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Reporting suspected harm
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- What not to report or notify as suspected harm to children and young people
- Responding to a child or young person about harm
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Children in care
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Become a foster carer
- Types of foster care
- Foster care agencies
- Steps to become a foster carer
- Foster care information sessions
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Foster care stories
- Foster carers - Henny and Dave's story
- Long term and respite carers – Nicole and Scott's story
- Full time worker and respite carer – Jane's story
- Emergency foster care – Ann and Anthony's story
- Weekend and occasional school holiday respite care – Mary and Peter's story
- Glen
- Ben and Jess
- Lyn and Roy
- Felicity
- Kelly
- Philippa and Rod
- Joanne
- Jeanette
- Jo and Peter
- Ashleigh
- Common questions about foster care
- Who can be a foster carer?
- Long Term Guardianship (Specified Person)
- Support for children in care
- How children and young people come into care
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Priority access to services
- Health services for children and young people in care
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- About the initiative
- Partner with us
- Aboriginal children and young people
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Become a foster carer
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Carers
- Who can say OK
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How DCP works
- Be involved in decision-making
- Information sharing
- Case management
- Care concerns
- National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Long term guardianship
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- Working with children checks
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- Child care assistance for carers
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- My Health Record
- Ambulance cover for children and young people
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- Transporting children and young people in care
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Resources for carers
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- Caring for Aboriginal children and young people
- Culturally and linguistically diverse children and young people
- Support following natural disasters
- Carer Training
- Online safety
- Supporting LGBTIQ+ children and young people in care
- Trauma-informed and responsive care
- Disability/development informed care
- Safety around the home
- Relationships, consent and sexual health for children and young people
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- Read to Me
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- Caring Together
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Work with us
- Careers in child protection
- Working with us in regional South Australia
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The department
- About us
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Department for Child Protection
Department for Child Protection
https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au
+61 8 8124 4185
+61 8 8124 4185
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Step by Step South Australia
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Contract Management
Supporting a consistent approach to contract management.
Procurement
Learn more about our Procurement processes, approaches and projects.
Licensing
Information for application and renewal of Foster Care Agency, Children’s Residential Facility, and Aboriginal Kinship Care licenses.
Events
DCP is committed to working with our Service Providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people in care.
Service provider resources
Resources to support Service Delivery.
Service provision requirements
Legislative or statutory requirements, best practice standards or points of reference that provide guidance for contracted service delivery.
Service specifications
Set out the program requirements as to how services must be delivered by contracted out-of-home care service providers.
Latest news
Keep up-to-date as we work together to build a stronger system for South Australian children and young people in care.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Information about the planning for coronavirus impacts on children and young people in care, staff and carers.
Department for Child Protection
https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/service-providers
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