Karinya Support Services

Supported housing for families

Supports women, children and young people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, including those experiencing family and domestic violence. Participants are supported and empowered to find safety and stability through client-led, strengths-based and holistic specialist homelessness case management, which may result in being allocated to supported crisis or transitional housing.

For information or referrals

• Call the Uniting Ballarat entry point on 03 5332 1286 from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
• Victorian Statewide Homelessness Line on 1800 825 955, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Family connections

Delivers innovative, inclusive activities focused on cultivating relationships and attachments within families. All families who’d like to connect with other families in the community are invited to build parenting skills and have fun with their children.

Activities include a musical playgroup ‘Sing Play Grow with Coco Sounds’, support groups such as Masterful Mums, structured parenting programs including Tuning into Kids, Circle of Security and Bringing Up Great Kids, and pop-up parenting information sessions covering subjects such as budgeting, school refusal and fussy eating. Many participants have also been involved in lived experience research and development opportunities.

For information or referrals

• call Karinya Support Services on 03 5336 7400 or email karinya@salvationarmy.org.au

Chaplaincy

Our onsite chaplain works alongside all Karinya Support Services’ staff and clients to listen and support people in times of crisis. They can also provide advocacy, debriefing, education, support in times of grief and loss, and faith pathways when requested. Our chaplain is a skilled listener who respects the spirituality of all members of our community and provides a high level of professional confidentiality and spiritual care.

For information or referrals including self-referral

• call Karinya Support Services on 03 5336 7400 or email karinya@salvationarmy.org.au