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Family Services
- Family Services
- How to make a referral or report
- Child FIRST
- Family Services Program
- Innovation Projects - Family Support
- IRIS Family Services User Manual
- Registration of Community Service Organisations
- Library
Indigenous Initiatives
Integrated Family Violence
- Integrated Family Violence Services
- Integrated Family Violence Services
- Practice Guidelines for Family Violence Counselling and Support Programs for Women and Children
- Outcomes of the DHS Integrated Family Violence funding process
- Submission Process
- Updates and News
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Standards and Guidelines
- References - Specifications
- Links to other relevant websites
- Legislation
Adoption and Permanent Care
- Welcome to Adoption and Permanent Care services in Victoria
- The Adoption and Permanent Care Program
- Adoption
- Permanent care
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
- Information Training & Education Sessions
- More resources
- Service Directories & Contacts
- Media/ Student resource kit
- Publications
- Adoption and Permanent Care Eastern Newsletter
- Infant Adoption Brochure
- Information for Parents considering Adoption of their child
- National Principles in Adoption 1997
- Permanent Care Brochure
- Permanent Care and Adoption - Teachers and Parents in Partnership
- Permanent Care and Adoption of older Children - Information for Relatives and Friends
- Permanent placement for your child
- Step Children and Adoption
- Legislation (Adoption)
- Links
- More Resources
Placement and Support
- Placement and Support
- Adoption and Family Records Service
- Adoption and Permanent Care
- Intercountry Adoption
- Foster Care
- Services to Assist Former State Wards of Victoria
- Looking After Children in Victoria (LAC)
- Care Leavers (Forgotten Australians)
- Sector Development Plan
- Directions for Out of Home Care
- Library
- Service Directories & contacts
- FAQs
- Standards and Guidelines
- Newsletters
- Links
- Publications
- Adoption and Permanent Care Learning Guide
- Placement and Support
- Achieving Service Quality Improvement - Best Practice Initiatives in Placement and Support Services 2000-2001
- Adolescent Community Placement - Principles and Program Framework, September 1991
- Adolescent Support Program Document, November, 1993
- Adoption and Permanent Care - Legal Issues
- Adoption and Permanent Care - Statistics
- Adoption and Permanent Care Learning Guide
- Adoption and Permanent Care Procedures Manual (updated 2004)
- Adoption and Permanent Care Services - Contacts
- Adoption and Permanent Care Standards, 1986
- Adoption, fostering, permanent care and beyond: Re-thinking policy and practice on out-of-home-care for children in Australia
- Audit of Children and Young People in Home Based Care Services
- Audit of Kinship Care Clients - A summary report
- Baseline Standards for Out of Home Care, December 1995
- DHS and Relevant Authorities Fire Risk Management Standard March 2000
- Departmental Instruction Relating to Community Services September 1991
- Disability Services Initiative In Adoption and Permanent Care (DSIAPC) Program description and guidelines
- Discovering You Are Adopted
- Families First Model Statement - 1995
- Families First Program - Aftercare Module, 1994
- Families First Service Specifications revised, 1995
- Flexipack Guidelines - November 1995
- Foster Care Survey Report 2007
- Funding Arrangements for Placement and Support Services Provided by CSOs
- Guidelines for responding to quality of care concerns in out of home care
- Home-based Care Handbook
- Information About Your Adoption
- Information for Adoptive Parents
- Kinship Care Guidelines 1996
- Kinship Care program model June 2009
- Management Response to Inhalant Use 2002.
- Partnering Agreement - School Attendance and Engagement of Children and Young People in Out of Home Care
- Pathways to Partnership
- Permanent Care
- Permanent Care Order Guidelines 1993
- Protocol Between Protective Services and Families First
- Public parenting: a review of home based care services in Victoria
- Redevelopment of Adoption and Permanent Care
- Report on Permanent Care Program - September 2001
- Residential Care - Substance Abuse Policy February 2002
- Reviewing Kinship Care policy and practice
- Revised Guidelines for Kinship and Permanent Carer reimbursement 2005
- Shared Family Care: Program Description and Guidelines
- Standards and Guidelines
- Statewide Review of Out-Of-Home Care Services for Aboriginal Children and Young People - 1999
- Voluntary Placements Handbook
- Voluntary child care agreements and the Children Youth and Families Act (CYFA)
- Was Your Child Placed for Adoption in Victoria?
