Permanent Care & Adoptive Families

Parents and Carers

PCA Families support families joined through permanent care, kinship care and adoption. Our families are diverse and share a common goal who aim to provide a safe, stable, nurturing and permanent home to the children in their care. They include grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings providing kinship care; families who were previously the child’s foster carers; couples who have struggled with fertility and have been through IVF; LGBTQI+ couples; single people; and people with altruistic motivations who provide a permanent home to children.

PCA Families believes strong parents and carers produce stronger children which is based on trauma informed practices. Support provided as early as possible provides a protective measure against future challenges.

Families can seek parenting assistance around their young persons and family needs including:

Mental health and wellbeing
Peer and family relationships
Behaviour, including risk taking behaviour
Communication
Education needs
Health needs
Therapy
Drug and alcohol use.

Parents and carers