Services

Yorgum provides trauma-informed and culturally appropriate community-based healing, counselling, therapy and support to Aboriginal children, young people and adults in the Perth metropolitan region to recover from harmful impacts of child sexual abuse and/or family domestic violence.

Yorgum provides in-home practical support to parents and families who are referred by the Department of Communities to enhance the safety of their children so they can remain safe at home.

We also support families who are working through a reunification process.

Yorgum provides an integrated service to Aboriginal families, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged families, to improve child wellbeing and development, safety and family functioning, and to help build stronger, more resilient families and communities.

Yorgum provides social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) services including culturally secure information, support and advice to Aboriginal communities particularly those affected by trauma, grief and loss, mental health challenges and at risk of self-harm.

Yorgum provides trauma-informed and culturally appropriate community-based support for Aboriginal people who wish to engage with the National Redress Scheme.

Yorgum provides trauma-informed and culturally appropriate community-based support for Stolen Generations survivors who were removed as children from their family or community in the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory prior to self-government, or the Jervis Bay Territory (collectively known as the territories).

This service is for young people (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) aged from 6 to 24 years of age who have been exposed to or at risk of family and/or domestic violence. This service is available to all young people, including young women and men, culturally and linguistically diverse young people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, LGBTIQA+ young people and young parents.

This service is culturally safe, trauma-informed and includes practical supports as well as outreach.

Yorgum Healing Services in partnership with Hope Community Services provides FDV victim-survivors with access to services and support in a single accessible location in the south east corridor, as well as providing off-site services for perpetrators and young people.

The service is delivered alongside specialist partner agencies including Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Services, Ngala, Women’s Legal Service WA, Aboriginal Legal Services of WA, Marmun Mia-Mia, 360 Health + Community, and Ruah Community Services.

The multi-cultural, multidisciplinary team adopts a trauma informed, culturally competent approach. 

Koolark Healing Service is for men, 18 years and older, who are committed and willing to engage in yarning to raise awareness of family and domestic violence and motivated towards change to build healthier families and a safer community.

This service is delivered by Yorgum Healing Services, Hope Community Services, and their partners Aboriginal Legal Services of WA; Ngala Parenting Service and Marmun Mia-Mia join with Koolark Healing Service to provide a trauma informed service and activities that encourage men to reflect on their own behaviours and create awareness of being a safe person.