Helplines & Services

Emergency Services: Police, Fire & Ambulance
Call in the event of an emergency or life threatening situation

SAPOL: Police assistance
For non-urgent police assistance

Child Abuse Report Line (CARL)
To report a suspected case of child abuse or neglect

Crisis Care
Helpline for after hours crisis support

Lifeline
Helpline for crisis support and suicide prevention

Kids Helpline
Helpline for children

Youth Helpline
Helpline for young people

Parent Helpline
Provides telephone information and support 7 days a week

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement
Provides justice without prejudice to Aboriginal people in SA

Beyond Blue
Support and advice on anxiety and depression

Centrelink
Grandparent Advisers – giving extra support to grandparents and other non parent carers with ongoing responsibility for children

COTA SA
Access to services for older Australians

CREATE Foundation
Creating a better life for children and young people in care, through its programs and events

Grandparents For Grandchildren SA Inc (GFGSA)
Provides community support and advocacy for grandparents and other kinship carers who could be struggling with the emotional, financial and legal complexities of caring for their grandchildren

Grief and Loss Service
Support for people experiencing grief and loss

Guardian for Children and Young People (GCYP)
The Guardian is appointed to advocate for and promote the rights and best interests of children and young people under the guardianship of the Minister for Education and Child Development

HeadSpace
National youth mental health foundation

Health Direct Australia
Advice line staffed by nurses to provide expert health advice and information

Interpreting and Translating Centre
Translation services

Legal Services Commission of SA
Legal Helpline

MensLine Australia
Support, information and referral service

Mirabel
The only organisation in Australia specifically addressing the needs of children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental drug use

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

Raising Children Network
Australian parenting website

ReachOut
Youth mental health service

Relationships Australia
Post Care Support Services - free information, advocacy, case management and referral for adults who were in State or out-of-home care as children

SA Government Crisis Helplines
A list of crisis helplines

SNAICC
To empower Carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Youth Beyond Blue
Assistance for young people experiencing anxiety and depression

*Note: operating hours vary

National Peak Organisations

Australian Foster & Kinship Carer Partnership
Provides a national focus on issues and events that affect Foster and Kinship Carers Australia wide

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children
Provides a strong voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families through a national body

Other State Peak Organisations

Foster Care Association (FCA) ACT

Connecting Carers NSW

Foster Carers Association NT Inc

Foster Care Queensland (FCQ)

Foster and Kinship Carers Association Tasmania

Foster Care Association of Victoria (FCAV)

Foster Care Association of WA

Foster Care Agencies

Foster Care Agencies recruit, assess and train foster carers. Once a foster care household becomes approved, the foster care agency provides support and ongoing training to the carer, and matches the carer with children who need their care.

For further information and a list of Foster Care agencies, please visit the SA Government website.