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Post Care Services

Last Updated Sep 2008

Street address:
Level 1, 45 Wakefield Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Postal address:
GPO Box 292
Adelaide SA 5001
Opening hours: 8.45 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: 1800 188 118 (freecall)
Phone: 8207 2653
Email: postcare@dfc.sa.gov.au

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The Department for Families and Communities (DFC) is now the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI). Families SA, including the child protection and family support functions, is now part of the new Department for Education and Child Development. Youth Justice remains with DCSI and the Department now includes  Multicultural SA, Northern Connections, Office for the Southern Suburbs, Office for Volunteers, Office for Women, Office for Youth and Social Inclusion. Contact details for these offices are available on the Contacts page.

The department is currently reviewing its online information and updates are in progress. Departmental information can still be found using the search function on this site. For more information about South Australian government services please visit www.sa.gov.au.

 

Advocacy

Last Updated Jul 2011

Many people who were in Out of Home Care in South Australia as children are eligible for Post Care Services assistance and this includes a number of people who now live interstate – there could be as many as 15,000 who are eligible for the services Post Care Services provides.

Post Care Services has 4 staff members, (two full-time & two part-time), and it uses its resources effectively by focussing on community development – assisting services in the community to understand and be able to provide an effective service to care leavers. Post Care Services advocates for you by:

  • Contacting services you may need (in writing, by phone or in person possibly with you) and explaining your situation and asking whether they can prioritise a service for you.  
  • Post Care Services will advocate with various services on your behalf. This will depend on what you need and will be related to your experiences in Out of Home Care as a child or needs that have arisen from that time.  
  • Assisting in an area of your life that was neglected as a child in care.