Our Services
Binaal Billa provides free legal services, holistic community support and case management to victims of family violence and/or sexual assault.
Holistic case management
Free legal advice and representation
Court support
Victim’s services applications
Community engagement and outreach programs
Early intervention and prevention activities
Community legal education
Referrals, information and other services
Community Support
Binaal Billa has a team of professional community support workers (CSW’s), who are driven and passionate to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims (survivors) of family violence and/or sexual assault receive support through trauma informed holistic case management. Support includes assistance with victims’ services compensation claims, court support, internal and external referrals to support services, advocacy, access to early intervention and prevention programs. CSW’s work closely with the legal team to ensure clients are provided with appropriate legal support and advice.
Legal Services
Binaal Billa’s legal team provide quality legal services to victims of family violence. The trauma informed services provided to clients include:
Free legal representation
Legal advice
Court support
Advocacy
Community legal education sessions
Referrals to appropriate services or supports
The legal team will obtain client’s consent prior to working collaboratively with the CSW’s to ensure clients have access to holistic case management, further support and follow-up in. This ensures services are provided in a culturally competent and safe manner to assist in the best outcomes for clients.
Binaal Billa works in a domestic violence and trauma informed way and the team are focused on providing practical options to assist people to resolve their legal issues.
Legal Services Matters
Family and domestic violence support
Victims support
Sexual assault support
Family Law support
Child Protection Support
Assistance with ADVO’s
Victims’ compensation assistance
Witness assistance
Tailored Community Legal Education for communities
Binaal Billa subcontracts Central Tablelands and Blue Mountains Community Legal Centre to provide legal services. The lawyers work remotely from Binaal Billa, the lawyers are present in the Binaal Billa office where required for legal appointments and provide court support and representation to the outreach area’s when required for client matters.
Please note that Binaal Billa does not support perpetrators of family violence and/or sexual assault.
Binaal Billa assist victims of family violence and sexual assault.