The Department of Child Safety is dedicated to protecting children and young people from harm or who are at risk of harm, and whose parents cannot provide adequate care or protection for them. We respond to families in crisis across Queensland 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Where possible, we keep families together, offering counseling and support services to help families help themselves. In situations where children and young people need to be removed from their parents for their own safety, we try to place them with extended family. We are focused on preventing children from being abused and neglected, and have specialised teams of people dedicated to working with families and children who are identified as being 'at risk'.
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Below is a list of websites that offer information, advice, networking opportunities and tools to assist your organisation.
The third party sites listed in this section are intended as an information source only and are not in any way an endorsement of any Internet site, service or organisation mentioned. The State of Queensland, its officers and staff do not accept responsibility for the content, including any errors, omissions or inaccuracies, in any of the Internet sites listed below.
The State of Queensland (represented by Department of Communities) reserves the right to add further websites to this list or remove websites, as it deems appropriate, in its absolute discretion.
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The Department of Communities is a Queensland Government agency committed to promoting and supporting excellence in the delivery of human services to Queenslanders. Its stated purpose is to strengthen and protect the well-being of Queenslanders, particularly those who are vulnerable and most in need.
Through the Department of Education and Training the state government aims to work with industry, registered training organisations, community organisations and communities to create more and better jobs, and to continue skilling and upskilling Queensland's workforce.
To achieve this, each year the department makes available funding to eligible organisations and individuals across the state.
FaHCSIA is the Australian Government's lead coordination agency in Indigenous Affairs and also has a range of programs to assist Indigenous people. FaHCSIA supports national implementation of the Australian Government's whole-of-government arrangements in Indigenous Affairs and manages the network of multi-agency Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICCs) across Australia. FaHCSIA also provides support to the COAG Working Group on Indigenous Reform and is the lead agency for the Northern Territory Emergency Response.
FaHCSIA administers a number of Indigenous-specific programs, particularly in the areas of housing, community development, leadership and land. Within its mainstream programs it keeps a focus on Indigenous services and projects that support communities and families.
The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations provides services to support a fair and equitable industrial relations system, safe work environments and improved personal and public electrical safety.
Developing Your Organisation was first published in 1994 by the Queensland Government Department of Families for use by the Department’s funded organisations and its resource officers. In 2005 the Department of Communities funded the Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (CPNS) to revise and expand the publication.
The Queensland Government is made up of departments and a number of government bodies.
The Lifelong Learning Council of Queensland's Directory of Adult and Community Learning is free. It offers information about organisations, individuals, government agencies and businesses that provide courses and support for Queensland learners. It also allows individuals to keep their community informed about teaching/training/tutoring and mentoring subjects on offer.