National Research Study on the Service Response to Past Adoption Experiences
Adoption support organisations
General counselling
- Lifeline’s 24 hour telephone crisis support service is available to anyone needing emotional support on one national number - 13 11 14
- DirectLine If you or someone you care about has an alcohol or other drug problem - 1800 888 236
- Beyond Blue - 1300 22 46 36
- Mensline - 1800 888 236
- International Social Services - 1300 657 843
Australian Capital Territory
- Adoptive Families Association of the ACT - (02) 6247 0562
- Office for Children, Youth and Family Support - (02) 6207 1335
- Adoption Mosaic - (02) 62919908
- Canberra Independent Adoption Support Group - (02) 6258 4420
New South Wales
- Origins (NSW) - (02) 9604 9352
- Family Information Services (FIS), Adoption and Permanent Care Services, NSW Department of Community Services - 1800 049 956 (NSW only)
- Post Adoption Resource Centre (NSW) - Benevolent Society - (02) 9504 6788
- Salvation Army Tracing Services - (02) 9211 0217
Northern Territory
- Department of Health and Community Services - (08) 8922 7077
Queensland
- ALAS Qld: Adoption Loss Adult Support
- Local & post Adoption Unit, Department of Child Safety - (07) 3224 7415
- Post Adoption Support Queensland (PASQ) - Benevolent Society - 1300 914 819
- Jigsaw Queensland Post Adoption Resource Centre - (07) 3358 6666
- Origins (Qld)
- North Queensland Combined Women's Services Inc (Townsville and environs)– Phone: (07) 4775 7555
- Adoption Privacy Protection Group - (07) 3843 2388
South Australia
- Relationships Australia SA - Phone: (08) 8245 8100
- Adoption and Family Information Service, Department for Families and Communities - (08) 8207 0060
- Association Representing Mothers Separated from their Children by Adoption (ARMS) - (08) 8221 6944
Tasmania
- Centacare Family Services - (03) 6278 1660
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Adoption and Information Service - (03) 6222 7373
- Adoption Origins Tasmania
Victoria
- Adoptive Families Association of Victoria
- Adoption and Family Records - 1300 769926
- Anglicare Victoria
- CatholicCare (Adoption and Permanent Care Teams) - Phone (03) 9689 3888
- Uniting Care Connections (Adoption and Permanent Care Program) - Phone (03) 9521 56666
- VANISH Inc (Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self Help) – Phone: 1300 VANISH
- Association of Relinquishing Mothers (ARMS)
- Origins Victoria Inc - (04) 2361 6256
Western Australia
- Adoption Research and Counselling Service (ARCS) - (08) 9370 4914
- Adoption Service of the Department for Community Development - 1800 622 258
- Adoption Support for Families and Children Inc (ASFC) (WA) – (08) 9489 4008
- Association Representing Mothers Separated from their Children by Adoption Inc (ARMS) – (08) 9312 1999
- Adoption Jigsaw WA - (08) 9384 0222
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Indigenous agencies
- Link-Up Services – Assisting Indigenous Australians separated from their families. National contacts are available through the AIATSIS website - 1800 624 332