Minister for Child Protection Hon Katrine Hildyard MP has shared this message for carers about the passing of the Children and Young People (Safety and Support) Act 2025, and other recent developments affecting carers.
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Report suspected harm
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- Responding to a child or young person about harm
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For children and young people
- Your rights as a child or young person in care
- What happens when you come into care
- Who to speak to when you need help
- Get priority access to health, education and other services
- What happens when you leave care
- Backpacks 4 SA Kids
- Apply for a grant
- DCP Residential Care and the Sanctuary Model
- Ministerial Youth Advisory Council
- Statement of Commitment to Children and Young People
- For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
- For multicultural families
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For family-based carers
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Caring basics
- Care concerns
- Care team approach
- Carer agreements
- Carer support payments
- Identification cards
- Information sharing
- Become a Long Term Guardian (Specified Person)
- Missing / absent children and young people
- Statement of Commitment
- Transporting children and young people in care
- Working with children checks
- After hours support line
- Child care assistance
- My Health Record
- Respite care
- Support and advocacy
- Support following natural disasters
- Disability support (NDIS)
- Education support
- Read to Me
- Accessing and applying to amend DCP records
- Complaints process for carers
- Who can say OK?
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Resources for carers
- Raising children and child development
- Be involved in decision-making
- Home life resources
- Trauma-informed and responsive care
- Caring for Aboriginal children and young people
- Relationships, consent and sexual health for children and young people
- Supporting LGBTIQ+ children and young people in care
- Caring for culturally and linguistically diverse children and young people
- Disability/development informed care
- Safety around the home
- Online safety
- Reflective Questionnaire
- Understanding and Responding to Harmful Sexual Behaviours (password protected)
- Carer community
- Carers Voice
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Caring basics
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For service providers
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Service provision requirements
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander requirements
- Care concerns
- Carer and personnel requirements
- Carer reviews and agreement
- Child related costs
- Contract performance management
- Cultural and Linguistically Diverse requirements
- Disability requirements
- Family Based Care Carer Recruitment
- Family based care funding
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- Incident management
- Legislation and standards
- Missing persons
- Psychological assessment
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- Reports and meetings
- Transporting children and young people
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