CAFS Vision & Mission
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PROGRAMS & SERVICES
Kinship Care
The aim of Kinship Care is to effectively harness the capacity of extended family networks to provide the best possible kinship care arrangements for children unable to live with their own parents.
Kinship Care placements can be both formal and informal. Formal kinship care is a statutory arrangement between the Department of Human Services-Child Protection and the carer. Other informal arrangements are made between families and sometimes with the assistance of an external agency.
Children are referred to the Kinship Care Program primarily through the Department of Human Services Child Protection. Alternatively families may refer themselves, or have services they are involved with such as counsellors or schools, refer them to the Kinship program. When families are referred to the Kinship Program they can expect timely support from Kinship Care workers who will work alongside families to determine how to support the whole family and the best interests of the child/children in their care.
