AFRI AUS CARE

PROGRAMS & SERVICES

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

We work to address mental health taboos within African and other Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. We provide assistance and support to individuals through primary mental health intervention and intensive support programs and
by counselling clients’ families. Involvement in these programs enables individuals to better integrate into Australian society.

BLACK RHINOS

Crime prevention

Primary intervention

Prehabilitation

Family connectedness

Positive integration

Peer-to-Peer Restorative Pathways

UBUNTU PEER SUPPORT

Complex trauma background (girls project)

Mental illness & AOD

Broken families

Contact with the justice system

Restorative process

COMMUNITY ENGAGMENT

Covid-19 emergency relief program (ongoing)

Cooking, sewing & gardening

Integration between the Ubuntu Peer to Peer restorative family & the Empowering African Mothers project

Employment Pathways – Working for Victoria

LEGAL support

Collaborating with private and legal aid lawyers, court support

Referrals from prison and detention centres

Counselling services: Family support

Prision programs: Basketball/Soccer

Resillence & regulation program

EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS

Taskforce Community Agency: working for victoria

Disability employment services: APM

Onsite training e.g cleaning, landscaping, gardening

emergency response

Bush fire response

Covid-19 response:food & material aid

Assisting with homelessness issues post release from prison

SOUTH EAST COMMUNITY LEADERS YOUTH ENGAGMENT PROGRAM

Crime prevention

Health & wellbeing

Employment pathways

Adressing intergenerational gaps

EMPOWERING AFRICIAN MOTHERS PROJECT: UBUNTU IN PRACTICE

Complex resettlement challenges

Health and wellbeing pathways

Reintroduction of the practice of Ubuntu

Reintegration into the wider community

Addressing intergenerational gaps

Research with UOM and department of justice and community safety

Referal Pathways

Self

Family

Community

Other stakeholders

BLACK RHINOS

Black Rhinos is a crime prevention sport program for male youth focusing on primary intervention for social inclusion and assisting those who are in the justice system. The program provides our clients with enjoyable sporting experiences and opportunities for positive social integration.

PROJECTS & PARTNERSHIP

Many clients come to Afri-Aus Care (AAC) with unresolved trauma. This trauma may have occurred in their country of origin and/or after settling here in Australia. Because of the stigma that mental illness attracts amongst many African and other CALD communities, it may remain undiagnosed and untreated. AAC works to remove these barriers and improve personal wellbeing.

INTAKE & REFERAL

Referrals from Health and Community Agencies

Self referrals and by Community

AAC maintains connection with local health, education, government, legal and community agencies to enable clients with culturally specific needs to access appropriate services.

Culturally appropriate COUNSELLING

Afri-Aus Care offers Culturally Appropriate Counselling, we use the UBUNTU guidlines that works perfectly well with the Postive Change Model. Participants are offered intesive assesment, holistic support and referals to appropriate professioanls who are familiar with or are willing to learn about the African culture.

WOMENS GROUP

In partnership with The Department Of Justice And Community Saftey, University Of Melbourne, Victoria Women’s Trust, City Of Melbourne and a number of stakeholders including Local, and State government. We provide Culturally Appropriate Womens group using the UBUNTU guidelines and the Positive Change Model. In Springvale we have the UBUNTU Peer to Peer Restorative Family program that has been extended to our city office. The Empowering African Mothers Group runs every Thursday at the Springvale Centre. In this program the women attend cooking, sewing, gardening, english classes, employment pathway, African Australian parenting skills. Those who are ready to work have been placed in paid employment. For example some mothers and daughters have been employed by Afri-Aus Care.

CASE MANAGEMENT

Afri-Aus Care is run by Culturally Appropriate trained and qualified professionals from divierse backgrounds. We offer holistic and intensive assesment using our Health and Wellbeing Assesment tool. Our participants from any age are offered primary interventions, pre-rehabilitation and rehabbiliation based on the stage the participants come into our care. Postive outcomes from our participants is the main goal that Afri-Aus Care professionals look out for as they care for the participants. (Testimonal page coming soon)

AFRI-AUS CARE SUPPORT SERVICES

Afri-Aus Care UBUNTU Restorative Model regardless of where we come from in Mother land Africa we genuienly care for each other. Migration pathways to Australia are different for each individual/family. Upon arrival to Australia, we face similiar challenges, for example language barrier, seperation of families intergenerational conflict, under or unemployment. Cultural shock and over representation of African youth in prisions.

Afri-Aus Care works very closely with African Australian’s who are affected by these challeneges. Together with our highly qualified professionals the UBUNTU Peer to Peer restorative family youth group and volunteers, we tirelessly support our community members through the following groups: General Referals, UBUNTU Peer to Peer Restorative Family (Boys and girls), The Black Rhinos Basket Ball Program, The Empowering African Mothers UBUNTU Practice, Alternative Education And Employment Pathways, South East Community Leaders Engagement Program, Culturally Appropriate Legal Support, Prision Program, Emergency Response Programs (Covid-19 Response/Bush fires Response) and NDIS support Services.

VOLUNTEERING

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STAY IN TOUCH

OPENING H0urs

Monday-Friday: 9am – 5pm

Saturday: 10am – 3pm

Sunday: 10am – 2pm