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A wide range of services to support children, young people and their families.
We offer counselling for relationships in all their aspects.
Also known as mediation, this service is provided to help couples who are separating to resolve their family law disputes.
FRCs offer a range of services and programs, which are aimed at families at all stages of their life.
We provide sensitive, supportive and professional family violence services across Victoria.
Compass is our specialist support service for people affected by forced adoption.
We address mental health at all stages, with preventative and early intervention mental health services, as well as support for families experiencing mental health difficulties.
RAV celebrates cultural diversity and is committed to providing access to all our programs for all Victorians.
We offer group work and post separation parenting courses (including some for court-mandated clients).
RAV has an established reputation for quality professional training and development in FDR, couple therapy and relationship counselling.
Relationships Australia Victoria has been funded to provide support to people contemplating or going through the National Redress Scheme.
We are committed to providing targeted and effective services addressing the needs of senior Victorians and their families.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and individuals to help strengthen family relationships.
We provide Employee Assistance Programs, workplace dispute resolution and training.
RAV offers a variety of relationship education courses, run in small groups.
This easy-to-complete course aims to help you keep your love relationship happy and stable.
We have an established reputation for quality professional training in a range of areas related to family relationships.
Our Training and Development Department delivers a range of specialist programs.
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Innovative resources to support children to deal with common difficulties in the context of important relationships.
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We evaluate our services and undertake research to enable us to highlight issues, service gaps and areas for improvement, and measure the effectiveness of our services.
RAV can provide informed commentary on a range of relationship topics.
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Families in East Gippsland soon will benefit from additional support to cope with mental health issues thanks to more than $1 million in federal funding for a new Family Mental Health Support Service.
Relationships Australia Victoria RAV) is one of 17 community-based organisations to win funding over the next three years to support children and young people who experience, or are at risk of, mental health issues.
Named I-Connect, the East Gippsland service will be integrated into RAV’s Traralgon Centre.
I-Connect will be based permanently at Bairnsdale, with service delivery at a number of outreach sites, including Orbost and Cann River,
Young people can face all sorts of pressures – including problems at school, with friends or at home – which can lead to mental health issues if not addressed.
By recognising the signs early on and working with children and young people to provide support, we can make sure they have better access to the assistance they need. It is also important that we engage the families and their broader networks in providing support.
I-Connect will provide intensive, long term, early intervention support for children and young people and their families based on a Family Action Plan; short term immediate assistance for families; and community outreach, mental health education and community development activities.
The service will be targeted at the 0 – 18 age group, with specific programs for different age segments.
The service coordinator and two case manager positions are being advertised, and we expect I-Connect will be open for business later this year.
I-Connect will provide essential support to children and young people to help them get to school, get involved in the community and build better relationships with family and friends.
* Jo Huggins is Manager of RAV's Traralgon Centre.
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