Living and working in remote Australia can put tremendous pressure on families - financial concerns, drought, lack of medical services, schooling, absence of extended family support.
Frontier Services provides a range of practical programs that focus on helping families with children, particularly those under the age of five. Our staff seek to develop a sense of community and provide opportunities for interaction and support to children and parents living in remote areas.
The Remote Area Families Services (RAFS) operate across the whole of remote Queensland and the Barkly Tablelands of the Northern Territory, serving over 1,000 families. The Remote Family Care Service provides up to three weeks of care at home for families who have at least one child under the age of five and no access to mainstream services.
Additionally, Frontier Services operates the In Home Care program which allows families who have no other access to child care to be able to employ a carer to live on site with them in order to provide this essential service.
Student Group Homes enable isolated families to send their children to schools in town. They are "home away from home" during school term with houseparents overseeing all their needs.
Northern Territory
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Mutitjulu Child Care Centre
Mutitjulu, Northern Territory. In 2008 Frontier Services, at the request of the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Mutitjulu Community, reopened the Mutitjulu Child…Read more... -
National In Home Care
Brisbane, Queensland. Frontier Services provides In Home Care services throughout Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Kimberley, through the In Home Care service operated nationally and coordinated from Brisbane. Families…Read more...
Queensland
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Audley House Student Group Home - Atherton
Atherton, Queensland. Audley House is a Student Group Home, located at Atherton, managed by two Student Group Home House Parents. Atherton rests on the Great Dividing Range south-west of Cairns…Read more... -
Charleville and District Family Day Care
Charleville, Queensland. The service is managed by a Regional Coordinator with part-time administration support and is based in Charleville. The service is delivered to the district around Charleville and provides…Read more... -
Charleville Early Learning Centre
Charleville, Queensland. The Charleville Early Learning Centre aims to serve the children and parents/guardians of this isolated rural region by providing care for children six weeks to 12 years of age…Read more... -
Dalrymple Rural Family Support Service - Charters Towers
Charters Towers, Queensland. The Dalrymple Rural Family Support Service commenced in March 2001 and is a mobile outreach program based in Charters Towers. The Dalrymple Shire surrounds Charters Towers, covering…Read more... -
National In Home Care
Brisbane, Queensland. Frontier Services provides In Home Care services throughout Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Kimberley, through the In Home Care service operated nationally and coordinated from Brisbane. Families…Read more... -
North Queensland Remote Area Families Service - Mareeba
Mareeba, Queensland. The North Queensland Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) is provided by two field co-ordinators and one part-time Resource Officer, based in Mareeba, North Queensland and covers the Cape York region south…Read more... -
North Queensland Rural Family Support Service - Hughendon
Hughenden, Queensland. The North Queensland Rural Family Support Service based in Hughenden was approved in 1994 by the then Department of Families, Youth and Community Care Queensland (presently Department of…Read more... -
Remote Area Families Service Charleville
Charleville, Queensland. The service is provided by two Field Co-ordinators and one part-time Resource Officer, based in Charleville, covering the surrounding region. The Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) Charleville was established in…Read more... -
Remote Area Families Service Emerald
Emerald, Queensland. The Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) is provided by two Field Co-ordinators and one part-time Resource Officer, based in Emerald, and covers a wide area of central Queensland. Emerald RAFS…Read more... -
Remote Area Families Service Longreach
Longreach, Queensland. The service is provided by two Field Co-ordinators and one part-time Resource Officer based in Longreach, Queensland, and covers the surrounding region. The Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) Longreach was…Read more... -
Remote Area Families Service Mount Isa
Mt Isa, Queensland. The service is provided by two Field Co-ordinators and one part time Resource Officer based in Mount Isa, covering the surrounding region. The Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) was…Read more... -
Remote Family Care Service
Brisbane, Queensland. The Remote Family Care Service started in May 1997 in response to the large numbers of isolated families and young children who were entirely without access to mainstream…Read more...
Western Australia
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Karratha Occasional Care
Karratha, Western Australia. This program is based in Karratha, Western Australia and serves the surrounding area. The program was established to service the booming mining and oil/gas industries where construction…Read more... -
National In Home Care
Brisbane, Queensland. Frontier Services provides In Home Care services throughout Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Kimberley, through the In Home Care service operated nationally and coordinated from Brisbane. Families…Read more...