New South Wales Government
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• about DoCS
  • about the Department
    • corporate plan
      • corporate directions
      • budget enhancement
    • about the Minister
    • annual report
    • private sector contracts
    • organisational chart
  • our services
  • legislation
    • about the Act
    • review of the Act
  • careers with DoCS
    • current vacancies
    • how to apply for a position
    • employment conditions
    • caseworker careers
      • Aboriginal caseworker
      • caseworker qualifications
      • temporary casework pool
      • caseworkers profiles
    • psychologist careers at DoCS
      • psychologist careers - insight into the job
    • legal careers
    • final year student applications
    • student placements
  • DoCS data
  • freedom of information (FOI)
    • freedom of information appeals
  • DoCS and your privacy
  • news & publications
    • Inside Out newsletter
      • archives
    • dual diagnosis support kit
    • fact sheets
    • magazines
    • brochures
    • reports
    • Children's Week
  • contact us
    • community services centres
    • regional offices
    • support & counselling numbers
    • client complaints
      • how to make a client complaint
• parents, carers & families
  • parenting
    • caring for babies and toddlers
    • caring for children 6-12
    • caring for teenagers
    • general tips for parents & carers
    • keeping kids safe
    • for Aboriginal parents & carers
    • for Arabic parents & carers
      • parenting Arabic teenagers
    • for Pacific parents & carers
    • school holiday parent kit
    • resources for parents
  • child care
    • types of child care
    • choosing a centre
    • supporting children with additional needs
    • contacts and links
  • fostering & adoption
    • foster care
      • want to foster?
        • why we need carers
        • types of foster care placements
        • how to apply
        • who can be a foster carer
        • foster carer stories
        • foster care agencies
      • are you a foster carer?
        • your rights
        • support & assistance
        • challenge of foster care
        • OOHC legislation
        • life story work
        • foster care resources
        • regional foster carer advisory groups
      • is your child in care?
        • your rights
        • who to talk to in DoCS
      • are you a former ward?
    • adoption
      • are you a birth parent?
        • considering adoption for your child
          • alternatives to adoption
          • the process of adoption
        • after the adoption
          • can I search for information and make contact?
      • want to adopt?
        • thinking about adoption
        • eligibility criteria
        • intercountry adoption
          • issues to consider
          • support organisations
        • local adoption
        • special needs adoption
        • Muslim adoption
        • intrafamiliy adoption
          • adoption orders
          • legal requirements
          • process of intrafamily adoption
      • are you an adoptive parent?
      • were you adopted?
        • can I search for information and make contact?
          • post order support services
      • current adoption news
  • for young people
    • problems? need help?
      • feeling depressed?
      • problems with drugs or alcohol
      • know someone who's being abused?
      • problems at home?
      • need legal help?
      • leaving home?
    • are you in care?
      • Charter of Rights
      • participation in planning
      • support
      • are you leaving care?
        • after care support
  • domestic and family violence
    • effects of domestic violence
    • DoCS Domestic Violence Line
  • support for your family
  • disaster recovery
    • drought relief
      • eligibility for drought assistance
    • flood recovery
    • bushfire recovery
    • financial assistance
    • evacuation checklist
    • how to replace personal documents
    • our partners in disaster relief
    • recovery and evacuations centres
  • publications for parents, carers & families
• preventing child abuse & neglect
  • protecting children
  • what is child abuse?
    • signs of abuse
  • reporting suspected abuse or neglect
    • questions about reporting
    • what if a report is made about me?
  • resources for mandatory reporters
    • when must I make a report?
    • how do I make a report?
    • what happens when I make a report?
• for agencies that work with us
  • children's services
    • funding & reporting
      • SCAN
    • regulations
    • licensing
      • application forms and guides
      • Guide to children's services licensing
      • regulation and licensing FAQs
    • school-based preschools
    • out of school hours care services
    • about the Preschool Investment & Reform Plan
    • useful links
  • early intervention services
    • eligibility and referrals
    • services for families
    • early intervention conference
    • DoCS Connect
  • out-of-home care services
    • out-of-home care funding rollout
    • OOHC header agreements
    • out-of-home care legislation
      • main changes resulting from the out-of-home care legislation
  • child protection services
    • Joint Investigative Response Teams
    • Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention
  • our funding programs
    • funding opportunities
    • about our funding reform
      • good practice guidelines
      • frequently asked questions
  • policies and procedures
    • costing manual
    • legislation
    • translating and interpreting service
    • fraud control plan
  • training
    • NGO short courses
      • course descriptions
    • Brighter Futures combined training
    • pathways - access to other training
      • CCWT training
      • Educational Centre Against Violence
    • locally initiated training
    • how to enrol
    • course attendance policy & procedures
    • Child Protection Learning and Development Forum
      • delivering entry-level child protection training
      • Interagency Guidelines training
      • facilitator training
  • SAAP services
  • publications for our stakeholders
• research centre
  • research & evaluation program
  • research to practice program
  • doing research with DoCS
  • prevention & early intervention research
  • child protection research
  • out-of-home care research
  • other research
    • Spotlight on safety
    • Benefit estimation
  • useful links & feedback