Service Directory

Tasmania Legal Aid is an independent statutory body.
We provide legal information and advice, representation, minor assistance, mediation and legal education to all Tasmanians.
Our purpose is to enable our diverse Tasmanian community to access legal services, address their legal problems, understand their rights, navigate the legal system and get the assistance they need. We work towards a vision that the Tasmanian community is safe, respected and has their voices heard. To achieve this we work with our clients, staff, legal partners and community for better laws and an effective legal system.

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) runs a children's centre for Aboriginal children in Risdon Cove, Hobart.

The website is listed below.

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Health Service (AHS) provides culturally safe health care to Aboriginal people across Lutruwita.

Funded by the Attorney General’s Department, the Family Law Pathways Network aims to support professionals in working collaboratively, maintaining strong working relationships, and developing appropriate referral mechanisms across the broader family law system.

The Tasmanian Family Law Pathways Network is a statewide organisation serving both Greater Hobart and Launceston, as well as Northern Tasmania.

In Tasmania, our network comprises over 400 professional members from 16 service sectors, with an even larger mailing list.

When a child needs your help,
get the help you need.
Our advice and referral line is the first point of contact for child wellbeing and safety.

We have a shared network of support. With your help, we can deliver earlier intervention and better outcomes for children and their families.

Better Relationships and Mental Health
Welcome To The EPICentre Hobart
The EPICentre provides counselling and mediation for individuals, couples, families, and workplaces seeking guidance and assistance with mental health, relationship, family, sexual, and workplace difficulties and concerns.

We provide professional, evidence based interventions in a safe, caring and confidential environment.

Is your family separating?
Do you require assistance with post separation parenting arrangements?
Do you require assistance to write up a Parenting Plan? Want a cheaper, less adversarial option than lawyers?
Did you know that recent changes to the Australian Family Law Act require parties to attempt Family Dispute Resolution prior to going to court, and that a Section 601 Certificate is required from a registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner?
Did you know that some people waste significant amounts of money using lawyers as counsellors and mediators?

Doorways Centres
The Doorways Philosophy embodies The Salvation Army’s mission to transform lives and care for people without discrimination.

The Salvation Army’s Doorways Philosophy has a central focus on supporting clients in times of crisis, while concurrently helping clients build their indivdual capacity and resilience. In this context TSA is delivering services that have a focus on providing clients with a “hand up” not a “hand out”.

The Salvation Army has 25 Emergency Relief sites across Tasmania, 14 of these are located in Corp. Centres with an additional 10 sites operating from brokerage sites. Please see location table below.

The Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) is an interpreting service provided by the Department of Home Affairs for people with limited English proficiency and for agencies and businesses that need to communicate with their non-English speaking clients.

TIS National has:

More than 40 years of experience in the interpreting industry.
Access to over 2900 contracted interpreters across Australia.
Access in interpreters speaking more than 160 languages.

Financial assistance
Anyone who has suffered a physical or psychological injury as a result of a violent crime in Tasmania can apply for financial assistance.

Victims of Crime Service
Providing trauma counselling, advice and support to victims of crime.

Court support for victims of family violence
The Court Support and Liaison Service support victims of family violence and can provide information to support you through the court process.

We are experts in conveyancing and property law, wills and estates, commercial law, family law, dispute resolution and civil litigation, rural law and criminal law.
We look after people, not-for-profit organisations, and small and medium businesses in our community.
See us for legal advice from someone dedicated and energetic who knows the area and local systems. Our aim is to simplify the complex and protect our clients' interests.

Providing individual and family support, education, information and referral. Group work and social activities, to carers and family members of people affected by mental health issues, including autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities.

Working to create an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.
Our mental health and wellbeing services provide support for people living with mental health issues or who have mental health concerns to develop coping strategies and recover in their community.

Attorney-General’s Department. We operate a free and statewide service, with offices in Hobart, Burnie and Launceston.

From our office in Hobart we provide confidential and free legal advice and referral to women right across Tasmania through our telephone advice line. Our highly skilled legal staff are able to provide advice and referral on all legal matters including family law, family violence, civil and criminal law, as well as estate and property law. In addition to providing telephone advice, we are at times able to take on casework for clients throughout Tasmania who need representation with their legal matters.

Our Burnie office has been operational since April 2016 after Women’s Legal Service Tasmania was chosen to open a specialist family violence unit in the north-west of Tasmania as part of the Australian Government’s response to rising family violence in our communities. Our Burnie office provides legal information, advice and support on any legal matter to those clients in the north-west of the state who are experiencing, or who have experienced, family violence.

Our Launceston office opened in March 2018, and is funded in part as an extension to our Burnie office and in part by the Tasmanian Government to provide advice and support to women in the north of the state who are experiencing, or who have experienced, family violence. Women from northern Tasmania are able to contact our Launceston office to make a face-to-face appointment with one of our solicitors.

Women’s Legal Service Tasmania are also able to provide community legal education sessions and workshops throughout the Tasmanian community. We produce legal information publications such as brochures, booklets, factsheets, and websites, and strive to make the legal system more accessible and responsive to the issues affecting women through our law reform work.

Women’s Legal Service is managed and staffed by women who are sensitive to the diverse needs of individual women and groups within the Tasmanian community. For legal advice or assistance, you can contact us through our telephone advice line, or by calling our Burnie office directly if you are in north-west Tasmania, or our Launceston office in the north-east. For all other information or enquiries, please call our Hobart office.

Women’s Legal Service Tasmania

Youth, Family & Community Connections Inc. (YFCC) is a not for profit, community organisation that provides a range of services to young people, families and individuals in communities across the North West Coast and West Coast of Tasmania. YFCC envisions a community where individuals and families have the opportunity to achieve their goals and to seek positive change.

We offer a diverse range of flexible and accessible programs that promote the wellbeing and safety of children, young people and families.

The organisation has been delivering services in the local community for over 40 years and commenced with concerned people recognising a need in their communities. The current Board of Governance membership is still drawn from the communities in which YFCC operates, ensuring a wealth of local knowledge, skills and experience are utilised to maximise our service delivery and create positive outcomes for our clients.

Crisis accommodation for up to 6 weeks in a safe and friendly environment.

It is well understood that there a variety of pathways into adulthood - some of these pathways are relatively straight forward, while others present a range of issues that need to be overcome.
Staff at the Youth Crisis Accommodation Service have many years of experience working with and supporting youth. Staff aim to provide opportunities for young people to address issues and support them toward a more stable environment.
The Accommodation Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We can help if you are homeless or at risk of homelessness, are aged between 13 - 20 years of age (inclusive), are male or female, need support