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Referral information
The Youth Centre provides the latest information from a range of services and makes it easily accessible to young people. Referrals are made to specialist organisations including Crisis Refuge, Youth Drug and Alcohol, CHAIN, Access Community Training, Southern Community Mental Health, TAFE and Counselling services.
The Youth Centre engages workers from services to provide Outreach services to the Youth Centre (Centrelink, CONTACT).
Most common referrals are for employment, education, crisis accommodation and counselling.
Useful information
The following list of resources are focused on the Illawarra Region. These resources have been compiled by the Wollongong Services Team in their Youth Services Directory called "The Frog". A copy of this can be referred to at The Cottage.
Emergency Numbers
| Service | Number |
|---|---|
| Ambulance, Police, Fire Emergency | 000 |
| Kiama Police Station | 4232 1444 |
| Police - Illawarra LAC | 4295 2699 |
| Emergency Youth Accommodation | Free call: 1800 424 830 9318 1531 9698 5822 |
| Temporary Accommodation Line over 18's - 4:30pm - 10:00pm |
Free Call: 1800 152 152 |
| Wollongong Youth Crisis Refuge 12 -17 years |
4228 1946 4227 3072 |
| Homeless People's Information | 9265 9081 |
| Poisons Information | 131 126 |
| Service | Number |
|---|---|
| Department of Community Services (DOCS) | 4254 0309 |
| Department of Housing | 4224 5700
4297 9111 4224 5767 |
| Eddy's Place | 4226 3131 |
| Hebron House
Lighthouse Care Centre |
4225 2055 |
| Illawarra Community Housing Trust | 4227 1166 |
| Illawarra Youth Housing (Treehouse) | 4229 7325 |
| Illawarra Youth Housing
Long Term Scheme |
4227 1266 |
| Youth Outreach Program | 4227 1266 |
| Wollongong Youth Crisis Refuge | 4228 1946
4227 3072 |
| Independent Living Program | 4228 4907 |
| Link In Medium term Service | 4277 2786 |
| Resourcing Adolescents Independent
Living Scheme (Rails) |
4228 9907 |
| Substitute Care Services | 4225 8895 |
| Young Independent People in Housing | 4225 1380 |
| St Vincent de Paul House | 4228 8140 |
| Uniting Care Burnside (Ace Southern) | 4226 4084 |
| Uniting Care Burnside (The Drum) | 4628 3199 |
| Warilla Women's Refuge | Lifeline 131 114
Police 4226 7899 |
| Wollongong Women's Housing
Medium Term Accommodation |
4226 2214 |
| Wollongong Women's Refuge | 4229 8523 |
| Wollongong Emergency Family Housing | 4228 0955 |
| Service | Number |
|---|---|
| Kiama Community College | 4232 1050 |
| Jobs Pathway Program | 4286 5600 |
| Access Community Group -
Registered Training Group |
4286 5600 |
| Access Community Group -
Voluntary Post Release Support Service |
4286 5600 |
| Access Community Group -
Green Corps |
4286 5600 |
| Access Community Group -
Personal Support Program |
4286 5600 |
| Centrelink | 132 490 |
| Department of Family and Community Services | 4226 7032 |
| Department of Education Training
(Wollongong District) |
Wollongong: 4224 9200
Shellharbour: 4251 9900 |
| JPET - Mission Australia Wollongong | 4225 1763 |
| Links to Learning | 4254 0572 |
| Skills Education P/L | 4271 7799 |
| Illawarra Senior College | 4274 0621 |
| Southern Youth and Family Service
Association - The Network |
4225 2930 |
| Southern Youth and Family Service
Association - Links to Learning |
4225 2930 |
| Wollongong City Employment and Training (WCET) | 4227 1715
4227 5913 |
| Wollongong Youth Services -
Links to Learning |
4226 5969 |
| Service | Number |
|---|---|
| Cancer Council | 4225 3660 |
| Community Health for Adolescents in Need (CHAIN) | 4226 5816 |
| Community Health - Bulli | 4284 0355 |
| Community Health - Warrawong | 4274 0281 |
| Healthy Cities Illawarra | 4226 5000 |
| Illawarra Adolescent Mental Health Service | 4254 1500 |
| Northern Community Mental Health Team | 4254 1500 |
| Southern Community Mental Health Team | 4223 8001 |
| Fernhill Place and Gum Leaf Cottage | 4285 2140 |
| ARAFMI | 4254 1699 |
| Wollongong Eating Disorders Service based at
Bulli Community Health Centre |
1300 792 755 |
| Bungora Methadone | 1300 652 226 |
| Kedesh House | 4271 2606 |
| The Ted Noffs Foundation
Out Client Services |
4227 5178 |
| Al-Anon / ALATEEN | 4226 5480
4226 3976 |
| Alcoholics Anonymous / AA | 4285 6788 |
| Narcotic Anonymous / NAR - ANON | 4275 1875 |
| Drug and Alcohol Community Youth Team | 4254 1688 |
| Service | Number |
|---|---|
| Anglicare | 4229 7911 |
| Salvation Army Community Service
and Social Centre |
4275 1188 |
| St Vincent de Paul | 4228 9355 |
| Southern Youth and Family Service
Association - Resourcing Adolescents to Gain Essentials Scheme (RAGE - Nowra) |
4423 7244 |
| Southern Youth and Family Service
Association - Resourcing Adolescents to Gain Essentials Scheme (RAGE - Wollongong) |
4423 7244 |
| Southern Youth and Family Service
Association - Resourcing Adolescents and Families Team (RAFT) |
4423 7244 |
| Southern Youth and Family Service
Association - Resourcing Adolescents and Families Team (RAFT - Nowra) |
4422 9966 |
| The Smith Family | 4229 7277 |
| Wesley uniting Church | 4229 2117 |
| Service | Number |
|---|---|
| Anglicare | 4229 7911 |
| Illawarra Youth Housing Adolescent and Family Counsellor | 4227 1266 |
| Southern Youth and Family Service
Association - Adolescent and family Counsellor |
4228 4383 |
| Touchstone | 4228 7711 |
| UNIFAM Counselling and Mediation Service | 4229 9863 |
| Urunga House | 4222 5408 |
| West Street Centre | 4226 6441 |
Last updated: Wednesday 11 November, 2009