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Resources

Support agencies that may assist families include:

 

• Lifeline 24 hr Counselling Service 131114
• Salvo Care Line (Salvation Army) 1300 363 622
• Centacare Catholic Family and Community Counselling Service 3252 4371
• Kids Help Line 1800 551 800
• DVConnect Womensline 1800 811 811
• DVConnect Mensline 1800 600 636
• Parentline 1300 301 300
• 13 Health 13 43 25 84
• Statewide Sexual Assault Helpline 1800 010 120
• Bravehearts (specialist child sexual assault service) 1800 272 831

Relevant Websites

• Department of Communities Child Safety Services
• Department of Communities
• Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
• National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• National Child Protection Clearing house
• Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
• National Drugs Campaign
• Kidsafe Queensland
• Beyond Blue
• Raising Children Network

Professional Education

The Child Safety Education module and Self Assessment of Capability tool are intended to support health professionals in relation to their responsibilities, ability to recognise and confidence to report suspicions of child abuse and neglect.

• Child Abuse and Neglect Education Module (PDF)
• Capability Self Assessment Tool (PDF)