Emergency Support
If you or someone you know needs support, help is available.
For emergencies, call 000
- Lifeline
- Beyond Blue
- Women’s Domestic Violence Helpline
- Men’s Domestic Violence Helpline
- 13 Yarn
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Alcohol and Drug Support
1800 198 024 (Regional callers)9442 500
- Financial Counselling Australia
Child Safety
Committed to ensuring adequate protections for our young people in the community.
Child Safety Commitment Statement
Child Safety is at the core of our work, guided by the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. We are dedicated to creating environments where children are safe, respected, and heard, with their rights shaping our approach.
Our Commitment Includes:
In line with the principles, our approach:
- Outcare embeds child safety in leadership and governance
- Ensures children’s voices inform decisions
- Involves families and communities
- Upholds equity and inclusion
- Recruits and supports suitable people to work alongside children, young people, families and individuals
- Maintains child focused complaints processes
- Equips staff with ongoing training pertaining to child safety
- Maintains safe physical and online environments
- Regularly reviews implementation and documents how we keep children safe
We all share responsibility for protecting children and supporting their wellbeing. Outcare recognises and responds to children as victims/survivors in their own right.
Exposure to violence, coercive control, fear or instability directly affects a child’s safety, development, wellbeing, and long-term outcomes. Our practice design integrates the listening too and valuing of children’s voices, partnering with safe caregivers, meeting statutory reporting responsibilities, and supporting recovery through trauma responsive, developmentally informed practice.
Reportable Conduct Policy
Please find our Reportable Conduct Policy here.
Child Safety Commitment
Read our Child Safe Commitment PDF here.
