Carer Guide
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Getting started

Getting started

Helping children deal with loss and separation

You can help children begin to deal with their loss and separation from their family by thinking about what they have lost, understanding how it...
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Helping children settle in

Children coming into care for the first time or from a previous care arrangement may be apprehensive, anxious, distrustful or depressed. They might...
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Case planning

What is a case plan? A plan developed following an assessment, and collecting the views of the child, their parents, extended family, carers and...
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Permanency planning

Children experience permanency through relationships and connectedness. Regardless of the care arrangement children are in, LWB aims for all children...
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Reunification

What is Reunification? Reunification is the return of a child to the care of their birth family. Reunification decisions are made by the relevant...
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Contact Details

1300 592 227
lwbcarers@lwb.org.au

Useful Links

  • Foster Care
  • Caring Days

Reconciliation statement

In the spirit of Reconciliation, Life Without Barriers acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this country, and acknowledges their connection to land, water and community. We pay our respect to them, their cultures and customs, and to Elders past, present and emerging.

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