About Ngala

Ngala is Western Australia’s leading not-for-profit provider of early parenting services for families with children 0 to 6 years, and the oldest charitable organisation with more than 122 years of service to the community. Ngala’s principle aim is to provide and promote a range of services and programs that help families develop resilience, life skills and their own resources to enjoy an independent and fulfilling family life.

Ngala is in contact with approximately 40% of families giving birth in Western Australia every year. Each year about 40, 000 families benefit from Ngala’s holistic service approach that covers a range of needs from information, education, family support and early learning and development services including child care, through to therapeutic, individual and family group interventions, including those where children are at risk.

How we work

The Service Delivery Model, within which all of the programs and services offered by Ngala operate, incorporates the following key elements:

 An evidence-base to all practice.

• • An ecological approach incorporating:

    • Child in Society
    • Child in Community
    • Child in Family.
  • An integrated service framework which recognises the breadth of the organisation’s work across:
    • Universal Services– those services that are aimed at the general population such as the Ngala Helpline;
    • Targeted Services- This could be a geographical location such as Ngala's Parenting and Play Time at Merriwa, Noranda, Mirrabooka, Kwinana and Rockingham OR tailored to specific parenting needs including vulnerable families such as our Supporting Children After Separation Program (with Anglicare funded by Family Relationships Services Program) or the Indigenous Parenting Support Service and Indigenous Children's Programs (funded by the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs); and
    • Specialised/Intensive Services- where an intensive response for parents with young children is required. This includes Ngala's Day Stay and Overnight Stay Services and the Parenting Advice and Support Service at Bandyup Women's Prison.  
  • Defined practice frameworks which guide the work of the organisation and enables practice to be built on strong foundations and facilitates a language for interdisciplinary team work. This results in consistency of approaches which directly enhances outcomes for clients using Ngala services.
  • A commitment to fostering innovation and development of staff.
  • Organisational leadership, clinical and corporate governance.

  • A framework for interdisciplinary research and evaluation.

Services

The range of services we offer to increase and enhance families knowledge of parenting skills include;

• Helpline
• Group Parenting Education
• Ngala Parenting and Play Time (Coffee Mornings)
• Consultations
• Day stay and overnight stays
• In-home parenting services
• Ngala Early Learning and Development Service (Bluebird Child Care)
• DadsWA

Projects & Programs

As well as our direct services, Ngala run or partner in a range of community projects and programs 

• Indigenous Programs
• My Time
• Woodside Nurturing the Pilbara
• Ngala at Kwinana
• Smart Steps
• Exmouth Early Years Action Group
• Families Undergoing Separation
• Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY)
• Tuned in Parenting
• Parenting Advice and Support Service (PASS) at Bandyup Women’s Prison

Research

Ngala is also involved in many research projects relating to early parenting and the early years areas and has contributed to many important research projects.  Find out more about past and current research projects by visiting our Research page.

Our Locations

We have centres throughout WA through which we operate our services and programs;

• Kensington & Noranda in Perth
• Merriwa
• Rockingham
• Kwinana

• as well as working in many other locations throughout the state of WA in partnership with others.

Professionals & Students

Ngala provides Professional Education, consultancy and resources in areas of early parenting and development of young children for community organisations, professionals and students.

• Professional Education
• Consultancy

• Resources

Company Structure

We are a not for profit organisation who rely on the generosity of  government funding, corporate partnerships, donations and volunteers to help us provide our family services.

Click on any of the below to find out more information regarding Ngala’s:

• Board of Directors and Company Structure 
• Sponsors and Supporters

• Partners & Volunteers

Annual Reports and Strategic Plan

2009-2011 Review

A copy of our annual report and strategic plan are available for download below:

• Annual Report for 08_09 - PDF
• Annual Report for 07_08 - PDF
• Annual Report for 06_07 - PDF
• Annual Report for 05_06 - PDF
• Annual Report for 04_05 - PDF
• Strategic Plan - PDF

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