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Support Service List

Support Service List

Health Services offer a range of services that can offer support and assistance. These include but are not limited to; Medical services, social work services, allied health services, counselling, counselling for sexual assault or child protection, drug and alcohol services, mental health services and many others. Contact your local Community Health Centre. Check under 'c' in the White Pages for your nearest service.

Other Services

Select an agency from this list to view all contacts:

General and Crisis Support
Emergency 000
Disaster Recovery Service 9683-2388
DoCS Helpline to report child abuse and neglect (24 hours) 132-111
Parent line (24 hours) 132-055
Parent Helpline (24 hours) 9787-5255
Lifeline (24 hours) 131-114
Salvation Army Careline (24 hours) 9331-6000
Sydney City Mission (24 hours) 1800-819-816
Dial-A-Mum (24 hours) 9477-6777
Victim Support Line 9374-3000
Centalink
Customer Relations
131-021
1800-050-004
Crime Stoppers 1800-333-000

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Parenting Support
Childcare Access Hotline 1800-670-305
9557-0900
Children’s Services Switchboard 1800-677-961
Karitane Helpline 9794-7111
Karitane Programmes 9399-7111
Tresillian 4724-2124

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Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Hotline 1800-656-463
Domestic Violence Advocacy Service 9637-3741
1800-810-784

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Youth Services
Kids Helpline (24 hours) 1800-551-800
Youthline (24 hours) 13-11-14
Salvo Youth line 9360-3000
Streetsmart 9699-1777
Create Foundation 9635-8833
Legal Aid Helpline (Youth) 1800-806-913
Aboriginal Children’s Services (24 hours) 9698-2222
Emergency Youth Accommodation (24 hours) 1800-424-830
9267-5918
20/10 Gay and Lesbian Youth Services (24 hours) 1800-652-010
9552-6130

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Drug and Alcohol
Alcohol and Drug Information Services (24 hours) 9361-2111
1800-422-599
Alcoholics Anonymous (24 hours) 9261-0055
Narcotics Anonymous (24 hours) 9212-3444

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Homelessness
Homeless Persons Information Service 9265-9081
Aboriginal Homeless Persons Information Service 9799-8446

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Legal
Women’s Legal Resource Centre 1800-801-501
9637-4597

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Interpreting
Interpreter Service 131-450

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Gambling
Gambling Line 1800-633-635

Note: Inclusion of Support Service numbers does not indicate any responsibility on the part of NSW Health with regards to any aspect of the agency or it’s service provision.