various programs including Circle of Security and The Shark Cage. We offer this and more to all of our clients on a one-on-one basis.
INFORMATION - We provide education and/or information around pregnancy, parenting, mental health, community and social support services, disability services and reproductive choice.
COUNSELLING - To ensure that our clients get the best care available we have teamed up with a Psychology Clinic who offer all of our clients appointments via Tele-Health. Our clients recieve up to 3 sessions of counselling and for any on-going needs, arrangements can be made for bulk-billing.
MENTORING - a friend to do the journey with. Life is easier when you can do it with a friend. Our mentors are women just like you and me who eat too much chocolate, drink far too much coffee (or tea,) have their own stories of joy and sadness, and want to do crazy and fun and kindness and love with someone just like you…..
Our services operate in Tasmania’s South and on the Sunshine Coast Queensland.
Call, Text or Chat between 9 AM & 5 PM , Monday to Friday
Phone 0479 055 777