Loddon Care Hub

Service provider

Anglicare Victoria (AV)

Service provided

The Care Hub is a multi-disciplinary team providing integrated early assessment, planning and wrap-around supports for children and young people who are first time entrants to Out of Home Care (OoHC). The team works across multiple placement options including foster and residential care as well as providing outreach supports to kith or kin care arrangements. Services include therapeutic supports, cultural support, mental health, family work as well as alcohol and drug support services.

The primary objective is:

• family reunification,
• minimising the time spent in care, and
• promoting long term placement stability.

Where return home is not possible, kinship care options will be explored or supported as the preferred placement type. Where kinship care options are not available, other placement options such as foster care or residential care are explored. The Care Hub will provide short-term intensive and focused support to progress the permanency objective for the child or young person.

The average duration of the Care Hub is eight weeks in the placement component and/ or up to 12 weeks with outreach support.

For more information go to https://www.anglicarevic.org.au/careers/loddon-care-hub/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-oqdBhDfARIsAO0TrGET81A_Hy5KmltUHFiMznET6xCQVMUdtQ1gAeLUGY9JuoL7tnmPSGcaAuncEALw_wcB

Target population

The target population is children and young people aged 0 to 18 years who are subject to statutory child protection intervention and are first entrants to care, including those in sibling groups.

Referral pathway

This service only accepts referrals from Child Protection (DFFH).