Domestic Violence Support Services
Building Futures Free From Violence
Family and domestic violence support services for women, children and young people
How Starick Can Help
Starick Support Services
Starick is a charity supporting women and children escaping domestic and family violence. We work predominantly in Perth’s south-eastern metropolitan region. Our vision is to build futures free from violence for the women and children who use our service and for the community as a whole.
Crisis Accommodation for Women and Children
Starick’s Mary Smith Refuge and Starick House offer short-term crisis accommodation for women and children who need a safe place to stay.
Mobile Outreach
Starick’s Mobile Outreach supports women and children living in the community, who are experiencing family and domestic violence and are unable or unwilling to access refuge accommodation.
Safe at Home
Starick’s Safe at Home Program is designed to help women and children experiencing domestic or family violence to stay safely in their homes after separation from their abuser.
Support in Police Stations
Our Domestic Violence Advocates are based at local police stations and offer an advocacy service, safety planning and case management with court support.
Domestic Violence Counselling
Starick’s counselling service can be accessed by women and children staying in a Starick refuge. Counselling is also available to women affected by FDV in the community.
GP Link
GP-Link is a partnership between Starick and Anglicare WA, delivered through the Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (FDSV) Primary Care Integration Pilot.
Children and Young People
Starick is committed to creating and maintaining a Child Safe organisation in accordance with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. We foster a culture, implement strategies, and take actions that promote the wellbeing of children and young people and protect them from harm
WA Respectful Relationships Teaching Support Program
Starick is delivering the Western Australian Respectful Relationships Teaching Support Program to primary and secondary public schools across Western Australia.
WA Respectful Relationships in Sport and Recreation Program (RRSRP)
Starick’s Respectful Relationships Sport and Recreation program recognises this enormous potential for sport and recreation organisations to inform positive cultural change.
Workwise Women
Workwise Women is a supportive volunteering program for women who have experienced family and domestic violence.
Workplace Awareness
Family and domestic violence (FDV) affects every aspect of an employee’s life, including work. Managers and team leaders play a critical role in creating a safe, supportive environment.
Recognising the Signs
What is Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence is often referred to as family and domestic violence (FDV) because it’s not just partners who abuse. Family and domestic violence means any type of abuse that creates fear and controls another person, often causing physical, sexual and/or psychological damage, forced social isolation and economic deprivation.
Primary Prevention
Our Primary Prevention Services
Starick delivers primary prevention and education programs that promote safe, respectful relationships and help prevent family and domestic violence. Through our school, sport and recreation, and workplace initiatives, we support individuals and organisations to create safer, more respectful communities.
Why We Do What We Do
Our Vision
Starick’s vision is to build futures free from violence, for the women, children and young people who use our service and the community as a whole.
Lived Experience Stories
The women in these moving but challenging stories are real people. However, their names have been changed to protect their identity. Some women have shared their stories at our events, and some have gone on to become passionate advocates for family and domestic violence.
Safe at Home Catchment area
Any woman living in the following suburbs can use Starick’s Safe at Home program:
- Ascot
- Belmont
- Bickley
- Burswood
- Canning Mills
- Carlisle
- Carmel
- Cloverdale
- Darlington
- East Perth
- East Victoria Park
- Forrestfield
- Glen Forrest
- Gooseberry Hill
- Hacketts Gully
- High Wycombe
- Hovea
- Jane Brook
- Kalamunda
- Kensington
- Kewdale
- Lathlain
- Lesmurdie
- Mahogany Creek
- Maida Vale
- Mundaring
- Parkerville
- Paulls Valley
- Perth
- Perth Airport
- Piesse Brook
- Redcliffe
- Rivervale
- South Kalamunda
- St James
- Stoneville
- Victoria Park
- Walliston
- Welshpool
Domestic Violence FAQ
If someone you know is in immediate danger, call the police now on 000.
If the situation is not urgent, the most important thing you can do is to listen without judging, respect the person's decisions and help them find ways to become stronger and safer.
Things you can say to the victim:
- 'I believe you.'
- 'You do not deserve to be abused.'
- 'I am afraid for your safety and the safety of your children.'
- 'Do you need help to find out what services are available?'
Phone the police on 131 444. People with hearing impairments can call TTY 106.
Information the police may ask you for:
- The address where the incident is taking place
- Your name and telephone number
- The offender's name, age and date of birth
- If there any weapons involved.
- A description of the abuser.
- The victim's name
If the incident is occurring while you are talking to the operator, stay on the telephone. Your safety is paramount to the police.
Starick's crisis accommodation can be accessed by phoning the 24-hour phone number – 08 9458 1107. Women can phone our refuge direct or go through Crisis Care on 08 9223 1111 or 1800 199 008 (country free call).
Women and children can stay up to three months. This gives them time to sort out income and legal issues and to find alternative accommodation.
Starick provides counselling for women and children in our refuges and outreach services.
If you have the time, you should take:
- Essential clothing and personal items for yourself and your children.
- Any medications you or your children are taking.
- Identification, such as birth certificates, children's immunisation records, any Department of Housing documentation, legal documents, passports and visa information you may have.
Sometimes when women are not able to bring the above items with them, our workers can assist them to retrieve important items from their property with police assistance.
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