Blue Knot Foundation, National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma is a trauma-informed policy, practice, training and thought leader. We empower recovery of the more than 1 in 4 adult Australians with experiences of trauma, abuse, violence as a child or adult.
Blue Knot Helpline and Redress Support Service provides short term trauma phone counselling, support, information, referrals for childhood trauma survivors, their personal and professional supporters (call 1300 657 380 Mon-Sun 9am-5pm AEDT) as well as redress application support to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.
We also provide extensive evidence-informed resources including guidelines, videos and fact sheets. Visit www.blueknot.org.au/resources Blue Knot also supports national workforce development through complex trauma, trauma-informed and vicarious trauma professional development training, supervision, consultancy and other services to practitioners, organisations and diverse personnel who work with survivors across sectors.
Visit www.blueknot.org.au/Training
If you are living with disability (or are a family member of or caring or advocating for a person with disability) and have experienced abuse, neglect, violence or exploitation; are currently experiencing abuse, neglect, violence or exploitation; are distressed or anxious about Coronavirus; are affected by the Disability Royal Commission.
You can call the National Counselling and Referral Service on 1800 421 468.
This service operates from:
9am-6pm AEDT Mon-Fri and
9am-5pm AEDT Sat, Sun and public holidays.
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