Referrals

Our Referral Process

• All referrals require the consent of the pregnant woman named in the referral.

• We accept referrals at any stage in a woman’s pregnancy

• Once a referral has been accepted, we form a support team of 4 volunteers who will meet with the woman regularly from week 34 of the pregnancy, provide 24-hour support during labour and delivery, and weekly support postnatally for up to 8 weeks.

Referral Criteria

Individuals who are referred to TBPP must satisfy the following criteria in order to qualify for support. 

The person must:

• Be an asylum seeker, refused asylum seeker or new refugee (status granted within the last 5 years)

OR

• Have no recourse to public funds (NRPF)

OR

• Be a victim of trafficking who has been referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM)

AND

• Be pregnant

AND

• Have no birth partner OR have a partner who will be required to look after her other children during labour and birth.