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WNSWLHD Out of Home Program - Children

The Circle Program is a therapeutic approach to foster care which aims to create better outcomes for children and young people in care through early intervention.
Eligibility: Children up to 18 years old.

Uniting Wimmera

Services including foster care, residential/out-of-home care, after school hours care, family day care, kindergarten/preschool,inclusion support, problem gambling counselling, family counselling, financial counselling, disability support packages, respite care, access programs, Mental Health, crisis/emergency accommodation, accommodation placement and/or support, school -focused youth service, No Interest Loan Scheme, Step Up Loan Scheme, Kinship Care, Child FIRST and Rural and Remote Engagement Disabled Access
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Home Based Care Foster Care provides a safe, nurturing home for children who are unable to live with their own family. Fully trained foster carers provide short, medium or long-term periods of care and are supported by a foster care worker. There are many different Foster Care options including Therapeutic (Circle Program) respite, short term, long term, permanent, and emergency.
This program includes foster care case managers who support the placement and case plan for children within the Home Based Care system through:
• Direct Support for children in care to reach their goals through the looking after children framework, e.g. Education, identity, self-care and all other areas of a child's life.
• Support for Foster Carers and their family's needs to support the child in care e.g. Care team establishment, reimbursement support and management, regular supportive home visits to carers, strategies to support any challenges.
• Case Management for all foster care households. This will include working through any statutory documentation for the child, advocacy, support, supervision and holistic understanding of the child's and carers needs.
Eligibility: Children up to 18 years old.

Services include: 
- Information and application process to become a foster carer 
- foster carer support services.

CHALLENGE COMMUNITY SERVICES

Voluntary Foster care utilises current foster carers to provide short term and respite voluntary care for children that are not on statutory orders.
This needs to be applied for through family's case workers and a detailed application needs to come through intake for the accepting of voluntary agreements.
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Eligibility: Children up to 18 years old.

Peak Organisation for Foster Carers and Children and Young People in Care

Foster Care Queensland

Support, advocacy and training for foster carer.

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Foster care in Lyons

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Anglicare Victoria - Collingwood

WNSWLHD Out of Home Program - Children

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