Learning & Development

Learning and development opportunities for Victorian kinship carers

Letter to Federal MPs

A strong and transparent public sector to help vulnerable families

Letter to Victorian MPs

The miracles kinship carers accomplish are underappreciated

Raise Carers' Allowance

The Victorian care allowance is too low to cover living costs

KCV and Carer KaFE present two new seminars on diet & nutrition for carers - in Geelong on Tues 17 Oct and in Dandenong on Tues 21 Nov
KCV and Carer KaFE present two new seminars on diet & nutrition for carers - in Geelong on Tues 17 Oct and in Dandenong on Tues 21 Nov

To book a place in this seminar, please contact Carer KaFE on 03 9614 1577 or click here to register online

Click here to download a PDF of this flyer.

To book a place in this seminar, please contact Carer KaFE on 03 9614 1577 or click here to register online

Click here to download a PDF of this flyer.

Wellbeing Seminars

TOPICS COVERED

• The importance for carers in taking responsibility for their own wellbeing
• How carers can develop their own personalised wellbeing plan
• The secrets to building and maintaining resilience over time
• The importance of approaching each day and week in a sustainable way
• Avoiding burnout as a carer

SPEAKER
Clinical psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth

Tea/coffee & lunch provided
All kinship carers who attend will receive a $50 gift voucher

Wellbeing Seminar Bendigo - 4 October

Including Q&A + wellbeing plan workshop for carers

Summary of Yoorrook Justice Commission Report into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems

The second report of the Yoorrook Justice Commission focuses on the past and ongoing systemic injustice experienced by First Nations communities within Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems.

Structure of the report

The report is divided into seven parts:

Part A includes the Letter of Transmission, Chairperson’s foreword, and a brief introduction to the report’s methodology and terminology.

Part B includes an Executive Summary, list of recommendations and key facts.

Part C examines the historical foundations of the child protection and criminal justice systems.

It then goes on to discuss matters for Treaty in relation to child protection and criminal justice.

Part C concludes by examining consistent themes in evidence to Yoorrook that span both the child protection and criminal justice systems. Whole of government recommendations to address these issues are made.

Part D examines critical issues in the child protection system.

Part E adopts a similar approach to the criminal justice system. Following a brief overview, each of the major parts of that system are considered. Key systemic injustices are identified, findings made, and recommendations for urgent action put forward.

Part F considers other issues that have arisen during this stage of Yoorrook’s work, including legislative barriers to Yoorrook properly fulfilling its truth-telling mandate.

Part G contains appendices to the report, including a list of witnesses and a glossary. Further information relating to the child protection and criminal justice systems is also provided.

To download/read the full summary of the Yoorrook report, click here.

Kinship Care Week

A week to acknowledge the role kinship carers play in raising many of Victoria’s children and to celebrate kinship carers in the community.

Hon Lizzie Blandthorn MP
Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers
Minister for Child Protection and Family Services

Principle Commissioner for Children and Young People, Liana Buchanan

KCV's new telephone number is 0499 969 234
KCV's new telephone number is 0499 969 234

KCV Podcasts Series

KCV Wellbeing Podcast #8 – Nutrition

What are the latest trends in nutrition? What does recent research say about what and how we should eat? And what the children in our care, in particular those children with neurodevelopmental disorders, should eat?

In this podcast we speak again with Nikki Valentini, Clinical Nutritionist, functional medicine practitioner and director of SuperNature Nutrition on a broad range of current topics regarding nutrition. Nikki answers some of the more common questions from carers and others regarding this topic.

Carer Resources

Resource Booklets for Kinship Carers

Kinship Carers Victoria is excited to launch its new series of Carer Resources Booklets for kinship carers. These resource booklets contain lists of current government and private organisations providing valuable information, support and services for carers and the children/young people in their care.

Partner Organisations