Carer Council Consultation: September-October 2024
The Carer Council invites feedback on topics scheduled for the November meeting and early 2025:
- Mental health and peer support for carers
- Workforce consistency and communication with carers
- Therapeutic supports for children and young people
- Cultural connections
We know the above topics are important to the carer community. They feature throughout the 2022 Report of the Independent Inquiry into Foster and Kinship Care, are still prevalent in CF&KC-SA’s advocacy work. We assure the carer community that the Carer Council will be adequately briefed on existing feedback.
CF&KC-SA acknowledges there is a long history of systemic advocacy in these areas. We acknowledge reports and inquiries have revealed similar problems and gaps to address over many years. For example, the Nyland Report (2016), and KPMG’s Report into Foster and Kinship Care in South Australia (2017). CF&KC-SA and the Carer Council will endeavour to amplify carers voices to ensure feedback is heard by the Minister for Child Protection.
As the Carer Council will be discussing these topics soon, we invite the South Australian carer community to provide any additional or updated feedback, if there is anything further you believe the Carer Council should consider. We encourage carers to share their experience, as it relates to these topics, only if you feel comfortable and safe to do so. Your feedback will be stored confidentially and supplied to the Carer Council in an anonymous format.
You may provide your feedback by:
- Completing our online anonymous survey – click here to access
- Attending an individual or small group session to provide and discuss your feedback with a Carer Council Member or our Project Lead – click here to register your interest (sessions will be arranged subject to interest and availability. Confirmed sessions will be listed below)
- Monday morning, 14 October 2024, in-person session (CF&KC-SA Office, Dulwich). Topic: Mental health and peer support. Spaces available, register your interest above.
- Monday morning, 14 October 2024, in-person session (CF&KC-SA Office, Dulwich). Topic: Workforce consistency and communication. Spaces available, register your interest above.
- We are exploring interest for an online session. Please register your interest above as this will be subject to interest only.
- Contacting our Project Lead, Lauren Gibbs (Mon-Thurs) on freecall number: 1800 732 272
- Emailing us at carercouncil@cfc-sa.org.au – please note you will receive an automatic reply noting your email has been received. If you do not receive an automatic reply, your email has not been delivered correctly.