Palmerston Association

Palmerston Association Palmerston Association provides support and counselling services to individuals and families in WA that are facing issues with alcohol and drug use.

Serving the community for 40 years, Palmerston provides an important service that supports individuals and families in Western Australia that are facing issues with alcohol and drug use. Palmerston operate from a number of locations offering free counselling to families and individuals with offices in Perth, Fremantle, Rockingham, Mandurah, Thornlie, Albany and Katanning. Palmerston also provide services in Denmark, Mt Barker, Walpole and other outlying towns. Palmerston operate a Therapeutic Community (TC) 35kms south of Perth. Palmerston Farm offers a residential rehabilitation program designed for people wishing to address their substance use issues. The 10 acre semi-rural property is located 30 minutes south of Perth and offers 29 residential places for men and women and further transitional housing for three graduates of the program. A Therapeutic Community (TC) is a supportive residential environment where residents are encouraged to create positive changes in their lives and to develop new life and coping skills. The TC Model facilitates personal growth within a community of concerned people working together to help themselves and one another. Residents in a Therapeutic Community play a significant role in the day to day operation of the community and in supporting each other.

🌱 We’re Hiring: AOD Reintegration Coordinator – Bunbury Regional PrisonPalmerston is seeking an experienced and compassi...
20/02/2026

🌱 We’re Hiring: AOD Reintegration Coordinator – Bunbury Regional Prison

Palmerston is seeking an experienced and compassionate AOD Reintegration Coordinator to join our team on a permanent full‑time basis, working within Bunbury Regional Prison.

This role sits within the STEPS program, a partnership between Palmerston and South West Aboriginal Medical Service (SWAMS), and plays a critical role in supporting individuals in custody to prepare for reintegration and improved wellbeing.

Working under limited direction, you will play a key role in maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with SWAMS and Department of Justice staff, while supporting culturally safe, trauma‑informed service delivery for individuals preparing for reintegration.

Key responsibilities include:
✔ Overseeing operational delivery of the STEPS program
✔ Ensuring compliance with service, governance, and reporting obligations
✔ Building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships
✔ Supporting culturally responsive and trauma‑informed practice

What you’ll bring:
🧠 Qualifications in relevant social and/or health services fields
🌱 Experience in AOD therapeutic communities or justice settings (advantageous)
🌏 A well‑developed trauma‑informed approach
🤝 Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and CALD communities
📋 Strong clinical assessment and reporting capabilities

Applications close: 3 March 2026
Apply on Seek or submit your application at one of our sites.
https://hubs.li/Q043Xwq70

Palmerston Association has announced the appointment of Jordan Kelly as Chair and Erica Lampropoulos as Vice Chair, mark...
18/02/2026

Palmerston Association has announced the appointment of Jordan Kelly as Chair and Erica Lampropoulos as Vice Chair, marking an important new chapter as the organisation begins work on its next strategic plan.

These appointments come at a pivotal time, with a strong focus on governance, listening to community and setting a clear long‑term direction to support Palmerston’s mission and impact.

We also acknowledge and sincerely thank Louise Johnstone Forster for her outstanding leadership and more than a decade of service to Palmerston, leaving a lasting legacy of stability and purpose.

We look forward to the year ahead and the opportunities it brings for reflection, renewal and continued impact.

Read the full media statement: https://hubs.li/Q043xsNc0

🌿We’re Hiring: Refuge Case Worker - KatanningPalmerston Association is seeking a compassionate Refuge Case Worker to joi...
14/02/2026

🌿We’re Hiring: Refuge Case Worker - Katanning

Palmerston Association is seeking a compassionate Refuge Case Worker to join our team in Katanning on a permanent part-time basis (53.2 hours per fortnight).

In this role, you’ll support women and children experiencing family and domestic violence by providing safe accommodation, case management, advocacy, and trauma‑informed support. Working within a client‑centred framework, you’ll help guide clients through crisis, recovery, and transition, while collaborating closely with Palmerston staff, Kadadjiny Aboriginal Corporation, and external services.

Key responsibilities include:
✔ Delivering trauma‑informed case management and crisis response
✔ Supporting safety planning, advocacy, and referrals
✔ Navigating interagency systems to support client goals
✔ Contributing to a safe, respectful, and supportive refuge environment

This role involves some after‑hours, overnight, and shift work, with flexibility available.
Female applicants only (Section 27, Equal Opportunity Act 1984 WA).