- When Care Is Not Enough
every child every chance
- every child every chance
- Keeping informed
- Reflect.. turning knowledge into practice
- Learning and Development
- Evaluation of Child and Family Services Reforms
- Recruitment
- Registration of Community Service Organisations
- Child Friendly Challenge
- Charter for Children in Out of Home Care
- How to make a referral or report
- Library
Youth Justice
- Youth Justice
- Community Supervision
- Custodial Services
- Legal and Policy
- Support Services and Programs
- Youth Justice Koori programs
- Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 1
- Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 2
- Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement
- Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee
- Recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Ministerial Summit on Indigenous Deaths
- Indigenous Issues Unit
- Aboriginal Affairs Victoria
- Yannabil Youth Justice Koori Visitors Program
- YJCAS - Youth Justice Court Advice Service
- Youth Justice Community Support Service
- Adolescent Forensic Health Service
- Male Adolescent Program for Positive Sexuality
- Hand Brake Turn
- YMCA
- Children's Court of Victoria
- Mental Health and Drugs Division
- Disability Services
- Department of Housing
- Youth Justice Koori programs
- Youth Parole
- Youth Justice Group Conferencing
- Library
- Youth Justice Service Directories and Contacts
- News Links - Human Services
- Youth justice forum attracts mentors
- Mildura Elders visit youth justice centres
- Awards honour excellence in helping vulnerable groups
- Staff win Indigenous Community Justice awards
- Car theft conference
- Juvenile Justice Centre in NAIDOC observance
- Pacific communities seminar
- African workers visit Parkville
- juvenile justice remand unit opens
- YMCA extends juvenile justice program
- Cambodians visit juvenile justice centres
- Cultural activities mark C Week
- Young people inspired by Hip-Hop artists
- Mentoring program to get youth back on track
- Juvenile justice centres mark Vietnamese New Year
- Building underway at juvenile justice centre
- YMCA marks juvenile justice milestone
- Art mimics life for young offenders
- Links
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
- Children's Court
- Community Juvenile Accountability Act - Washington State Institute for Public Policy (USA)
- Community Safety Services
- Correctional Service of Canada
- Correctional Service of Canada - Publications
- Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (USA)
- Crime and Misconduct Commission QLD
- Crime and Violence Prevention Victoria
- Department of Juvenile Justice(NSW)
- Drug Prevention Network - Australian Drug Foundation
- Home Office Research Development Statistics (UK)
- Infocast - News on Community - Health - Youth - Housing - Training - Disability and Employment
- Juvenile Fire Awareness and Intervention Program
- LawLink NSW
- Melbourne Youth Support Services
- National Institute of Justice (USA)
- National Juvenile Detention Association (USA)
- Research Network on Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice (USA)
- Washington State Institute for Public Policy (USA)
- US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Victoria's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services
- Youth Justice Board UK
- Youth Law (including LawStuff)
- YouthNet (including Front Yard)
- Fact Sheets
- Pamphlets
- Bail - Information for young people
- Parole Order - Information for young people
- Probation - Information for young people
- Remand - Information for Young People
- Youth Attendance Order - Information for young people
- Youth Supervision Order - information for young people
- Youth Residential Order - Information for Young People
- Youth Justice Centre Order - Information for young people
- YJCAS - Youth Justice Court Advice Service
- Publications
- A youth worker's guide to nutrition for young people
- Bail - Information for Young People
- Client Service Planning
- Youth Justice Group Conferencing
- Guidelines for Implementing Sporting, Recreation and Outdoor Activities, Revised April 2007
- Koori Justice Programs
- Male Adolescent Program for Positive Sexuality - MAPPS
- Recidivism Among Victorian Juvenile Justice Clients 1997-2001.
- References and Archives
- Review of the Security of Leave Provisions in Juvenile Justice Centres (Falconer Report)
- Sponsoring young people on community service
- Standards to guide the delivery of services in juvenile justice custodial centres
- Victorian Juvenile Justice Rehabilitation Review
- Youth Parole and Residential Boards of Victoria
Child Protection and Family Services
- Child Protection and Family Services
- every child every chance
- Family Services
- Early parenting services
- Supporting Parents, Supporting Children: Victorian early parenting strategy
- Early parenting centre (EPC) services
- Parenting assessment and skill development service (PASDS)
- Contacts
- Links
- Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Baptist Community Care Limited
- Better Health Channel
- Beyondblue
- Child Protection - contact numbers
- Child and Family Services Ballarat
- City of Greater Geelong - service directory
- Connections Uniting Care Eastern
- Family Care Inc
- Having a baby in Victoria (Dept of Health)
- Information for new parents (DEECD)
- Kidsafe
- Maternal and Child Health Service (DEECD)
- Mercy Health O'Connell Family Centre (O'Connell)
- National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children
- Childsafe messages - Office of the Child Safety Commissioner (OCSC)
- Post and Antenatal Depression Association (PANDA)
- Queen Elizabeth Centre (QEC)
- Raising Children Network
- Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne
- St Luke's Anglicare
- Supported Playgroups Parent Initiative
- Tweddle Child and Family Health Service (Tweddle)
- Warrnambool City Council
- Publications
- Indigenous Initiatives
- Robin Clark Memorial Awards
- Library
- About Child Abuse
- Child Protection System
- Children's Court
- Contact Child Protection
- Child protection publications
- Child protection system
- National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020
- Partnering Agreement - School Attendance and Engagement of Children and Young People in Out of Home Care
- Protecting Victoria's Children - Practice Manual
- Responding to Child Abuse
- Student Information Kit - Child Protection
- Towards Collaboration - A resource guide for Child Protection and family violence services
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Frequently Asked Questions - Child Abuse
- How many cases of child abuse are reported each year?
- I am interested in becoming a Child Protection Worker
- I have to do an assignment/project on child abuse - What information is available?
- Someone I know is being abused - Where do I go for help?
- What does the Child Protection Service do
- What is the Child Protection System?
- What is the role of Child Protection Workers? What authority do they have?
- When should professionals report abuse?
- Who is mandated to report child abuse?
- Links
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Australians Against Child Abuse
- Careers - Department of Human Services
- Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
- National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (NAPCAN)
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (UK)
- Victorian Legal Aid - Multilingual Publications
- Indigenous
Youth Services
- Youth Services
- Youth Services Programs
- DHS Youth Programs
- Vulnerable Youth Framework
- Library
- Service Directory and Contacts
- Links
- Professional Development and Resources
- Publications
- Publication References
- Research
- Evaluation of the School Focused Youth Service - March 2001: Final Report, Literature Review, Best Practice
- Guidelines for the Expenditure of Brokerage Dollars(SFYS)
- School Focused Youth Services (SFYS) Discussion paper and Regional Consultation Workshops
- School Focused Youth Services Program Guidelines
- Improved Service Responses for Young People
- School Focused Youth Services: Tender Specifications: April 1998
Intercountry Adoption
Family Violence and Sexual Assault
- Family Violence, Sexual Assault and Victims of Crime
- Family Violence Prevention and Support Program
- Indigenous Family Violence Strategy
- Sexual Assault Support Services
- Sexually Abusive Behaviours Treatment Services
- Integrated Family Violence Services
- Library
- Sexual Assault Support Services contact list
- Gatehouse Centre
- CASA House
- Northern CASA
- WestCASA
- Children's Protection Society
- Currawong, Melbourne Counselling Service, The Salvation Army
- Sexual Assault Crisis line (SACL)
- South Eastern CASA
- Windermere
- Wimmera CASA
- Ballarat CASA
- Brophy Family Services
- South Western CASA
- Barwon CASA
- Eastern CASA
- Australian Childhood Foundation
- Upper Murray CASA
- Goulburn Valley CASA
- Berry Street Victoria
- Mallee Sexual Assault Unit
- Loddon Campaspe CASA
- Bass Coast Regional Health Family Resource Centre
- Gippsland CASA
- Child Assault Management Program (Latrobe Community Health)
- Links
- Publications
- Changing Lives - A New Approach to Family Violence in Victoria
- Child sexual abuse understanding and responding
- Demand Management Framework for Sexual Assault Services
- Family Violence Support Services Program and Service Plan Implementation Guidelines 2003-2004
- Formal Protocol between Department of Human Services and Victorian Police Family Violence Referral pathways 2006-2008
- Indigenous Family Violence Task Force Report 2003
- Intensive Case Management for women experiencing family violence
- It happened to me women talk about child sexual abuse
- It happened to us men talk about child sexual abuse
- Reforming the Family Violence System in Victoria
- Sexual Assault Services: Program and Service Plan Implementation Guidelines 2003-04
- Standards of Practice for Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault
- Towards Collaboration - A resource guide for Child Protection and family violence services
- Victorian Government Response to the Victorian Indigenous Family Violence Task Force Final Report
- Women's journey away from family violence - Framework and Summary
- Workforce Development for Sexual Assault Workers
- You and your child - for parents of children who have been sexually abused
- Sexual Assault Support Services contact list
This document was last updated on
25/08/2008