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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.

 

Referrals

Last Updated Jul 2011

Post Care Services will assist you with appropriate referrals, specifically for:

  • Counselling:
  • Financial assistance:
  • Assistance to find family or significant people from your past (including foster parents and siblings) – undertaken by Post Care Services (Let us know your contact details and we can talk about the process and how we get started) or with assistance from:
  • Training and education including:
    • Parenting skills
    • Life skills
    • How to report child abuse
    • Skills for running support groups for people who disclose childhood sexual abuse
    • Skills for helping people who are suicidal
    • Course on how to ‘say no’ and put boundaries into relationships
    • The role of the personal helper

To find out about training opportunities e-mail Post Care Services with your details (e-mail address, phone number or postal address) to postcare@sa.gov.au.