Adolescent Community Placement

Adolescent Community Placement (ACP) or adolescent foster care, offers homes for young people 12 to 17 years who are unable to live with their families of origin. Volunteer carers look after young people in their own homes on a short, medium or long term basis. Where young people are unable to return to their families of origin, ACP is designed to enhance the young person's transition to independent living.

Families, couples or individuals are able to volunteer to become ACP carers. Carers receive a non-taxable financial reimbursement each fortnight and a case worker provides support to both the carer and the young person.

If you can -

provide a safe and secure environment
meet a young person's physical and emotional needs
model appropriate behaviour
be supportive
work with professionals
attend necessary induction and further training then please contact the ACP team on 5337 3333.

Our Vision: Wellbeing, respect and safety for all children and families

Our Mission: Our mission is to strengthen and empower individuals, families and communities in order to heal from the oppression of disadvantage, alienation from culture and social connections and the trauma of abuse and violence

185

employees working at CAFS
to help strengthen and
empower individuals, families
and communities

2,386

phone calls received
for family support
for the year ended
30 June 2011

$3.75m

in client debts written off
by creditors such as banks
and utilities
with CAFS help

CAFS Values

Flexibility: Being adaptable to changing circumstances in the workplace, prioritising work, addressing what is most important and taking advantage of new and emerging opportunities.

Resilience: The capacity to recover from setbacks, overcome obstacles and impediments, and the ability to learn from experience and identify areas for self development.

Client/Member focused: Prioritising the needs of clients and members, aiming for best outcomes for clients and members, being focused on the outcome and following through with commitments.

Inclusive: Recognising the rights of others, being committed to social justice and social inclusion, making equitable decisions and respecting and valuing difference and diversity in all its forms.

Ethical: High standards of personal integrity, being truthful and reflecting expected standards of behaviour consistent with the CAFS Code of Conduct and professional Codes of Ethics.

Collaborative: Working with others to achieve common goals, engendering a spirit of teamwork, listening actively, inspiring confidence and demonstrating empathy when confronted with adversity.