fact sheets
children & families
- Aggression in children and young people
- Investigating child fatalities from abuse or neglect
- Kids in cars: never leave a child unattended in a car
- How to help children cope with traumatic events
- Brighter Futures - information for parents
- Safe sexting - no such thing
- Game over! - information for managing online gaming
adoption
- Adoption: fees and costs for Intercountry Adoptions
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Adoption of a relative or specific child who lives in an overseas country
- Advance notice register
- Contact veto register
- Fathers whose child was adopted
- Hardship policy
- How to apply for a supply authority
- Inheriting a deceased person’s rights
- Reunion and information register
foster care
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Charter of rights for children and young people in care
The Charter is also available in Arabic, Chinese, Samoan, Spanish, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese - Commonwealth government benefits: Health Care Card
- Family contact – information for foster carers
- Family contact – information for parents
- Family contact – information for relative and kinship carers
- Financial assistance for foster carers who adopt
- Foster carer allowances
- Health needs of children and young people in out-of-home care
- Helping children and young people reach their potential at school
- Legal assistance for carers
- Life story work for children and young people in out-of-home care
- Out-of-home care legislation
- Release of placement information
- Sole parental responsibility orders
- Sport & recreation for children and young people in out-of-home care
- Welfare to work exemption
careers
- Careers: caseworker
- Careers: Aboriginal caseworker
- Careers: Helpline caseworker
- Careers: legal officer
- Careers: psychologist
- Careers: working for DoCS
disaster relief
about DoCS
- Accountability and scrutiny
- Brighter Futures Program
- How child protection operates in NSW
- Interpreting scheme for DoCS funded services
- Media guide to reporting DoCS stories
- Reform and renewal
- Sponsorship guidelines and application form
To report suspected child abuse or neglect, call the Child Protection Helpline on 132 111 (24 hours/7 days)