Site map
An overview of the available pages on this site.
Information about our department's programs of work.
- Child Safety Information about our child and family services, including protecting children, adoption, foster and kinship care, child safety, children and young people in care.
- Protecting children Understand child abuse and its types including child sexual abuse. How to prevent and report child abuse. How we respond to reports of child abuse. Read the Child safety practice manual.
- About child protection Learn about child protection, how to report and refer concerns, what is mandatory reporting, rights of parents, roles and responsibilities, improving care and post care for children and young people, child protection legislation and history, efficient and accountable system, access the child protection guide.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families Learn how we are addressing the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care.
- Children and young people in care Learn about your rights as a child or young person in care, how to express your views and opinions, and who to contact if you need help or support.
- Foster and kinship care Learn how to how to become a foster carer and access resources and training if you are already a foster carer.
- Parents and families Find out how we can assist parents and families raising children and what support is available when your child is in care.
- Adoption Explore the process of adopting a child in Queensland and the changes made to the Adoption Act 2009 in 2016.
- Disability supports and NDIS Find out how a child or young person in care with disability can get access to disability supports.
- Child safety service centres
- Resources and publications
- Seniors Queensland Government support for seniors including information, support and services, age-friendly communities, elder abuse prevention and awareness and events.
- Disability services Learn more about Queensland Government support and services for people with disability, their families and carers.
- Carers Information about support and services available for Queensland carers.
- Queensland Government concessions
- Human Services Quality Framework Quality assurance requirements for service providers in Queensland.
Find out how you can join us and what career paths are available in our department.
- Child protection We employ across a variety of child protection roles, from Child Safety Support Officers to Senior Practitioners.
- Disability services Information about the range of career opportunities available within the department.
- How to apply
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