Northern Settlement Services
reception1@nsservices.com.au
Phone
02 49693399
Areas:
Lake Macquarie, Newcastle
What we do:
Northern Settlement Services provides early intervention family support, aged care services, and settlement programs for recently arrived migrants and refugees.
We provide:
Services/ support for Culturally And Linguistically Diverse, Multicultural clients and communities, Services/support for Refugee and/or Migrant clients and communities, Case work, Domestic and/or family violence Services/support, Emergency Relief (food, vouchers etc), Family Services/support, Parenting Programs
Referral pathways:
Self referral, Referral from legal services, Referral from social and/or community services, Referral from NSW Govt Agencies ie Dept Communities and Justice, Dept Education, Community Mental Health, Referral from DCJ
Cost
Almost all services are free
Inclusion and cultural safety for First Nations clients:
NSS is an inclusive agency with a broad multicultural workforce. NSS is working towards culturally safe practice for First Nations people
Inclusion for CALD clients:
NSS is a lead practitioner of culturally safe and inclusive practices for CALD peoples. NSS staff read, speak or write over 30 different languages.
Inclusion for clients of diverse sexualities and genders:
NSS is inclusive to all and working towards inclusion for people of diverse sexualities and genders.
Our service is mobility-accessible
Our service has an accessible bathroom
You can bring a support worker to our service
You can bring a support person of any gender to our service.