Easy English fact sheets for parents dealing with the child protection system. Advice from parents with experience.

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Legal help in NSW

Read more about lawyers in our fact sheet
Legal help.
Ability Rights Centre.
A service of IDRS.
Help for parents who have an intellectual disability.
Call  02  9265  6350
or
Call  1300  665  908.
Aboriginal Legal Service
Help for Aboriginal parents.
Call  1800  733  233.
Family Law Early Intervention Unit
Legal Aid NSW
Help for parents in
  • Childrens Court
  • Family Court.
They give you legal information.
They help you find a lawyer.
Call  1800  551  589.
Law Access
This is help over the phone.
They can help you find legal help.
Call  1300  888  529.
Legal Aid NSW. Central Office
They will tell you about lawyers near you.
Call  02  9219  5000.
Women’s Legal Service
For women
Open
  • Tuesdays 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
and
  • Thursdays 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Call  1800  801  501.

Legal help in other states

Look on the internet.
Type the words in the search window
national legal aid for individuals
There are phone numbers for each state.

Disability advocates in NSW

An advocate can
  • help you speak up for your self
  • speak for you.
Read more about advocates in our fact sheet
What is an advocate?
Aboriginal Legal Service
Help for Aboriginal parents.
Call  1800  733  233.
Brain Injury Association of NSW Inc.
It is also called Synapse.
Help for people with a brain injury.
They live in Sydney.
Help for people with disability.
They live in the Central Coast.
Call  02  9868  5261
or
Call  1800  673  074.
Citizen Advocacy Western Sydney
They are also called CAWS.
You live in western Sydney.
Call  02  9893  8210.
Disability Advocacy NSW
Call  1300  365  085.
Illawarra Advocacy
You live in the Wollongong area
Call  02  4229  4999
Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association
They are also called MDAA.
Call  02  9891  6400
or
Call  1800  629  072.
Newell Advocacy
For people who live in
  • Narrabri
  • Moree
  • Walgett.
Call  02  6792  3195
or
Call  0429  923  195
newell.moree@westnet.com.au
People with Disability Australia
They are also called PWD.
Call  02  9370  3100
or
Call  1800  422  015.
Penrith Disability Resource Centre
They are also called PDRC.
For people in the Penrith area.
Call  02  4732  2363.
Self Advocacy Sydney
For people with an intellectual disability.
They are in Blacktown.
Call  02  9622  3005.
Side by Side Advocacy Inc.
For people who have an intellectual disability.
You live in Northern Sydney.
Call  02  9808  5500.

Disability advocacy in other states

To find advocacy near you use the
Disability Advocacy Finder Tool at
disabilityadvocacyfinder.dss.gov.au/disability/ndap
Type into the window
  • your town. Like Armidale
    or
  • postcode. Like 2350.
Or email disabilityadvocacy@dss.gov.au
People with Disability Australia
They are also called PWD.
Go to www.pwd.org.au
Use the way finder hub
or
Call  1800  843  929.

Support for parents

Karitane
This is phone help for parents.
Call  1300  227  464.
Parentline
This is phone help for parents.
They can help you find a service near you.
Call  1300  1300  52.
Positive Powerful Parents
For parents with an intellectual disability.
You can talk to other parents about
  • child protection
  • Childrens Court.
They have a Facebook page.
They have a private Facebook group.
Only parents in the group can see what you talk about.
Type the words positive powerful parents in to the search button.
Look for the purple logo like this.
Ask to join.
NDIS
Talk to the NDIS about your goal to parent well.
Ask for help to parent well.
Call  1800  800  110.
Talk to your DCJ case worker
This is Community Services.
Tresillian
This is phone help for parents.
Your child is a baby
or
  • 2 years old
  • 3 years old
  • 4 years old
  • 5 years old.
Call  1300  272  736.

More information

This fact sheet is general information.
It may not be the same for you.
Talk to a lawyer about
  • your own child
  • your family.
This fact sheet was made by
  • The WASH House
  • The Ability Rights Centre. A service of IDRS
with
  • a Parent Advisory Group, 2020.
Images
We have used images from
  • ChangePeople
  • Inspired Services
  • Mayer-Johnson
  • Participics
  • Picto-Selector
  • Pikpng
  • TheNounProject.
Logos used with permission.
Access Easy English helped The WASH House write the Easy English.
April 2020.

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