Looking After Children in Victoria (LAC)

Good Parenting - Good Outcomes

Welcome

Implementing Looking After Children in Out of Home Care in Victoria is a joint initiative of the 39 community service organisations across Victoria who deliver out of home care services for children and young people, and the Department of Human Services. Looking After Children provides a framework for identifying the needs of children and young people and developing plans which aim to meet these needs.

At a simple level, the Looking After Children framework attempts to strengthen communication and collaboration between carers, DHS staff, community service organisation staff, other professionals, clients and their families. It prompts all parties involved to consider the things any good parent would naturally consider when caring for their own children. It also provides community service organisations with a common framework for their client records systems which contains all of the information they require to look after a child or young person in the care of their organisation.

This web page has been created primarily to provide a resource for those people who are implementing Looking After Children in Victorian out of home care services.

Thank you for your interest and support.

Mary McKinnon
Director
Child Protection, Placement and Family Services