Carer Support
Carer Support
Seeking advice locally and nationally
Contact the organisations below for information and support in Victoria and across Australia.
If you are unsure where to start, feel free to contact peak bodies Kinship Carers Victoria, Permanent Care and Adoptive Families or Foster Care Association of Victoria.
Carer Support Contacts
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Care Support Help Desks
South Division: 1800 319 503
North Division: 1800 319 507
West Division: 1800 319 510
East Division: 1800 319 510
Online resources, support and advice
Emergency Services
000
24 hours
Foster Care Association of Victoria
(03) 9416 4292
Support, advocacy, advice and information. Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Kinship Carers Victoria
Support, advocacy, advice and information. Monday - Friday 9.00am - 3.00pm
Nurse on call
1300 606 024
24 hours
Permanent Care and Adoptive Families
(03) 9020 1833
Support, advocacy, advice and information. Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Women’s Legal Service Victoria
Starting out on the carer journey?
Find out information that can help support you and the children in your care with access to topics on childhood development, supporting adolescents, improving wellbeing, health, managing grief and self-care for carers.
Navigating the Care System
Services Australia provide specialist information to grandparents, foster and kinship carers.
Service Contacts for Children
Melbourne City Mission
Free services for young people who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness
What's OK at Home?
Free resources and information for young people experiencing family violence
Youth Central
Practical tools and information for everyday life as a young person
Youth Support and Advocacy Service
