Perth Aboriginal services – drug and alcohol services

Alcohol and drug services for Aboriginal people in the Perth metropolitan area.

Wungening Aboriginal Corporation (formerly Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service)

Phone: 9221 1411
Address: 211 Royal St, East Perth
Email: website@wungening.com.au
Visit the Wungening Aboriginal Corporation website (external site).

Wungening Aboriginal Corporation work within a culturally secure model and offer treatments, education programs, yarning (counselling) and natural healing therapies:

• holistic assessment
• culturally appropriate counselling
• treatment planning
• medical withdrawal support
• residential rehabilitation referral
• youth and education programs
• family support services
• prison programs
• advocacy
• outreach treatment.

Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Program (Women’s Health and Family Services)

Phone: 6330 5400
Fax: 6330 5499
Address: 227 Newcastle St, Northbridge
Email: ascott@whfs.org.au
Visit Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Program (external site)

Eligibility: Aboriginal women and family members including children, youth and partners.

Services include counselling, outreach, access to group and children’s programs to women and their families who are impacted by their own or other family members drug and alcohol misuse.

Referral and access to government and non-government agencies including medical, domestic violence and parenting.

Please telephone for an appointment. Monday to Thursday, 9.00am – 4.30pm.

Alcohol and Drug Support Service

Alcohol and Drug Support Line (formerly the Alcohol and Drug Information Service/ADIS)

24 hour 7 days a week, statewide counselling, information, referral and support to anyone concerned about their own or another person’s alcohol or drug use.

Phone: (08) 9442 5000 (metro callers) or 1800 198 024 (country callers)
Email: alcoholdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
Website: Mental Health Commission (external site)
Live chat: Visit Alcohol. Think Again. (external site) or Drug Aware (external site)

Parent and Family Drug Support Line (formerly the Parent Drug Information Service/PDIS)

24 hour 7 days a week, statewide counselling, information, referral and support for anyone concerned about a loved one’s alcohol or drug use.

Phone: (08) 9442 5050 (metro callers) or 1800 653 203 (country callers)
Email: alcoholdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
Website: Mental Health Commission (external site)
Live chat: Visit Alcohol. Think Again. (external site) or Drug Aware (external site)

Working Away Alcohol and Drug Support Line

24 hour 7 days a week, statewide counselling, information and referral to support the health and wellbeing of working away from home communities including FIFO/fly-in-fly-out workers, their families and friends.

Phone: 1800 721 997 (country callers)
Email: workingaway@mhc.wa.gov.au
Website: Mental Health Commission (external site)
Live chat: Visit Alcohol. Think Again. (external site) or Drug Aware (external site)

Meth Helpline

24 hour 7 days a week, statewide counselling, information, referral and support to anyone concerned about their own or another person’s methamphetamine use.

Phone: 1800 874 878
Email: alcoholdrugsupport@mhc.wa.gov.au
Website: Mental Health Commission (external site)
Live chat: Visit Alcohol. Think Again. (external site) or Drug Aware (external site)

Jacaranda Community Centre

Phone: 9477 4346 or 9478 1219
Address: 146 Epsom Ave, Belmont; PO Box 142, Cloverdale 6895
Email: info@jacarandacc.org.au
Visit Jacaranda Community Centre (external site)

Provides a range of free programs for Indigenous people including drug and alcohol counselling on Friday by appointment. Please phone between 9.30am – 4.30pm for appointments and information.

Karnany Aboriginal Centre

Phone: 9274 7929
Address: 25 Spring Park Rd, Midland
Visit Karnany Aboriginal Centre (external site)

A service of Swan Emergency Accommodation. Karnany is a resource centre providing services to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Services include:

• Outreach location for Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service (AADS).
• Outreach location for Street Doctor and associated medical and psychological services.
• Information and referrals.
• Emergency relief – (by appointment Tuesdays at 9.00am).
• Money Business – (financial literacy program).
• NPAH Housing Support – (referral from designated agencies only).
• Agent for NILS (No Interest Loan Scheme).

Outcare

Phone: 6263 8622
Address: 27 Moore St, East Perth
Email: outcare@outcare.com.au
Visit Outcare (external site)

Counselling Program provides one on one mental health and substance use counselling for offenders, ex-offenders and their families pre and post release. Personal support, information and referrals.

Men’s Healing Program – a partnership with the Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service

Confidential personal support and counselling/yarning for Aboriginal men exiting prison, and their families, in the metropolitan area.

An Aboriginal way of working with clients, provides for healing, change, building personal growth and reconnecting to culture. Learn new ways of coping other than alcohol and drugs.

Snow Bennett Youth Service

Phone: 9274 1611
Address: 53 Great Northern Highway, Midland
Visit Snow Bennett Youth Service (external site)

A service of Swan Emergency Accommodation.

SBYS provides crisis accommodation and support to up to 6 young people (aged 15 to 25) who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The service also has a small number of transitional accommodation units for young people, usually once they have attained some independent living skills in the youth house.

The drug education program offers young people, who are residents of SBYS, support to address their drug and alcohol issues with a strong focus on health and harm minimisation.

South Coastal Babbingur Mia

The staff at Babbingur Mia, work together to support, women, children, new mums, mums to be, men (young and older) for good health, and social and emotional well-being. Babbingur Mia offer a friendly, flexible and supportive service for the Rockingham and Kwinana areas in the home and community.

Address: 61 Council Avenue, Rockingham
Phone: (08) 9550 0900
Fax: (08) 9591 1860
Email: admin@southcoastal.org.au

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