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An overview of the available pages on this site.
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 child’s 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?
- What is child sexual abuse?
- 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.
- 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 Queensland’s 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.
- Rights and responsibilities
- 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.
- Resources and publications Access publications including fact sheets, brochures, forms, guides, policies and procedures relating to foster and kinship care.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Child Safety Practice Manual
- Child and family resources Access historical publications around child and family issues.
Find out how we support young Queenslanders.
Find out more about what we do to support Queensland women.
Find out more about our work to prevent violence in Queensland.
About us.
- Our department We are currently updating our website to reflect Machinery of Government changes following the Queensland general election. Visit the Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs websites for further information on these areas of the new department.
Learn about our Director-General, our department's structure and regional boundaries.
- Our Minister
- Our publications Read our corporate publications, find out about the legislation we manage, and our research.
- 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
- Funding and grants Find out about current funding and grants opportunities.
- 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.
Read good news stories about the work we are doing to help ensure Queenslanders are safe and thriving in families and communities.
Read our latest news items.
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