Supporting your child through your separation
Family and relationship care
Research has shown that when parents separate, children may cope better when they feel heard and understood. Child-Inclusive Family Dispute Resolution (CI-FDR) helps parents better understand their child’s experience, can reduce conflict and help parents to make child-focused decisions that support wellbeing and positive co-parenting into the future.
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How to stand against sexual violence
Family and relationship care
October is Sexual Violence Awareness Month and, with the sharp rise in reported sexual assaults, it’s time to reflect on the practical steps each of us can take to prevent sexual violence and build communities where respect and safety are embedded in our culture.
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Yarning Circle helps shape service delivery
Family and relationship care
This NAIDOC Week (6-13 July) marks 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices and with this, Centacare has rounded out a series of ten Yarning Circles, reinforcing its vision for an Australia where Indigenous voices are not only heard but light the way.
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Co-parenting with respect, healing and hope
Family and relationship care
When a relationship ends, it’s often a deeply painful and emotional experience. If children are involved, it can feel even more challenging to navigate a new kind of partnership in which you are continuing to work with your former partner to raise your children. Finding a way forward that prioritises the safety and needs of your children, supports your wellbeing and respects your former partner is not easy but there is support available.
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How to recognise the signs of elder abuse
Featured
More emphasis is being placed on learning to recognise the signs of elder abuse, with calls to Queensland’s elder abuse hotline showing older people are more likely to experience abuse in their own home, at the hands of their own family. Centacare's Joanne Roy manages the delivery of vital in-home and social and community support services and outlines the signs that can help us recognise elder abuse.
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Centacare experts embedded in police stations
Family and relationship care
Centacare domestic and family violence (DFV) specialist practitioners have been embedded into police stations across the state to enhance policing of DFV and support of victim-survivors. In stage three of the program, four specialist DFV practitioners from Centacare have been embedded at police stations in Caloundra, Maroochydore, Hervey Bay and Maryborough.
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Connection for health and happiness
Family and relationship care
Finding ways to connect with others in our communities supports our health and wellbeing but social isolation is on the rise, taking a toll on people from all walks of life. However, there are things you can do to reconnect with others and build meaningful relationships.
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Supporting your family through trauma
Family and relationship care
When a child experiences trauma it can affect how they think, feel and react to family, friends, other people and everyday situations. As a parent or caregiver, understanding trauma is important to effectively support your child. Our Specialist Family and Relationship Care practitioners offer information and strategies to help your child and your family.
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