External support for care leavers
Below are some useful links to resources that offer support to students from out-of-home-care.
Leaving Care Hotline
Ph: 1300 532 846
- 10 am - 8 pm weekdays
- 10 am - 6 pm weekends and public holidays
Alternatively, email inquiries can be sent to leavingcare@dhhs.vic.gov.au
Visit the Leaving Care website
Youth Central
Youth Central is the Victorian Government's website for young people aged 12-25, filled with great information and articles about your rights at work, school, managing your money, getting your drivers license and so on.
Vist the Youth Central website
Child and Family Services Ballarat (CAFS)
CAFS offer a Leaving Care Program, which aims to assess a young person’s needs and develop a strategy and plan with the young person to attain their short and long term goals. A key focus of Leaving Care is assisting the young person to gain independent living skills.
Beyond 18 Study
The longitudinal study on leaving care is a long-term research project about the lives of young people in out-of-home care and their experiences of leaving care in Victoria. It is the first of its kind to be conducted in Victoria.