Our team of trained support workers provide 24/7 tailored and trauma informed care to children and young people who are under the Guardianship of the Chief Executive of the Department for Child Protection, and for whom kinship care or foster care is not a current option.
Referral to this service is completed by the Department for Child Protection.
Immediate care and accommodation within a trauma-informed home environment.
Short-term care and accommodation within a trauma-informed home environment.
Long-term care and accommodation within a therapeutic environment until the young person is able to transition back to living with family or into foster care or live independently.
Care and accommodation to young people with support to prepare to live independently after they turn 18.
Baptist Care SA, lives, works and walks on Kaurna, Peramangk and Boandik lands. We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the state’s first peoples, recognise their traditional ownership, and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs, deep connection and continued guardianship of land and waters. We value the contributions of Elders past and present, and are committed to learning from those emerging.