Welfare Support For Defence Families
The Defence Community Organisation (DCO) of the Australian
Defence Force
(ADF) provides a comprehensive range of
services and programs designed to
assist the wellbeing of
ADF personnel and their families or support them
in
personal or family crises.
A range of support
initiatives are being offered for the families of
ADF
members; some of these
are offered by existing
Defence family groups or broader community
organisations
in cooperation with the DCO.
The DCO has offices in 33
locations around Australia and its staff include
family
liaison officers, social workers, military liaison officers
and
regional education liaison officers.
For general
enquiries by families about the deployment and information
about
available support services call the Family
Information Network for Defence
(FIND) number on 1800 020
031.
A National Welfare Coordination Centre (NWCC) is
available as a point of
contact for support services for
families and next of kin for deployed
personnel.
The
NWCC will be staffed 24 hours a day and their telephone
contact details
will be provided to those family members
nominated by ADF members as their
next of kin.
If
families have welfare concerns the NWCC can be contacted or
contact can
be made with the nearest DCO office by
calling the FIND number.
General messages of support can
be sent by e-mail to
peacekeepers@defence.gov.au or faxed
to 02 6201 9222.
General information on the deployment to
East Timor can be found by
searching the defence website
www.defence.gov.au and looking at the East
Timor Update
page. Information about services can also be found on the
DCO
website
www.dco.dod.gov.au
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