Our Services

1. Information, Advice and Referrals
Provision of accurate, evidence-informed information together with referrals and warm handovers to specialist services that meet each woman's individual needs and circumstances.

2. Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
Comprehensive, trauma-informed risk assessment and personalised safety planning to enhance immediate and longer-term safety, reduce risk, and strengthen protective factors.

3. Systems Navigation
Support to navigate complex systems including police, courts, housing, financial assistance, and community services, ensuring women can access the support they need with confidence.

4. Specialist Advocacy
Individual advocacy that upholds the rights, safety, dignity and self-determination of women affected by domestic, family and sexual violence. We work alongside victim-survivors to address barriers, amplify their voices, and support informed decision-making.

5. Victim-Survivor Rights and Victim Assist Queensland Support
Information and advocacy to help women understand their rights under the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 (Qld), including guidance on accessing financial assistance, counselling, relocation expenses, safety-related expenses, and other available supports through Victim Assist Queensland.

6. Recovery and Healing Support
Warm referrals and coordinated connections to specialist counselling, trauma recovery services, therapeutic supports, and wellbeing programs that promote healing, resilience and long-term recovery.

7. Legal Information and Legal Referrals
Referrals and supported connections to Legal Aid Queensland and community legal centres, to assist women with legal advice.

8. Court Support and Criminal Justice Advocates
Advocacy and information for aggrieved persons involved in criminal proceedings arising from domestic, family and sexual violence matters. Court support is provided subject to organisational capacity. Please contact admin@advocatesforher.com to discuss availability.

9. Collaborative and Integrated Service Coordination
Working in partnership with government agencies, specialist domestic, family and sexual violence services, health providers, legal services, housing providers, and community organisations to promote coordinated, integrated, and victim-survivor-centred responses.

10. Human Rights-Based Psychoeducation Groups
Facilitated group programs grounded in trauma-informed, feminist, and human rights principles. These groups support participants to understand the dynamics and impacts of violence, strengthen safety, build confidence, and support recovery.

11. Lived Experience Leadership and Community Projects
Co-designing initiatives alongside victim-survivors to strengthen community responses and improve systems.

12. Financial Resilience

This may include:

• Information about financial abuse and economic recovery.
• Assistance to access emergency relief and financial support programs.
• Support to navigate government payments and available victim-survivor assistance.
• Referrals to financial counsellors, financial capability services, and specialist economic support programs.
• Advocacy to reduce financial barriers that impact safety, housing, employment, education, and recovery.
• Support to develop financial confidence, independence, and future planning.

Our approach recognises that financial security is a critical protective factor that strengthens safety, promotes self-determination, and enables women to rebuild their lives with dignity, confidence, and choice.