Our mission

At Centacare, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their circumstances and the challenges they face. Each year, we support more than 20,000 people through community services in metropolitan and regional South Australia. We are client focused and operate within a strong ethical framework informed by the values and principles of Catholic Social Teaching.

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Children's Services

Our vision is to provide safe and nurturing homes for families, children and young people in community. We work with families to identify and harness strengths, address challenges and build confidence.

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Centacare NDIS Supports

We can support you to bring your NDIS plan to life. We offer a range of disability and psychosocial supports, and will work with you to map your NDIS journey and achieve your goals.

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Specialist Domestic Violence Services

We support women and children to reclaim and maintain their fundamental human right to safety. Centacare provides accommodation, outreach services, case management, counselling and other crisis support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness due to domestic and family violence.

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Health, Wellbeing and Education Services

Centacare provides a variety of services to help individuals and families who are seeking support with drug and alcohol use, mental health and illness, and to maintain connection to learning and employment.

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Reconciliation

Centacare values Aboriginal culture and its place at the heart of our past, present and future. We are committed to walking in partnership with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in the spirit of Reconciliation and mutual respect.

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Youth & Homelessness Services

We aim to empower young people with a sense of purpose, hope and fulfilment. Our accommodation and supports focus on youth homelessness, young families, at-risk mothers and children, mental health and HIV services.

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Relationship Support Services

We work in partnership with individuals, families and children to provide sustainable parenting and relationship support. From playgroups to specialist children’s counselling, family dispute resolution, chaplaincy support and pre-marriage education, services are tailored to your personal needs.

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"At Centacare, we believe that everyone has the right to be treated with respect and dignity."

Dad’s Business: Breaking down stigma around men’s mental health

Dad’s Business: Breaking down stigma around men’s mental health

Alex Vlahos was told to ‘jog it off’ and ‘toughen up’ to manage struggles in early childhood. ‘’This created an ongoing emotional challenge for me going into my adolescent years because I had all of these emotions but didn’t know how to express them,’’ he says. A Dads and Fatherhood Worker at Centacare, Alex is…

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Men’s workers step up for change

Men’s workers step up for change

For decades, men have been comparatively absent on the frontline of social services, but a band of brothers at Centacare is changing that. When Stuart Andary entered the workforce, he did as he was expected and forged a career in the male-dominated world of commerce. ‘’I come from a generally privileged upbringing and almost the…

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Celebrating women’s achievement

Celebrating women’s achievement

Centacare has created an environment that fosters opportunity for women - in operational practice and leadership. Of our 500 staff, 410 are female. Led by Director Leanne Haddad and Deputy Director Pauline Connelly, we are honoured to follow in the footsteps of Centacare's founding female executive, Hannah Buckley. Hannah was a young graduate from the…

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Carlow’s Brush with Kindness

Carlow’s Brush with Kindness

The back garden at Carlow Place will be in colour all year round after a visit from Habitat for Humanity this month. The not-for-profit housing provider recently took its Brush with Kindness program to Elizabeth, enlisting the help of volunteers from accounting firm Grant Thornton to transform Carlow’s exterior with art. Downing office tools for…

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Shared Services

Ways To Give

Centacare stands with those in our community who experience poverty, unemployment, discrimination, racism and other forms of exclusion. Your donations help ensure the continuing provision of quality services.

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Centacare

Meeting the Challenge

Centacare Catholic Family Services is a Catholic welfare organisation delivering a range of services across the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide.

Client Services

45 Wakefield Street Adelaide SA 5000
T 08 8215 6700
E enquiries@centacare.org.au

Opening Hours

Monday – Tuesday | 9am – 5pm
Wednesday – Thursday | 9am – 9pm
Friday | 9am – 5pm

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