📍 Location: Katanning, WA
⏳ Applications close: 11 March 2026
👉 Apply via Seek or drop your application at one of our sites
https://hubs.ly/Q042ZThH0

🍂Ochre Ribbon Week 2026🍂Ochre Ribbon Week is an Aboriginal-led campaign raising awareness of domestic, family, and sexua...
13/02/2026

🍂Ochre Ribbon Week 2026🍂

Ochre Ribbon Week is an Aboriginal-led campaign raising awareness of domestic, family, and sexual violence in First Nations communities.

This year’s theme, “Don’t Silence the Violence,” reminds us that violence is never acceptable and calls for investment in Aboriginal-led solutions.

At Palmerston, through our women’s refuge and other programs, we provide culturally safe spaces, support, and healing for Aboriginal women, children, and families, in partnership with Aboriginal-led organizations.

We stand with First Nations communities to strengthen safety, connection, and healing.

🎨🌈 Our Art Group in Albany has been busy repurposing old brochures to create a colourful sign celebrating 10 years of Al...
13/02/2026

🎨🌈 Our Art Group in Albany has been busy repurposing old brochures to create a colourful sign celebrating 10 years of Albany Pride Festival.

Our Art Group is a powerful program within our service. Supporting recovery through creativity, connection, confidence and purpose.

Palmerston is proudly hosting a Pride event as part of the celebrations. We would love to see you there!
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/share/1C59C3n5x9/?mibextid=wwXIfr

💜 We’re Hiring: FDV Counsellor – Katanning Palmerston Association is seeking a compassionate FDV Counsellor to join our ...
13/02/2026

💜 We’re Hiring: FDV Counsellor – Katanning

Palmerston Association is seeking a compassionate FDV Counsellor to join our team in Katanning on a permanent part-time basis (40 hours per fortnight).

Working within our FDV refuge, you’ll provide trauma‑informed, culturally secure counselling and therapeutic support to women and children experiencing family and domestic violence. You’ll play a key role in promoting safety, healing, and empowerment through strengths‑based practice, safety planning, advocacy, and referrals.

This role may include some after‑hours and shift work, with flexibility available.
Female applicants only (Section 27, Equal Opportunity Act 1984 WA).

What you’ll bring:
✅ Tertiary qualifications in counselling, psychology, or social work
✅ Demonstrated experience in trauma, AOD, family violence, and mental health
✅ Strong assessment, counselling, and case management skills
✅ Excellent organisational skills and a collaborative approach

📍 Katanning, Great Southern WA
⏳ Applications close: 11 March 2026
👉 Apply via Seek or drop your application at one of our sites.
https://hubs.ly/Q042ZRLT0

🌟 Welcome to Palmerston, Sam! 🌟We’re delighted to welcome Sam to the Palmerston team as our new Psychologist.Sam is pass...
11/02/2026

🌟 Welcome to Palmerston, Sam! 🌟

We’re delighted to welcome Sam to the Palmerston team as our new Psychologist.

Sam is passionate about building strong, supportive teams and helping people navigate their mental health journeys. With extensive experience in managing mental health crises, he brings a calm, compassionate approach that helps clients feel safe, heard, and supported during challenging times.

When not at work, Sam enjoys winding down with TV and his cat Sophie 🐾 and if he could have one superpower at work, it would be direct brain-to-text case notes (we can all relate!).

We’re excited to have Sam on board and look forward to the positive impact he’ll make for our clients and community.

👟Our “Walk in My Shoes” initiative continues! Andy and Justin spent the morning in Albany—stepping out of their usual ro...
09/02/2026

👟Our “Walk in My Shoes” initiative continues! Andy and Justin spent the morning in Albany—stepping out of their usual roles and into the day-to-day work of our Homelessness Outreach Team, joining Ian Co-Morbidity Case Worker, and Lyn, Nurse Pioneer Health.

Together, they support people in Albany experiencing AOD challenges and homelessness, who often do not access health services Their work builds trusting relationships and increases service uptake through a mobile approach, addressing barriers to primary health care.

Although the project has only been operating for five months, it was evident that the team have already developed strong collaborations with the Albany Regional Volunteer Service, City of Albany Rangers, other NGOs, and health services. From 7am, Andy and Justin shadowed Ian and Lyn as they drove around Albany, meeting street-present individuals, providing essential provisions, checking in, offering nursing care, and essential items. Everywhere we went, the team was greeted with familiar smiles and a warm “G’day”. Clear evidence of the trusting relationships they’ve built.

What stood out most was how the team engages on a personal level, creating a genuinely supportive environment. “It was inspiring to see that level of care in action.”

Spending time out in the community gave a deeper understanding of the realities our teams navigate every day and highlighted the impact of low-threshold, community-based services. Experiences like this strengthen connections across Palmerston, spark new ideas, and remind us why understanding each other’s roles matters.

