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Child and family
Find information about child and family services.
- Support for children and families Information on supporting children and families
- Support for parents and families
- Independent person When Child Safety is making an important decision about an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, the child and the childs family have a right to have a say and to have an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for a child independent person help make sure their voice is heard.
- Protecting children We are dedicated to protecting children and young people who have been harmed or are at risk of harm.
- About child protection Child Safety is dedicated to protecting children and young people who have been harmed, or are at risk of harm.
- What is child abuse? A child is any person under 18 years of age. Child abuse is action, behaviours or inaction by an adult towards a child or young person that harms or endangers the child.
- How to prevent abuse Most people want to love and care for their children, but parents can harm their children when stress, tiredness, lack of skills, information or support combine to make the pressures of caring for them overwhelming.
- Reporting child abuse If you have a reason to suspect a child in Queensland is experiencing harm, or is at risk of experiencing harm, you need to contact Child Safety Services.
- Responding to child abuse The department is the lead child protection agency in Queensland and is required by law to ensure that children and young people are safe from abuse, neglect and harm in their homes.
- Moving a child to a safe place
- Investigation and assessment The purpose of an investigation and assessment is to: investigate concerns received about harm and risk of harm.
- Care Agreements
- What you can expect
- Ongoing intervention Ongoing intervention occurs when we need to provide support and assistance to a child or young person and their family to meet their protection and care needs.
- Resources and publications
- Foster and kinship care Every day, thousands of Queenslanders confirm their commitment to protecting Queenslands vulnerable children by being a foster or kinship carer.
- Carer training
- Foster carer training Our department is committed to providing pre-service and in-service training for foster carers to support the development of the skills and knowledge required to provide quality care to children and young people in out-of-home care.
- Foreword
- Procedures and guidelines
- Frequently asked questions
- Orientation
- Learning outcomes
- Pre-service training
- Water safety for carers
- Learning journal
- Standard training
- Caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
- Advanced training Advanced training is flexible and based on the foster carers specific learning needs.
- Attachment
- Whose problem is this?
- Foster Parent College
- Independence and connections
- I'm an individual...
- Infectious diseases
- Ready, set, fly! A parent's guide to teaching life skills
- Loss and grief for children in care
- Participation
- Positive and Protective series
- Reality fostering
- Strategies for Managing Abuse Related Trauma (SMART)
- Whose job is this?
- Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
- Acknowledgements
- Foster carer training Our department is committed to providing pre-service and in-service training for foster carers to support the development of the skills and knowledge required to provide quality care to children and young people in out-of-home care.
- Rights and responsibilities It is our responsibility to ensure that children and young people in the child protection system are cared for in a safe and accountable way. Find out what this involves.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Regulation of care When ongoing intervention with a child or young person and their family involves placing the child or young person away from their parents care, our department is required to ensure that the child is assured a safe and acceptable standard of care.
- Contacts Access contact information for the Foster and Kinship Carer Support Line, community foster care agencies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foster care agencies, and peak bodies and advocacy groups.
- Community foster care agency contacts Foster care community agencies contact information
- Indigenous foster care agency contacts
- Peak body and advocacy group contacts
- Resources and publications Access publications including fact sheets, brochures, forms, guides, policies and procedures relating to foster and kinship care.
- Carer training
- Adoption Adoption is a way to provide a permanent family for children who cannot live with their birth family.
- Child and family reform The Queensland Government has outlined its reform agenda for supporting Queensland families and keeping children safe.
- Sharing responsibility for children's safety and wellbeing
- Supporting families earlier
- Working better with families in contact with the child protection system
- Meeting the needs and requirements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families will have access to culturally appropriate Indigenous-specific and mainstream services and care.
- Empowering Families Innovation Fund
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service Reform Project
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Wellbeing Services
- Family Participation Program
- Indigenous career progression - cadetships and scholarships
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child protection sector and service development
- Improving care and post-care for children and young people
- Delivering quality services to children and families through a capable, motivated workforce and client-focused organisations
- Building an accountable, transparent and cost-effective system
- Child protection legislation reform
- History of child protection legislation reforms
- Specialist Services
- Queensland Government Response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse The Queensland Government response to the Royal Commission was tabled by the Premier in Parliament on 15 June 2018.
- NDIS transition and implementation As the NDIS transition progresses in each region, new processes and relationships are being established between the NDIA and Queensland Government services, including our department.
- Our performance Find out about the performance of the Queensland child protection system.
- Summary statistics Child protection data summary statistics.
- Family Support and Child Protection System Framework
- Family Support Services
- Intake phase The intake phase is the initial decision making point where the department determines its response to reports of suspected harm, or risk of harm, to a child or unborn child who may be at risk of harm after he or she is born.
- Investigation and assessment phase Statistical data, analysis and supporting information regarding the investigation and assessment phase of the Queensland child protection system.
- Ongoing intervention phase Ongoing intervention by the department is only required when it is determined that a child is in need of protection. When ongoing intervention is required, a case plan is developed in conjunction with the child or young person and their family.
- Ongoing intervention phase (Permanency planning) When children cannot be safely reunified with their families, other permanency arrangements are considered. This includes seeking a long-term child protection order and providing the child with a stable, out-of-home care environment until they turn 18 years.
- Improved safety The departments role to ensure the childs safety is improved.
