CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Our Family Day Care service supports a network of Educators providing education and care for children in their own home as their own business.
Program Type: Fee for Service
Our Get Active Project works collaboratively with young people aged 5 to 18 years old, State sporting associations and sports clubs, providing pathway programs to build inclusive sporting environments to increase participation.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
An initiative of our Get Active Project, Active Schools, works in partnership with targeted culturally and linguistically diverse secondary schools to increase the physical activity rates of secondary school students and improve connections between schools and sporting clubs.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Our WA Inclusion Agency delivers the Inclusion Support Program in partnership with One Tree Community Services and Wanslea; supporting eligible Early Childhood and Child Care services with advice, strategies and specialist equipment loans to be inclusive of all children, including those with high support needs.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training
Our Out of School Hours Care facility, based in Riverton, offers before and after school care services for students attending selected local primary schools with a free bus service, shuttling students to and from school.
Program Type: Fee for Service
Our Vacation Care program, based in Riverton, operates during school holidays, offering entertaining and exciting care for children aged 4 to 12 including a variety of incursions and excursions.
Program Type: Fee for Service
FAMILY SERVICES
Our Building a Balance program is a free counselling service supporting young people and their families to experiencing disruptive behaviours and works to improve family functioning.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Communities - Child Protection and Family Support
Our Communities for Children program supports families with children aged pre-birth to 12 years, in the Armadale and surrounding areas, to collaboratively provide better health and wellbeing outcomes for local children in partnership with community partner organisations.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services
Our Family Support Services provide tailored support to meet the needs of families in the local south east metropolitan area to build their strengths to respond to specific challenges or connect them with appropriate community support resources.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Our HIPPY program is a home-based early learning and parenting program that works alongside parents in Armadale and Gosnells to equip them with the skills at home to become their child’s first teacher and support their school readiness.
Program Type: Licenced by the Brotherhood of St Laurence and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services
Our Indigenous Advancement Strategy program works alongside Indigenous families and local schools to build the educational capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students; collaboratively improving their school attendance and literacy and numeracy levels.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Our Parents and Babies Groups are weekly sessions during school terms, based in Bentley and Cannington, for new parents to attend with their newborns to share experiences, get parenting information, connect with community support agencies and enjoy parenthood.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Our South East Metro Parenting Support Service, in partnership with Save the Children, aims to support families to access parenting help including parenting programs, information sessions, group work and individual consultations, to strengthen their parenting skills and assist them to thrive as parents.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Communities
Our Connected Communities Mirrabooka program provides free in-home support for parents with children aged birth to 12 years who are experiencing issues including challenging behaviours and low levels of school attendance. The program aims to strengthen families and communities through the provision links to community support services and free parenting courses to help parents understand their children’s needs, behaviours and their own role as a parent.
Program Type: We are a Communities for Children Mirrabooka facilitating partner funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and facilitated by The Smith Family
Our Family and Relationship Services provides a range of programs focused on strengthening family relationships, building parenting and financial management skills and developing greater community connections to support families, children’s wellbeing, young people, multicultural communities and other individuals with special circumstances.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services
Our Supported Multicultural Playgroups are weekly sessions during school terms, based in Bentley and Cannington, which empower families to support young children’s development through the opportunity to participate in a variety of developmentally appropriate play experiences and activities.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Our Children's Contact Service is designed to help separated families located within Western Australia who are concerned about the impact that arguments and stressful behaviours may be having on their children. Based in Cannington, the service is available through voluntary self-referral by at least one of the parents, a referral by a family law practitioner, social worker or family mediator or by court order.
Program Type: Fee for Service
Our Financial Counselling Services provide a free, independent and confidential service to individuals and families offering solutions to immediate financial problems and advice on how to manage their own financial stability.
Program Type: Communicare Inc. is a member of the Financial Counselling Network.
We are the lead agency of the Fremantle/Rockingham Family Support Network, in partnership with Yorgum Aboriginal Corporation, providing integrated and coordinated secondary family support services for vulnerable families so they can keep their children safely at home.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Communities.
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EDUCATION SERVICES
Our Communicare Academy is an independent, Curriculum and Re-Engagement with Education (CaRE) secondary school committed to assisting at-risk students to re-engage with their education. Based in Kenwick, and with a focus on student’s wellbeing, our school provides a challenging and inspiring educational experience designed to support young people to succeed.