This service is funded and delivered in partnership with WA Primary Health Alliance.

The City of Albany
Albany & Regional Volunteer Service
WA Primary Health Alliance

🍂Join us for Men’s Yarning at Winjan Aboriginal Corporation in Mandurah.A safe, relaxed space to connect, share stories,...
03/02/2026

🍂Join us for Men’s Yarning at Winjan Aboriginal Corporation in Mandurah.

A safe, relaxed space to connect, share stories, and have a yarn about the impacts of alcohol and other drugs in our community.

🗓 Thursdays
⏰ 11:00am – 1:00pm
📍 19 Alderly Place, Mandurah
🍽 Light lunch provided

Come along, meet new people, have a laugh and be part of the conversation.

For more information, contact Dylan Stack on 0497 104 942 or dstack@palmerston.org.au.

The WACOSS New Year sector Breakfast was a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to strengthen the wellbeing of...
30/01/2026

The WACOSS New Year sector Breakfast was a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to strengthen the wellbeing of communities across WA.

Robyn Collard’s Welcome to Country, alongside Tryse Rioli, called us to open our hearts and ears, to listen deeply, and to walk together with kindness, respect and dignity. Her words, in the context of the recent potential terrorist attack at Forrest Place, were both grounding and urgent.

Mark Glasson, Chair of WACOSS, launched WACOSS’s new Strategic Plan, speaking to the strength that comes from shared purpose and collective action.

Hon. Hannah Beazley MLA acknowledged the community services sector as the backbone of our communities, recognising the tireless work of those who support people every day.

Louise Giolitto, CEO of WACOSS, spoke with courage and honesty, naming Monday’s events as a racist act of violence and reminding us that allies must carry more of the load. Her message was clear: this is a moment to show up, to choose courage over comfort, and to build social inclusion through justice, truth and dignity.

Palmerston CEO Emma Jarvis: “Grateful to be in a room with sector organisations committed to doing the work — together.”

Dr Katrina Stratton MLC

🍂 Celebrating 5 years - Connect Wanju“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” – Oscar WildeAt Connect Wa...
29/01/2026

🍂 Celebrating 5 years - Connect Wanju

“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” – Oscar Wilde

At Connect Wanju, we believe every person deserves to be met where they are. With dignity, patience, and the right support at the right time.

For some, that starts with treatment readiness and taking the first step into a counsellor’s room. For others, it means navigating complex mental health and AOD needs with wrap-around supports, advocacy, and strong community connections. And sometimes, the work looks like steady case management, walking alongside someone until stability is possible and progress can take hold.

The growth of General Court Intervention Program reflects this approach. Referrals grew from approximately 30 in early 2020 to 361 in 2021, reaching 975 by 2025, with an active caseload of 50–65 participants at any one time. This growth reflects not only increasing demand, but strong confidence in the program and the people delivering it.

By listening, reflecting, and adapting, we’ve brought key interventions in-house. Reducing wait times, strengthening engagement, and supporting clients to stay connected to care. When people are ready to transition, we continue to work closely with our valued community partners to ensure those next steps are meaningful and supported.

Connect Wanju is a partnership, between Palmerston and Wungening Aboriginal Corporation funded by the Department of Justice WA, to deliver the General Court Intervention Program (GCIP) across metropolitan Perth.

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Palmerston Association is a leading and respected specialist not for profit provider of alcohol and other drug services in Western Australia. Operating for almost 40 years, Palmerston strives for excellence in service through support to individuals, families and communities affected by alcohol and other drug issues. A range of services including counselling, family support, group work, outreach, residential rehabilitation and educational initiatives in the community are offered. We operate from 11 locations throughout the metropolitan and Great Southern regions including the South Metro Community Alcohol and Drug Service (Fremantle, Rockingham and Mandurah), South East Metro Community Alcohol and Drug Service (Thornlie and Armadale), the Great Southern Community Alcohol and Drug Service (Albany, Katanning and Denmark), Palmerston Perth (Northbridge), Palmerston Farm Therapeutic Community (Wellard) and Beela Valley Therapeutic Community (South West).

Our services are free and everyone is welcome. Palmerston offers two residential services, one in a semi-rural location south of Perth known as the Farm TC; and the other in a small town in the South West, known as Beela Valley TC. Both residential rehabs are known as a therapeutic community (TC) as this describes the way the program is designed and how it works. Both properties offer a calm setting for individuals to participate in the program which consists of a structured and supportive environment where residents work together as a community to benefit their own recovery as well as each other.