The Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women seeks submissions to provide:
40 kinship care places to support children and young people in Cairns.
Service operating hours: Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
After hours and closure arrangements: The service operates an after-hours service for placements and carer support requirements outside of normal business hours.
Service delivery period: 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023
The service will be required to:
• identify and assess potential kinship carers for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous children and young people
• provide a service that includes provision of professional counselling/mediation supports to Kin carers, children and young people and extended family members
• provide trauma informed training to kinship carers tailored to address the family connections unique to a kin care arrangement.
For detailed information on the specific goods / services sought under this tender, please review the "Description of services requirement" in "Section B - Social Service requirement".
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