Community Services #1

Community Services #1 (CS #1) provides emotional and practical support to over 2, 000 children, women and men every year in Canberra and the region.

Community Service #1 (CS #1) is a community based not-for-profit, non-government organisation incorporated as an association in 1987. The organisation manages and delivers a range of community services including community development, family support services, training services, children’s services and aged care and disability services.

The principle objects of Community Services #1, for which it was established, are to advance social or public welfare so that:
1. Individuals and families are relieved of poverty, distress or disadvantage
2. People are supported and protected across the whole of life
3. People are supported to build and achieve goals for their future
4. Individuals, communities and stakeholders are engaged to create connections and opportunities for people to undertake meaningful roles
5. Resilient communities are built.

CS #1 is a Registered Training Organisation offer training and a professional calendar to the Canberra community.

Our Services Include:
•Six Early Childhood Centers
•Family and Individual Support
•Parenting program
•Venue hire
•Community mini-bus service
•Special care transport
•Community Development
•Home and Community Care
•Case Management
•Centre –based Activities for Home and Community Care Clients
•Regional Assessment Service
•Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged
•Health Promotion

Accredited Training In:
•Certificate III in Children's Services
•Diploma of Children's Services