Services provided by CBERS Consultancy
- Client counselling
- Counselling and information to family members
- Weekly support group (currently held on Wednesdays from 10am to 12 noon)
- Assistance and support in accessing personal records
- Assistance with family reunification
- Advocacy
- Biannual newsletter
- Practical assistance with citizenship, forms and applications
- Access to PHIND (Personal History Index for former child migrants)
- Liaison with the Christian Brothers on behalf of clients
CBERS clients
The services provided by CBERS Consultancy are available free of charge to former residents and students of Christian Brothers institutions, including Bindoon, Castledare, Clontarf and Tardun. The counselling service is also available to the families of these clients and, through funding by the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Nazareth, is available to people who were residents of their childcare institutions. Some CBERS clients are former child migrants, however the service is also used by many Australian-born men and women.