This page has been printed from the Yarrow Place website http://www.yarrowplace.sa.gov.au
If you have been raped or sexually assaulted please call our 24
hour number 8226 8787 or 1800 817 421 to speak to someone. During
normal office hours (Mon - Fri 9 - 5) this number is answered by
Yarrow Place staff who can direct your call to the Duty Counsellor.
After hours, on weekends and public holidays this number diverts
to Sexual Assult Crisis Line who will provide brief counselling and referral
to Yarrow Place during office hours or to the on-call Crisis Response
Worker for recent sexual assault.
Yarrow Place is a South Australian service for people 16 years
and over who have been raped or sexually assaulted. If you are under
16 years of age you can contact Side
Street (8202 5871), The
Second Story (8232 0233/1300 13 17 19) or Shopfront (8281 1775)
to receive a service.
Yarrow Place can provide medical care, including collection of
forensic evidence. We provide counselling for victims/survivors
of rape and sexual assault and their families, partners and friends.
We train other workers to assist people who have been raped or
sexually assaulted.
From the menu above you can see information about medical care,
counselling, legal issues and how to support someone who has been
raped or sexually assaulted.
Please note that some of the content in this section may trigger
an emotional response. Ways to manage this include
- Having someone supportive with you when you read it
- Printing it out and reading when you feel able to do so
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