Family Support and misc capacity building

Trauma informed, evidence based coaching and training for topics of:

• Childhood development routines
• Emotional literacy and social skills
• Emotional first aid
• Emotional regulation
• Behaviour management
• Suicide intervention and prevention
• Foster and kinship carer assessments
• Sector knowledge and referral pathways

https://mindovermattertraumaconsultanc.godaddysites.com/

A registered nurse, Bri Renolds, qualified to assist families with all aspects of early childhood, including; sleep coaching, all things newborn and postpartum, infant feeding, and group classes.

https://bri-reynolds.themamacoach.com/

Family and Child Connect offers free, unlimited and confidential advice for when things are tough in family life. They're here to listen, and connect you to the right service at the right time.

Access to interpreters is available.

*There is no fee associated with this service.

  https://www.familychildconnect.org.au/

https://www.kummara.org.au/kummara-family-and-child-connect

Mindful Mates Social Services is dedicated to supporting veterans, emergency  services personnel, and healthcare workers— those who have selflessly dedicated their lives to serving others. 

https://www.facebook.com/people/Mindful-Mates-Social-Services/61563704295441/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Safe Pets Safe Families provides a frontline crisis foster and vet care service, as well as ongoing support and developing  intervention programs to stop the cycle of violence.

https://safepetssafefamilies.org.au/

Registered psychologists and registered play therapists providing coaching, education and free resources to professionals, families, and carers.

https://instituteofchildpsychology.com/resources/

If you'd  like to meet other mums and share in the ups and downs of this incredible time of your life – If you'd like to offer support and be supported in return – If you want to  join a group of like minded women at the beginning of your journey into  Motherhood... everyday−mums is for you! 

everyday−mums is a new take on mothers groups. It's a safe space for new Mum's in the Ipswich region to connect, build friendships, gain support and knowledge. 

EM offer a number of curated programs that include, insightful guest speakers,  practical workshops, as well as tea, coffee and time to talk.

https://everydaymums.com.au/

Emerging Minds develops mental health policy, interventions, in-person  and online training, programs and resources in response to the needs of professionals, children and their families. Their resources are freely available on their website.

https://emergingminds.com.au/

Queensland Youth and Families Support Servicess Inc. delivers many specialised program within the Ipswich, greater Springfield and Rosewood community: 

• Job ready workshops
• Bullying workshops
• Healthy relationships
• Peer mentoring
• Anger management
• More 

https://www.qyfss.org.au/services.html

The National Continence Helpline is staffed by a team of continence nurse advisers and is available to anyone in Australia. It operates from 8am to 8pm (AEST) Monday to Friday.      

https://www.health.gov.au/contacts/national-continence-helpline

Mental  Health Services | HealthWISE Lived Experience Psychosocial Support  Program | Support 2 Be Me | Recover, Adapt and Connect – Disaster  Resilience

 07 3050 4438

https://healthwise.org.au/services/

Counselling for all ages (children, adolescents, adults & couples). Experienced in parenting, stress, conflict, anxiety, depression &  behaviour.

https://www.limestonecounselling.com.au/

At The Self Awareness Centre, a variety of counselling techniques are used when working with clients including:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  A technique that can help people find new ways to behave by changing their thought patterns.
• Solution Focused Therapy
  Places the focus on a person's present and future circumstances and goals rather than past experiences.
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  Accept what is out of your personal control and commit to action that improves and enriches your life.

https://selfawarenesscentre.com.au/

• Advice
• Peer support
• Community workshops
• Community Protection for Infants and Young Children in Bushfire Emergencies Project

https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/

A space for trauma-informed and holistic centered approach to help women find hope, healing, and freedom from traumatic life experiences to create lasting healing and transformation. 

https://theinnerspace.life/

• Early Intervention (EI)
• Bringing Up Great Kids program
• Money management program
• Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS)
• Mental Health Support & Wellbeing (MHS&W) CMHS and AMHS
• Disability Management Services (DMS)
• Domestic and Family Violence (DFV)
• Intensive Family Preservation (IFP) 
• Drugs & Alcohol in Pregnancy & Parenting (DAPPS)

https://familyservices.org.au/

Free, articles and information to help families grow and thrive together. Funded by the Australian Government, reviewed by experts and non-commercial experts. Designed for busy families and full of tips  and tricks for you to try.

