About Hannah’s House
Our Mission
Hannah’s House provides crisis accommodation and mobile support to young women of Ipswich, QLD who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
We offer a safe, caring and encouraging environment where young women can come in a time of trouble, where during their stay, our staff work alongside our clients to help them move forward with a positive outlook and outcomes for their lives.
What Do We Do
Hannah’s House links our clients with support networks within the Ipswich community, based on their needs and circumstances and, where appropriate, with family members.
Hannah’s House also provides many different services to assist young women to set goals and see positive outcomes where they can live successfully and independently.
Our Services
24 hour supported crisis accommodation
Mobile Support
Assistance to Mantain Accommodation
Information, Advice, and Advocacy
Case Management
Referrals to Specialised Support Services
Assistance with Personal/Family Issues
Living Skills and Recreation Programs
Income and Budgeting Education
Education/Training/Work Assistance
Our History
Hannah’s House has been assisting young women since 1982. Our first outreach began in that year in a house that was on Roderick Street in Ipswich, QLD. The house was owned by Ipswich Central Assembly of God Church, who at that time were not using the house, and so founded what is now called Hannah’s House.
From there, we were able to expand with the help from both Centro Church, who is our auspice organisation, and with funding by the Queensland Department of Housing to acquire two properties we now operate from.
Our reach has differed over the years and presently we have 2 houses in our network that are used for crisis accommodation and transitional housing.
We have a capacity at our crisis shelter of 5 bedrooms and 3 bedrooms at our transitional housing property. Along with the 2 properties, we have also been able to expand into mobile support. This is an external program that assists our clients post involvement at Hannah’s House.
At Hannah’s House, we believe that each person has intrinsic value, and deserves the chance to improve any negative situations they find themselves in.
Our Team
These are people who make Hannah’s House possible.
Hayley Dunikowski
Service Director
Hayley has worked at Hannah’s House for 14 years in various roles and now enjoys leading the team and working on building the capacity of the service. Hayley enjoys supporting and empowering staff, building community connections and working collaboratively with other services.
Jari Smith
Case Manager
Jari is the Hannah’s House Case Manager, supporting clients to set and achieve goals. Jari has been a part of the Hannah’s House team for 6 years and is not only amazing at her role but brings a fun energy to the service with her quick and witty sense of humour!
Julie Solofa
Youth Worker
Julie is a dedicated youth worker who is great at connecting with each individual client and understanding their needs. Julie shows up for each shift excited and is always looking for ways to improve her knowledge and skills so she can better support the young people she works with.
Cherie Fagasoaia
Youth Worker
Cherie is our longest standing member of staff with many years’ experience as a youth worker. Cherie is quick to build rapport with young people with her fun and bubbly personality and is passionate about seeing clients gain skills and achieve their goals.
Nerida Turner
Crisis Accommodation House Manager
Nerida is our Hannah’s House crisis accommodation House Manager, overseeing the day to day running of the house and supporting staff and the needs of residents. Nerida provides a grounded and experienced presence and is always ready with a balanced perspective.
Elaine Booth
Transitional House Manager
Elaine resides at our transitional housing property providing a stable, adult presence to young women who have gone through our crisis accommodation program, gained independent living skills and have moved onto our independent transitional house. Elaine provides practical support when needed and is sometimes simply a listening ear and supporter!
Judy Curnow
Youth worker
With her years of experience as a youth worker, Judy brings a calm and balanced presence to our crisis accommodation house. She provides nurturing and gentle support to residents and is particularly skilled at working with young women who have experienced trauma.
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