Services
Marian Community
A 24/7 specialist family violence service that supports victim survivors with immediate intervention that promotes a wraparound model of care, safety and recovery.
VincentCare’s Marian Community provides a 24/7 specialist family violence crisis service to victim survivors at risk of or experiencing family violence in the Goulburn region of Victoria, supporting victim survivors within the City of Greater Shepparton and from across the Shires of Moira, Strathbogie, Mitchell and Murrindindi.
Business hours services are available 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday from purpose-built offices located in Shepparton and Seymour. After hours services are available weeknights.
Services and supports focus on a wrap-around model of care, including:
- Crisis accommodation
- Refuge accommodation/referrals/access
- Immediate intervention intensive Case Management:
- Risk assessments
- Safety planning
- Information and family violence education
- Financial and material aid
- Court support
- Advocacy
- Transport
- Social engagement
- Referrals
- Family Violence Flexible Support Packages
- Enhanced After-Hours Responses
Marian Community works with people from all walks of life, family violence does not discriminate. We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure that every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their ability, cultural background, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion. Family violence affects not only the victims themselves, but the children who witness it, extended families, friends, workplaces and ultimately the whole community.