https://raisingchildren.net.au/

https://www.parentingrc.org.au/

A fun and engaging educational program,  designed for ages 4 to 10, to help adults open a positive conversation about feelings with children. Developed by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).

https://www.dbsalliance.org/mood-crew/

A 9 week online Autism parenting program. 3 years to adulthood.

https://www.parentalstresscentre.com/parents-of-autism/

Free information and resources to help young children and families grow through natural disasters and disruptive events. 

https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/our-work/birdies-tree-natural-disaster-recovery

The Ellen Barron Family Centre (based in Chermside) provides a

specialist child health service for families

who need some help building their skills

and confidence in parenting. Offering in-patient and virtual programs for families with babies and children from birth to their third birthday. Programs include education and support for:

• responsive feeding
• breastfeeding, bottle feeding and solids
• responsive settling
• child development and behaviour
• general parenting.

https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/services/child-youth-and-family-health/child-youth-and-family-health-ellen-barron-family-centre

A free 10 week program empowering men to overcome struggles they may face in life (domestic violence, anger, depression, obesity, relationship issues, drug and alcohol abuse). Strengthening men to become better fathers, husbands and leaders in the community.

6.30pm Tuesdays at Springfield Lakes McDonalds. 

https://www.instagram.com/manupbrisgc/?hl=en

• safeTALK is a half-day workshop in suicide alertness. It was developed by LivingWorks. This workshop is relevant for almost anyone who would like to be a part of a suicide safer community. 
•  ASIST is a two-day suicide first aid workshop. It was developed by LivingWorks, and it is the world's leading suicide intervention workshop. 
• Consultation
• Event speaking
• Tailor presentations

https://www.find-hope.com.au/

Imagine a toolkit filled with a diverse array of therapeutic approaches –  from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative, Systems, Solution-Focused, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and more. My approach is about hand-picking the most suitable tools to create a strategy that resonates with your  individual circumstances. 

https://unwindym.com/

The impacts of service aren’t always visible. Current and ex-serving Defence Force personnel and their families can experience unique challenges that can impact their mental health and wellbeing.  With the right treatment, there is hope for recovery. Our highly skilled team of psychologists, counsellors and social workers are here to help with challenges.

https://mates4mates.org/whom-we-are/our-locations/ipswich

Hilda's House is an imitative of Ipswich Hospice Care Inc, offering bereavement support services to people in the community grieving the death of a loved one. Services include one to one support, twice monthly drop in bereavement support group, 7 week grief support group with  weekly topics including: crazy is normal, understanding grief, experiencing feelings of stress, loneliness, guilt, fear, anger,  children's grief, spirituality and valuing memories. Telephone support and educational workshops as well as kids grief groups. 

https://www.ipswichhospice.org.au/

Ladybird Care Foundation provides bereavement care that supports and empowers grieving families to find hope and purpose once again, creating pathways for healing.
 

https://www.ladybirdcare.org.au/

https://www.facebook.com/cafe.connect.counselling/

https://www.facebook.com/p/Serendipitous-Counselling-100090385480965/

QSTARS aims to provide all Queensland renters with high quality, free, independent tenant advisory services that assist tenants to manage and sustain their tenancy. 

https://qstars.org.au/

Inner Wellness Counselling offer services for adults, couples and families in the  Ipswich and Brisbane West region. The services offered are a holistic approach to therapy by considering the interconnectedness of life aspects.

https://innerwellnesscounselling.com.au/

The Women’s Mentoring Foundation’s (WMF) purpose is to improve service delivery for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse  (CALD) women and young people to help them heal from hurt, distress, grief and trauma experienced in their life. We support women primarily in rebuilding their self-leadership abilities through increasing  confidence and focus – thus resulting in better mental, emotional and social health. 

https://womensmentoringfoundation.com/

Nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for frail elderly people, wound care  for homeless, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Anglicare Southern Queensland is there. We also offer a range of specialist services within indigenous, homeless, multicultural and rural and remote communities.

https://anglicaresq.org.au/

https://www.betterrelationships.org.au/

Centacare provides a range of services throughout Ipswich and surrounding areas. These include, disability services, NDIS  support, aged care, child care, family and relationship services and pastoral care.           

https://centacare.com/

Poppy Seed Counselling offers a range of individual, relational and group therapeutic services in the West Brisbane, the Greater Ipswich region and via the internet, specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, couples and marriage counselling. Poppy Seed Counselling works with other organization's including Employment Assistance Programs, WorkSafe  QLD, NDIS, various Health Funds and other subsidized services. Primary  Counsellor David Cluff has a Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Counselling, is registered with PACFA and is certified as a TRTP  Practitioner and Group Facilitator. 

https://poppyseedcounselling.com/

• Telephone advice and referrals
• Court support
• House safety upgrades
• Improving service system responses
• Professional training
• Emergency relief

We provide services from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, to people in:

Greater Ipswich including all Ipswich Metro, into Goodna, out to Laidley and just past Gatton, down to Boonah and up to Toogoolawah.

https://dvac.org.au/

The Shine a Light Foundation was established in 2010 to support charitable organisations that promote prevention, rehabilitation, education and safety programs for people impacted by injury, injustice and adversity. We typically support charities that focus on innovative and meaningful ways to make the world a better place and enable people to move forward with their lives.

Since our first community grant in 2014 we’ve donated $180,000 to charities including Eat Up, The Indigenous Literacy Foundation, The Red Rose Foundation, The Pyjama Foundation, Dolly’s Dream, mindDog Australia, SecondBite, Hear For You and Starlight Children’s Foundation.

 Shine A Light 

Private counselling services via Telehealth for ages 16+.

• General counselling
• Life transitions
• Trauma
• Grief and loss
• Domestic violence

https://indysupportservices.com.au/

We specialize in stress management counselling, trauma counselling, crisis  counselling, anger management, counselling, and PTSD counselling. Our  approach is rooted in evidence-based therapies aimed at helping you  overcome life's challenges and lead a fulfilling life. Located in the heart of Beaudesert. 

https://synaptictherapies.com.au/

 It’s time we talked is a violence prevention initiative that supports young people, parents, schools, government and the community sector to understand and address the influence of pornography. 

'It’s time we talked is based on a sophisticated, scholarly and politically sensitive understanding of pornography, sexuality and related issues… It is a project at the leading edge of international community-based efforts to address the harms associated with children’s and young people’s exposure to and consumption of pornography.’

Michael Flood

 About us - It's time we talked (itstimewetalked.com) 

Envisage Families is a free peer support program for families across Australia. The program empowers, supports and connects parents and anyone in a caregiving role raising a child or Children ages 0-8 years with a disability, autism or developmental concerns.

https://envisage.community/about-us/

Education and support for childbirth and parenthood. Empowering you in your pregnancy, birth and beyond. Servicing Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich and  surrounding suburbs.

https://www.katieallencbe.com/

https://www.facebook.com/katieallencbe/

Connect with women who are at a similar stage in life–from fertility, pregnancy and motherhood through to menopause. 

https://www.peanut-app.io/

• Foster carer support
• Family support
• Residential support for children in care
• After care support for children leaving care
• Mental health support
• Refugee support
• Homelessness support

https://www.lwb.org.au/services/child-youth-and-family/

Provides online resources for learning about domestic violence, and how to have respectful and supportive conversations to help a friend or colleague.

https://areyousafeathome.org.au/

The name Don’t Become That Man was created to encourage and facilitate early intervention and prevention programs for men who have concerns about their current  controlling behaviour, and even more concerns about how that behaviour might escalate to violence. Following highly publicised and significant domestic violence/abuse events, particularly those involving lethal violence, men have contacted helplines all over Australia  looking for help so that their lives don’t end up creating a similar disaster for their partners and families.

https://www.dontbecomethatman.org.au/

StandbyU Foundation exists to foster the Connections that link people in need in the domestic violence space to those who care. We all go through hard times, but when we experience abuse or isolation,  life can be rough. This is when we need our close connections, our friends and family, the most. But, asking for help is tough. Especially when we feel conflicted or alone. That’s why it’s important we all stay connected to those we care about, so we can spot the signs and help each other find brighter days ahead without fear or judgement.

https://www.standbyu.org.au/

Bravehearts is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.

https://bravehearts.org.au/

This book is your toolkit. A well designed and made tool will last for years and continue to serve its purpose. This book was written, designed and printed with the exact same philosophy. Depression, Sadness, Thoughts of Self Harm, are often recurring thoughts in your life. This robust book has been created to stand the test of time and best of all help keep you standing tall! This is your new lifelong tool kit! 

https://justonereason.com.au/resources/

Whether you’re personally seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or depression, or looking to support others in their mental health journey, you’ll find valuable information and resources here. All of which are aimed at helping you look after yourself and those around you. 

https://thelaughterclinic.com.au/

Office located 59 Roderick street, Ipswich.

Mobile Counselling available: Brisbane, Ipswich, Scenic Rim and Surrounding Suburbs. 

https://www.kimslistening.com.au/

The Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland (MHLEPQ) is the Peak Body for mental health consumers in Queensland. We provide policy advice and systems advocacy for consumers of mental health services of all ages in  Queensland.  

https://mhlepq.org.au/

Hope4u foundation supports and educates on measures to reduce suicide.

Our services are free to the community

• Men's support groups
• LGBQT support network 
• PTSD, grief and anxiety
• Suicide and self harm 
• Domestic and family violence
• Youth understanding mental illness
• Hope Haven for youth 

https://hope4u.com.au/home

Peekaboo Child Contact Service is a supervised children's contact centre in West Ipswich that provides supervised contact and supervised changeovers in a  safe and child-focused environment.

Peekaboo Child contact Service is open 7 days a week and is available for supervised visits 8am - 7:30pm. We are also open public holidays (Easter day and Christmas day by appointment only).

After hours, overnight and off premises supervision is also available by appointment.

https://www.peekaboosupervision.com.au/

Supporting young people, in all of the places where they live, learn, and play, to build better body image from the beginning. We blend the latest science with creative approaches to produce programs and  resources that are safe, effective, and have epic impact. 

https://theembracehub.com/

Full Spectrum Education is an individualised academic educational  company, aiming to empower each student to reach their individual potential. We focus on working to complement and support the  student's school curriculum and exam schedule. Regardless of current achievement level, every student will benefit from our educators' skills in providing individualised revision programs, exam preparation, and essential skill remediation or extension. Additionally, our educators care enough to provide the life coaching in self-esteem building and motivational training that every student requires.

https://www.fsedu.com.au/ 

At Eleven Drums, we focus on combining the benefits of group therapy and  community safe spaces, with the communicative and grounding rhythms of  therapeutic drumming.

Based in the Lockyer Region of South East  Queensland, we reach out to vulnerable persons and welcome them into one of our many drumming circles, where we work together to improve each others lives. 

https://elevendrums.com.au/

Support from a qualified counsellor isn’t cheap, and it’s not always accessible, which is why Dolly’s Dream offers a free support line for people who need it most. No referral is needed, and the line is open to anyone who needs support. Please note our support line is delivered by Kids Helpline in partnership with Dolly’s Dream.

0488 881 033  24/7

Webchat also available.

 https://www.dollysdream.org.au/

We have developed an innovative online platform designed to serve as an  interactive hub for mental well-being. Here, you will find a collection of workbooks centred on supporting the mental well-being of our youth. These interactive workbooks offer a diverse range of techniques, tools, videos and coping strategies that empower young people to take charge of their mental health journeys.

 https://miind.org.au/

Un/Do Mindset is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to empowering minds and transforming lives through innovative mental health strategies. 

https://www.undomindset.com/