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Resources for parents and carers

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From Isolation to Connection - A guide to understanding and working with traumatised children and young people. (pdf, 405kb)

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A booklet about the impact of trauma on children.

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Wise up (pdf, 1mb)

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A resource produced by Child Wise to help you identify sexual abuse.

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Statutory Declaration for Informal Relative Carers Victoria - form and information booklet (pdf, 3.9mb)

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A guide to the Statutory Declaration for Informal Relative Carers Victoria.

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Statutory Declaration for Informal Relative Carers Victoria - form (pdf, 878kb)

This statutory declaration for informal relative carers has been developed to assist carers to gain better access to services for the children in their care.

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Legal resources for grandparents and carers - third in a series of resources for grandparents (pdf, 2.3mb)

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If you are a relative caring for a child in your family fulltime, you may have legal questions or problems that will come up from time to time. This book tries to make legal issues easier to understand.

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Parenting for grandparents and relative carers - second in a series (pdf, 4.4mb)

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This booklet has been written for grandparents who are the fulltime carers of their grandchildren and for other members of the extended family who are caring for children.

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Financial support for grandparents and other relative carers - 2nd Edition (replacing first edition) (pdf, 1.1mb)

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A resource outlining Government assistance and benefits which may be available for grandparents and other relative carers of a child.

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Wise choices : safe children DVD

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A DVD and fact sheet to help parents when choosing services or carers for their children. Each DVD has all of the following language options: English, Arabic, Cantonese, Dinka, Farsi, Mandarin, Somali and Vietnamese.

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Calmer classrooms (247Kb, pdf)

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A guide to working with traumatised children.

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Proper care when you're not there (285k, pdf)

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Things to think about when selecting a safe babysitter for your child. A double-sided A4 tip sheet.

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Proper care when you're not there (281k, pdf)

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Things to think about when selecting a safe babysitter for your child. A small booklet for those people who would like more information than the A4 tip sheet.

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What the babysitter needs to know (order fridge magnet and notepad online)

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This easy to use fridge magnet and attached notepad assists parents to pass on key information about their child to the baby sitter.

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A guide for creating a child-safe organisation (3.4mb, pdf)

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All children have the right to feel safe and to be safe all of the time. This guide builds on the national framework, Creating Safe Environments for Children...

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Information for parents - Things to look at when selecting child-safe activities or services for your child (1.5mb, pdf)

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Entrusting the care of your child to someone else is a big step. This booklet raises some of the key child safety issues that may assist you to decide how childsafe an activity, service or organisation is.

Additional resources for foster parents

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Charter for children in out-of-home care (102k, pdf)

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A double-sided A4 reference check list which describes the basic rights of children living in out-of-home care

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Great Expectations (3.38Mb, pdf)

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Supporting children and young people in out-of-home care to achieve at school

Training resource - Powerpoint presentation (346Kb)

   
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