- High quality services and improved wellbeing It is the departments role to ensure high quality services are delivered to children and young people that are meaningful to their protection needs and wellbeing.
- Representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children The department is committed to resolving the many challenges associated with the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the child protection system.
- Family and household characteristics
- Demographics
- System and Practice Reviews - Child deaths
- Regional data In August 2009 new Department of Communities regions came into effect. Annual data for 2009-10 onwards is reported against these new regions.
- Adoptions
- Glossary of terms
- Table notes
- Contacts
- Resources and publications
- Child Safety Practice Manual
- Child and family resources Access historical publications around child and family issues.
Youth
Find out how we support young Queenslanders.
Women
Find out more about what we do to support Queensland women.
- Queensland Women's Strategy
- Queensland Women's Week
- Women on boards
- Gender analysis toolkit Gender analysis is the methodology used to develop and deliver strategies that address the needs of Queensland women. Our Gender analysis toolkit can be used in any workplace to assist with policy or program development, implementation and evaluation.
- Queensland Women 2015
Violence prevention
Find out more about our work to prevent violence in Queensland.
- Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
- Domestic and family violence prevention strategy 2016-26
- Domestic and family violence reform
- Violence against women prevention plan 2016-22
- Domestic violence self-funded refuges
- Sexual violence prevention The Queensland Government is committed to preventing and responding to all forms of sexual violence.
- Sexual Violence Prevention Framework Prevent. Support. Believe. Queenslands Framework to address Sexual Violence is Governments framework to prevent and respond to all forms of sexual violence.
- Review of consent in rape and sexual assault
- Current initiatives addressing sexual violence
- Youth sexual violence
- Not now, not ever. Together.
About us
About us.
- Our department Learn about our Director-General, our departments structure and regional boundaries.
- Our Director-General
- Our structure
- Our regions
- Putting customers first Find out how we are putting our customers first and our progress in transforming the way we are doing our business.
- State Budget
- Our governance committees
- Our Minister
- Our publications Read our corporate publications, find out about the legislation we manage, and our research.
- Corporate publications Find out about our corporate publications, such as our Annual Report and Strategic Plan.
- Annual Report The Annual Report is an account of the operational and financial performance of the department.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability Action Plan
- Strategic Plan
- Disability Service Plan
- Multicultural Action Plan
- Legislation
- Research
- Corporate publications Find out about our corporate publications, such as our Annual Report and Strategic Plan.
- Partners Find out who we partner with to deliver our services.
- Child and family Find out who we partner with to deliver child and family services.
- Our community partners Non-government organisations work in partnership with Child Safety Services to deliver services or programs to children, young people and families throughout Queensland.
- Our government partners The Director of Child Protection Litigation is an independent statutory agency in the Department of Justice and Attorney-General portfolio established to make decisions as to which matters will be the subject of a child protection order application and what type of child protection order will be sought, as well as litigate the applications.
- Child safety licensing Incorporated organisations delivering placement services to children subject to statutory child protection intervention are required to be licensed.
- Information sharing
- Resources and publications
- Youth
- Women
- Violence prevention
- Child and family Find out who we partner with to deliver child and family services.
- Funding and grants Find out about current funding and grants opportunities.
- Departmental sponsorship
- Human Services Quality Framework
- Funding available
- Legislative safeguards for funding
- Streamlined agreements
- Investment specifications Information on investment specifications.
- Outcomes Co-design
- Non-Government organisation access to interpreting services
- Output funding and reporting
- Online Acquittal Support Information System (OASIS) Information about OASIS, an online grants tool making it easier, simpler and faster for funded organisations to electronically update records, financial information, access reports and submit endorsed documents.
- Right to information Find out about our approach to providing the community with greater access to information.
- Publication scheme The publication scheme describes and categorises information routinely available from us.
- Disclosure log The Right to Information Act 2009 requires agencies to publish information and documents on RTI disclosure logs.
- Careers Find out how you can join us and what career paths are available in our department.
- Benefits of working with us
- Career opportunities Information about the range of career opportunities available within the department.
- Child protection careers We employ across a variety of child protection roles, from Child Safety Support Officers to Senior Practitioners.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander careers and training
- For graduates
- For students We have opportunities in city and regional locations and across a range of service areas.
- How to apply
- Current vacancies
- Career contacts
Our stories
Read good news stories about the work we are doing to help ensure Queenslanders are safe and thriving in families and communities.
- Archive
- Young person inspired by her CSO to study youth work
- Community joins together to raise awareness for mental health
- Australian-first youth detention initiative launches in Queensland
- Roma Child Safety team shows support through new t-shirts
- Supporting children for the future
- Maryborough is leading by example
- The power of positive change
- Giving families hope in the Moreton Bay region
- Schools are saying Not Now, Not Ever
- Sporting clubs tackling domestic and family violence
- Workplaces saying Not Now, Not Ever
- Communities are saying Not Now, Not Ever
- Reconnecting families in Far North Queensland
- Giving a voice to young people in care
- At-risk kids in West Cairns reap the benefits of new program
Contact us
Contact the department.
- Department contacts
- Child and family contacts Child and family contacts.
- Child safety service centres Contact details of child safety service centres.
- Child Safety regional offices
- Child and family contacts Child and family contacts.
- Compliments and complaints
- Social media
- How you can get involved
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- Last reviewed
- 5 June 2018
- Last modified
- 2 February 2020
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