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Latest News
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New trauma training to better support carers
23/01/23The Department for Child Protection (DCP) has engaged the Australian Childhood Foundation to deliver an online training program, Caring for Children and Young People with Trauma, which will be available to the state’s kinship and foster carers in the coming months. -
Meet our 2022 DCP Recognition Award winners
04/01/23Following the success of the South Australian Child Protection in September, the Department for Child Protection (DCP) held its fourth annual DCP Recognition Awards last month. -
Extra special Christmas with two-year-old twins
24/12/22This weekend will be extra special for Jane Stewart when she celebrates her first Christmas as the long-term foster carer of adorable two-year-old twin boys, who were born with complex and chronic health conditions. -
Independent Inquiry into Foster and Kinship Care
15/12/22The State Government has released the report of the Independent Inquiry into Foster and Kinship Care.
Department for Child Protection
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2 Feb 2023 5:50 pm