Incolink offers a wide range of support and counselling services for members, including apprentices and in some instances the families of members, throughout Victoria:

Financial Rights Counselling
Incolink’s Financial Counsellors provide free and confidential financial rights counselling for members. They understand the construction industry and the problems faced by building workers and their families. They can provide a range of services and advice, from preparing and managing a family budget to assisting with credit card and debt issues. Counsellors can also assist members in understanding and dealing with their rights in all financial transactions.

You can email an Incolink Financial Rights Counsellor at memserv@incolink.org.au or call Incolink on 9668 3074.

Personal Counselling and chaplaincy
Incolink's Building Industry Chaplaincy Service offers members free confidential counselling for all types of personal problems, whether work or home-related. Personal problems, such as depression, bereavement, alcohol and drug use or family and workplace-related conflicts, can affect your ability to work safely and efficiently. An Incolink chaplain or counsellor will visit you at your workplace or at home or is available at Incolink’s offices.

You can email the Incolink Building Industry Chaplaincy Service at memserv@incolink.org.au or call Incolink on 9668 3068/9.

Alcohol and Drugs Program
Incolink's Alcohol and Drugs Project Worker provides assistance to members - workers and employers - on the harm caused by the misuse of alcohol and other drugs. The worker also provides a confidential and impartial counselling and referral service where required.

You can email the Incolink Drug and Alcohol Worker at memserv@incolink.org.au or call Incolink on 9668 3069.

Apprentice Support Officer
Incolink's Apprentice Support Officer offers a free confidential support and referral service to apprentices and young workers to ensure they are equipped to deal with workplace, trade school and personal pressures and difficulties. This includes information on issues like drug and alcohol abuse and suicide prevention. Employers can also use the service where apprentices or young workers are giving them cause for concern.

You can email the Incolink Apprentice Support Officer at memserv@incolink.org.au or call Incolink on 9639 3000.

Problem gambling preventative education kit
Also aimed at apprentices and your workers, Incolink has developed an information kit and preventative education program on the issues associated with problem gambling. The program was developed for industry trainers, TAFE colleges and group training companies. Titled “You Bet” the kit is designed to assist apprentices and young people in the industry understand the issues and signs of problem gambling in their own lives and in the lives of work colleagues, friends and family. It involves written materials and a DVD to illustrate how to identify a problem and where to go for help.

To find out more, or to obtain a kit, contact the Apprentice Support Officer or Incolink Member Services Department on 9639 3000.


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