Foundation House
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About this service
Foundation House provides services to advance the health, wellbeing and human rights of people of refugee backgrounds in Victoria who have experienced torture or other traumatic events in their country of origin or while fleeing those countries.
Services are:
- Free – including access to professional interpreters if you require this
- Confidential – we keep your information private, as do the interpreters we use
- Voluntary – you are free to stop being a client at any time for any reason
- Supportive – we support your rights
- Educative – we educate the community about the experiences of refugees.Have you experienced torture or other traumatic events before you came to Australia?
If so, you may be experiencing problems and you may want to come to Foundation House. It is normal for people to have difficulties as a result of previous experiences of torture or other traumatic events.Foundation House offer a comprehensive range of services to enable recovery from the consequences of torture or other traumatic events.
These include:
- Individual and family counselling
- Client advocacy
- Complementary therapies, e.g. traditional herbal medicine, massage and other natural therapies
- Specialist mental health clinic
- Group programs
- Referral to other services-
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Service name
Foundation House
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Service address
163 Harvester Rd, Sunshine 3020
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Phone
9389 8777
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Urgency levels
Some Help, Direct Help
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Service name
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- Website
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Email
info@foundationhouse.org.au
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Last update
10/08/2018
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Service area
Victoria
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Service hours
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
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Interpreters
Yes
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Service type
INDIVIDUAL
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Public transport information
Various buses and close to Sunshine trainstation
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Service area
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Service for
Education, CALD
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Disability access
Yes
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Service for
More information for service professionals
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Participation length
Ongoing
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Participation type
In Person or phone support
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Participation length
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Referral mode
In person via the phone
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Point of intake
Office Administration
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Referral mode
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