Adoption & Permanent Care

Children who are unable to live with their natural families are placed permanently with specially assessed and legally approved families subject to a decision by the Court.

Our staff are also approved to provide relinquishment counselling for parents considering adoption of their child, and are qualified to assess people who wish to be considered as adoptive parents.

Complex Care

Children with special needs are cared for on a 1:1 basis by carers who are paid an increased reimbursement to provide this service and who are supported by CAFS' staff. The goal is to manage what may be a difficult period in the child's life to enable the child to return to home based care or to be reunified with their family.
Adoption and Permanent Care

The goal of the permanent care program is to provide a stable home environment for children who are unable to live with their families of origin. Those children are placed permanently with specially assessed and legally approved families subject to a decision by the Court. Sometimes foster care placements are converted to permanent care. At other times, the permanent care placement is with a new family.

Our staff are also approved to provide relinquishment counselling for parents considering adoption of their child, and are qualified to assess people who wish to be considered as adoptive parents.

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.