Uniting Country SA provides services to families, single adults and children, who are experiencing difficulties such as domestic violence, disability and mental health issues, financial distress, homelessness, and family breakdown in country SA. Read more
Foster care is when a child who is unable to live with their birth family, lives with another family who is able to provide them with all the care and support they need by allowing them to live in a safe, secure and nurturing home. This care can range from an overnight stay, through to longer term. While it is preferable for children to return to their families, this is not always possible. So some children will need foster care until they turn 18 years old. Read more
Uniting Country SA provides Long-Term, Respite, Emergency, and Short Term Foster Care. Our Foster Care team also has specialist foster carers for children with living with disabilities. Read more
Uniting Country SA’s foster carers come from all kinds of backgrounds; we welcome all people regardless of culture, language, ethnicity, sexuality, gender or religion. Our carers are everyday people who put their hand up to make a difference in a child’s life. You don’t have to be a superhero, you just have to care. Read more
Uniting Country SA's Mental Health Support assists people and communities in regional South Australia living with depression, anxiety and more. Read more
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Uniting County SA's Port Augusta and Amity Youth Homelessness Service provide a safe, secure environment for young people who are homeless as a result of a crisis. Read more
The Uniting Country SA financial support programs assist people in regional South Australia who are experiencing a financial crisis or are financially vulnerable. Services include financial counselling, budgeting and advocacy support, access to microfinance products and community education. Read more
Access to safe and affordable credit through Good Shepherd’s NILs Loans and UCSA’s Microcredit Loans to people in regional South Australia Read more
Uniting Country SA's Strengthening Families is an early intervention program that works with families to improve parenting skills, reduce problem behaviours, to develop resilience and to build a safe, supportive environment for children to grow and flourish. The in-home service focuses on supporting parents in their efforts to care for their children Read more
Uniting Country SA's Targeted Intervention Service (TIS) supports families identified as being at risk of having ongoing and more serious child protection concerns without intervention. A Case Work and Case Management service is provided to build parenting capacity, increase community support networks, to develop resilient relationships and to build a safe, supportive environment for children to grow and flourish. Read more
Uniting Country SA's Children and Parenting Support Service focuses on early intervention and the provision of resources to improve children’s development and well being. The service supports parents and caregivers to build parenting skills and confidence. Read more
Uniting Country SA's Emergency Financial Assistance provides people in crisis with emergency support. Including food, temporary transport and other practical assistance. Once the immediate financial crisis is addressed, referrals are facilitated to connect the person with additional and ongoing support. Read more
The Service to Aboriginal Youth (STAY) program assists young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people between the ages 10 and 19 access services and find the guidance they need to achieve their goals and strengthen their cultural and community connections Read more
Uniting Country SA's Communities for Children program focus on supporting the health and early development needs of young children from conception to 12 years, supporting parents while building and supporting child-friendly communities. This service is only available in Port Augusta. Read more
Uniting Country SA's Advancing Families and Communities is a strategic activity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families living in Port Augusta and surrounding areas that focuses on children attending school, improving education outcomes and improving access to further education Supporting families to give their children a good start in life. Read more
Uniting Country SA's Itchy Emu program is helping tackle the age old problem of Head Lice. The Itchy Emu program available as a free, non-judgmental treatment and education aimed at giving children, parents and families the information to treat their own hair. Read more
Uniting Country SA's Strengthening Separated Families (SSF) program provides support to individuals and families with children and adolescents to navigate their way through various separation circumstances. Support is available through individual case management, counselling and group work to help people focus on the needs of their children during this time and manage separation in a healthy way. Read more
The Children’s Contact Service (CCS) is a child safe, child focused service which provides a family friendly facility to help children to maintain or develop a positive, meaningful relationship with the parent or family they do not live with. Our facilities are located in Port Augusta and Whyalla Read more