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Victims Services
Victims Support Scheme
If you've been injured due to a violent crime or modern slavery in NSW, you can access support to help your recovery. Family members of a homicide victim can also get assistance through the scheme.
Learn about the scheme and who can apply to get counselling and financial support.
Learn how to apply for assistance and what you will need to provide to us.
Find the right counsellor for you with our search tool.
Programs and initiatives
Support for victims navigating the forensic mental health system.
Support for families and friends of missing people in NSW
Support for children and young people in sexual offence cases.
National Redress Scheme
Support for people in NSW who have accepted an offer of redress through the National Redress Scheme.
Restitution by offenders
When a victim of crime receives financial support, we can recover money from the convicted person.
Contact us
Call
Victims Access Line: 1800 633 063
Aboriginal Contact Line: 1800 019 123
Mon – Fri, 9am to 5pm (excluding public holidays)
For the National Relay Service, call 13 36 77 (TTY) or 1300 555 727 (Speak and Listen).
For interpreter support, call the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 14 50.
Email
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.
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