Appointment of Tony Pietropiccolo (Director Centrecare) as Chair person for the Community Sector Child Protection Advisory Group
The Community Sector Child Protection Advisory Group is a new advisory body established by the Minister that reports directly the Director General, Department of Child Protection ( ... find out more

Appointment of Stephen Clarke as Chair for the WA Family Pathways Network on Behalf of Centrecare
"WA  Family Pathways Network aims to facilitate a sustainable dialogue between providers in the family law system in order that practical and principled improvements can ... find out more

Catholic Migrant Services

Catholic Migrant Services has been operation for over 50 years and provided settlement services to tens of thousands of migrants and refugees during its long history with the support of the Management Board, staff, hundreds of volunteers, church groups, religious orders, and unequivocal/ongoing support provided by the Archbishop of Perth. The merger with Centrecare in 2005 is seen as a positive initiative to further enhance the service delivery to clients and strengthen its infrastructure base.

Today, Catholic Migrant Services currently employs 24 staff including casual staff from different religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds who are committed to meeting the needs of newly arrived migrants and refugees and provides a range of services supporting humanitarian refugees and migrants to settle in Western Australia. Whilst providing life skills and six months intensive intervention, support is also available for up to five years.

• Community Visitors Scheme – services for elderly migrant residents, helping to reduce the social isolation that many elderly people living in aged care facilities experience.

• Employment Directions

• Former Child Migrants

• Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy -service assisting humanitarian refugees on arrival to Western Australia…..read more

• Migrant Advice Service

• Settlement Grant program