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Kinship Care Network
The bi-monthly Kinship Care Network is hosted by The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare in partnership with Kinship Care Victoria.
Our statewide members represent twenty-eight funded service provides, bringing together place-based knowledge and practice wisdom to build capacity and alignment across the kinship care sector.
The Network offers frontline workforces opportunities to be a part of the necessary change early and in a timely way, to:
collaborate with each other and government,
inform implementation and advocate on key reforms and policy, and
engage with current research, practice and policy.
For inquiries, please email [email protected]
Kinship Care Week 2024
#KinshipCareWeek2024, 2 to 6 September, is a time to recognise and celebrate the vital role kinship carers play in the lives of children and within our communities.
Kinship Care Week is a reminder of the commitment and profound impact kinship carers have on the children they nurture. Their contributions often go unrecognised, yet they provide the essential foundation that helps children thrive, offering a sense of continuity, family connection, and belonging that might otherwise be lost.
Together with the Centre’s Kinship Care Network members, we honour and celebrate kinship carers.
Kinship Care Week Events
When we celebrate Kinship Care Week together, we ensure kinship carers receive the recognition and support they deserve.
Griefline - Courageous Conversations With Young People in Grief
19 September,
10.30am - 12pm.
Online event.
Evolve Education - Online Safety and Digital Wellbeing for Children in Care
(0-18 years)
26 September, 10am - 11.30am.
Online event.
AJ Williams-Tchen - Yarning Space: Practical Strategies in Sharing Cultural Perspectives With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Children and Young People in Care
24 September,
8pm - 9.30pm.
Online event.
Resources
CarerKafe Resources
Learn moreVictorian Carer Cards
Learn moreSupporting Education Success of Young People in Care – Navigating School Challenges, Megan Corcoran, recorded Webinar
WatchEnhancing Home Life through Regulation, Rhythm and Resilience, Megan Corcoran, recorded webinar
WatchThe Centre -AVITH in Context: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Prof. Anita Gibbs, recorded webinar
WatchBelonging Matters - Supporting children and young people through bullying challenges, Megan Corcoran recorded webinar
WatchMonash University - HEALing Matters Online Training, 6 core modules, 8 additional modules
Learn moreGrandparent, Foster and Kinship Carer Advisers
Learn moreGrandparent, Foster and Kinship Carer Advisers Video
WatchGriefline - Coping with Loneliness and Social Isolation as a Carer recorded webinar
WatchAustralian Immunisation Registry
Learn moreManaging Anger
Learn moreMedicare Card
Learn moreHigh PBS medicine spending
Learn moreKinship Carers Australia Facebook Group
Learn moreCaring for Aboriginal children
Learn moreYarning circle for carers
Learn moreKinship Care Cards
DownloadKinship Alliance
Learn moreKinship Alliance Individual Membership Form
Learn moreKinship Alliance Individual Organisational or Group Membership Form
Learn moreKinship Carers Victoria
Carer KaFE
Resources for Young People
Celebrating Kinship Carers
It has been a momentous year for kinship care, with unprecedented attention from decision-makers, as the Government responded to the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office Report 2022.
But many kinship families still feel the need to profile, promote, prioritise , so raising awareness of their important role and challenges they face is crucial to building understanding and getting them the support, they so desperately need.
'Kinship Carers are important people in the lives of children and young people. They keep children connected to family, culture and community when they are unable to live with their parents".
Deb Tsorbaris
Videos of Support
2023
2022
Support for Kinship Carers
Kinship carers can find support through:
