BaptistCare HopeStreet provides supported accommodation for women and children who are escaping domestic violence and seeking to rebuild their lives.
Having a safe and affordable place to call your own can give you the stability, confidence and freedom to begin making choices that feel right for you.
BaptistCare supported accommodation sites are welcoming, inclusive communities that help you feel safe connecting to others, enjoy activities, and have a sense of belonging.
Our onsite team will come alongside you when you move in, offering individual counselling as well as a range of ongoing educational, financial and parenting programs tailored to meet your needs.
We’ll help you access government and legal assistance, as well as additional support if English isn’t your first language.
Your children can attend our onsite Break Free program, run by specialist children’s counsellors, which supports their recovery after the trauma of domestic and family violence, as well as providing educational assistance and tutoring.
We can support you with interest-free loans, free of charges or fees, to help purchase essential items and services.
Our No Interest Loans Scheme (NILS) provides access to fair, safe and affordable credit to purchase essential goods and services up to a maximum value of $2,000.
No Interest Loans can be used for a variety of costs including buying new bedding and furniture, moving costs, vehicle repairs or registration, buying children’s books or uniforms, medical and dental costs, as well computers to help with seeking employment.
Living Beyond Abuse is a 9-week support group for women who have experienced domestic or family violence.
Being part of a group allows you to meet other women in similar situations, support each other, improve one another’s self-esteem, reduce self-blame and explore options as together, you seek to rebuild lives and find hope for the future.
Pathways to Parenting is an 8-week course for parents with children in out-of-home care, or at risk of being in out of home care.
For parents who want to build healthier relationships with their children, this program offers an opportunity to openly share your stories and experiences, deal with issues of grief and loss, look at how to repair what went wrong and shape the kind of parent you want to be.
We wholeheartedly believe that positive relationships have the power to transform lives.
Our clinically trained staff provide counselling, relationship support programs and training in a range of specialised areas, including family separation, divorce, adolescence, depression, domestic violence, sexual abuse and suicide.
We’ll stand by you, whatever you’re facing, and provide a safe environment where you’ll be treated with respect, dignity, and supported to thrive.
Break Free is an early intervention program for primary school aged children who have experienced domestic and family violence – it is available for every child living in our supported accommodation.
Break Free teaches children about family violence, how to deal with feelings – particularly anger - and the importance of healthy relationships.
Over time, we see children start to build trusting relationships with our team of counsellors, caseworkers, and early education teachers.
The sessions deliver what every child needs – fun – through activities such as art and creative projects, games and kicking a ball around with a positive male role model, all with the goal to helping children move beyond the trauma they have experienced.
Facing Up is a men's behaviour change support group for men who want to stop being abusive within their family relationships.
Facing Up is for courageous and determined men who want to move beyond their familiar destructive patterns and instead create safe and respectful relationships.