Program Type: Fee for Service
On behalf of the Psychology Board of Australia we deliver the training program to support applicants to become Board-approved supervisors or maintain current Board-approved supervisor status. Our training program ensures supervisors are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to provide competency-based supervision to supervisees.
Program Type: Fee for Service
As a Registered Training Organisation we deliver vocational education and training services which provide quality-assured and nationally recognised qualifications. Currently, through the Communicare Academy, we offer certificates in General Education for Adults, Hospitality and Beauty Therapy.
Program Type: Fee for Service
The Alternative Education Program supports severely at-risk young people of compulsory school age who are disengaged from, and may not be effectively catered for, to reconnect with mainstream school environments.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Education
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EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Our A Global Workforce program is a pilot that works alongside underemployed skilled migrants to assist them to find employment in their qualified profession. Support includes job application seminars, local work experience opportunities and mentoring.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business
As a jobactive employment services provider, we support job seekers to find, prepare for and remain in meaningful employment. Assistance includes individualised support, job search and job application techniques, employability skills training and connection to real work-like experiences.
Program Type: Funded by the Office of Multicultural Interests (a division of the Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries)
Our experienced team of qualified psychological professionals provide counselling and assessment services to job seekers to assist them identify and address their barriers to employment.
Program Type: Fee for Service
Our Transition to Work program targets early school leavers and young people, supporting them to understand the expectations of modern workplaces, develop the skills, attitudes and behaviours employers desire and build the practical knowledge to secure employment. Support services include vocational education and training, internship opportunities and participation in work-like experiences.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business
Our Work for the Dole Coordinators support not-for-profit organisations and government agencies to host suitable Work for the Dole activities for job seekers that provide them with extra assistance and job seekers real work-like experiences.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business
Community Initiatives are Work for the Dole projects that place job seekers in well-matched activities to support them gaining skills and experience that increase their employability and helps them find a job whilst giving back to the community.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business
ParentsNext is a pre-employment program aimed at parents with young children. The program works with parents in assisting them to identify and reach their education and employment goals.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business
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FAMILY VIOLENCE & JUSTICE SERVICES
Communicare Breathing Space is our unique residential men’s behaviour change program which supports men to make long-term behavioural changes after they have been abusive in their intimate partner or family relationships. An alternative to removing women and children form the family home, the program provides participants with six months accommodation and support whilst they undertake an intensive therapeutic program.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Communities, Child Protection and Family Support
Our Families Without Fear program provides support to both men and women who identify as having used abusive and violent behaviours in their relationships and who wish to make sustainable positive changes to improve their relationships. Support is provided as group intervention sessions for men and individual consultations for women.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Justice for court mandated referrals; Fee for Service for community and self-referrals
Our Indigenous Family Violence program supports men to address violence within Indigenous families in WA’s mid-west. The program works alongside mandated participants to cover topics such as the cultural context of violence, intergenerational aspects of violence, anger management, substance abuse, relationship equality and Indigenous spiritual healing.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Justice
Our Partnerships for Family Safety program supports the partners affected by violence or abuse inflicted by a participant in one of our men’s behaviour change programs. The program works to empower women through a consented phone service which ensures they are connected to their community with safety planning, referrals to appropriate support services and women’s advocacy.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Communities, Child Protection and Family Support
Our Pathways to Responsible Living program works alongside participants in Greenough Regional Prison; supporting them address their substance abuse to minimise the likelihood of reoffending.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Justice
Program End Date: March 2018
Our Safe at Home Domestic Violence Outreach program provides telephone support to help men who wish to make sustained positive behavioural changes, breaking the cycle of violence and how they relate to their partners, ex-partners and children through the development of respectful relationships and linkages to support services which promote safety and behaviour change.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Communities, Child Protection and Family Support
Program End Date: June 2018
Our Tuart House facility, situated in WA’s south-west, supports women and their children who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness as a result of family and domestic violence. Our therapeutic community provides emergency accommodation and creates a space for women and their children to feel safe and empowered to rebuild their lives.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Communities, Child Protection and Family Support
SETTLEMENT SERVICES
Our Multicultural Women’s Group provides women from all cultural backgrounds the opportunity to come together, connect with the community and make new friends to minimise social isolation. Our groups encourage health and wellbeing and personal and social development.
Program Type: Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Our Settlement Service Activities build the capacity of newly arrived refugees and humanitarian entrants to begin their new lives in Australia by supporting them to actively participate in their local community through the provision of individually tailored case work, referral and advocacy support, education and employment training information workshops and translating and interpretation services.
Program Type: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services
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