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Spiritus offers many programs which specialise in offering support for families and children to enrich and improve their quality of life.

    Alina Alina is a time-limited, inclusive, strength based program which works alongside people with an intellectual disability and who live within a 30 minute drive from Nundah.

    The two distinct groups we seek to work alongside are: 
    • families with a parent/parents who have an intellectual disability with a child under the age of 12 months
    • single women (18 and over) who have an intellectual disability and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness who enter Alina of their own choice to engage in case management support
     
    Amend Assisting mothers end the need for drugs. 

    The amend service is a home-based relapse prevention service for pregnant and parenting women who live in Brisbane or the Gold Coast and who find it difficult to access mainstream alcohol and drug treatment services.
     
    Spiritus Youth Services  Based in Beenleigh this program provides:
    • family mediation and/or counselling to prevent youth homelessness
    • fully supported short term accommodation for 16 -1 8 year olds 
    • programs and workshops for young people and families 
    • life skills to assist independence 
     
    The Early Parent Centre

    Based in Inala this program:

    • supports young parents under 25 years
    • social and peer support groups to prevent child abuse and neglect
     
    Counselling & Education Services
    Situated in Buranda & Ipswich, this program provides:
    • marriage/relationship preparation
    • marriage/relationship counselling
    • divorce/separation - post separation parenting
    • domestic Violence counselling – men, women and children
    • sexual abuse victim group counselling
    • effectiveness training
     
    Operation Kinder Community (OKC)
    Based in Riverview, servicing Ipswich / West Moreton. This program offers programs to:
    • to prevent family breakdown, child abuse and neglect, and youth homelessness
    • offer some assistance to ex-offenders and their families
     
    Social Services Support Roma
    Services offered in Roma and Chinchilla
      • supports young people at risk of disengaging from education/training
      • recruits, trains and supports foster carers (35-55 children in care)
      • provides Mental Health Counselling
      • raising community awareness on issues related to mental illness
      • Enable services offered in Roma, St George, Mitchell, Injune, Miles and Surat
      • Working with those with a disability
      • Offering respite care
     
    St Mary’s Support and Accommodation

    Based in Toowong, this service provides:

      • support and accommodation for young pregnant and parenting women under 25 years who are homeless
      • supervised care for young mothers and babies
      • short-term semi-independent living Nundah, Toowong