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  • Housing
    • Homelessness

      Information for organisations that are funded by the department to provide homelessness support services.

    • Rooming houses

      In Victoria, rooming house regulations have been made that include a suite of 11 standards for rooming houses.

    • Social housing

      Social housing is owned and run by the government, housing agencies or not-for-profit organisations.

    • Useful contacts

      A list of organisations that may be useful for supported residential service providers.

  • Disability
    • Aids & equipment

      People with a permanent, or long term disability can access subsidised aids, equipment, home, and vehicle modifications.

    • Protecting rights

      Disability service providers in Victoria are required to act compatibly with human rights, taking them into consideration whenever they make a decision.

    • Specialist disability support

      Specialist support is available to help with matters involving multiple and complex needs or the criminal justice system.

    • Carers

      Information and support available for people with caring responsibilities.

    • Changing Places

      Support Victorians with high support needs to participate in their local community and access recreational and tourist attractions, parks, community spaces, entertainment and sporting venues.

    • Universal Design

      Universal design ensures that products, buildings, environments, programs, services and experiences are accessible to as many people as possible

  • Children, youth & families
    • Family and parenting support

      There is a range of family and parenting support programs for children from 0 to 17 years, and their families.

    • Out-of-home care

      When children and young people cannot live with their families we provide out-of-home care, which includes adoption, permanent care and foster care.

    • Leaving care

      Leaving Care has a range of services and supports to assist young people, to transition from out-of-home care to independent living and adulthood.

    • Child protection

      Victoria has a child protection system designed to place the best interests of children at the center of all decision-making.

    • Family violence

      The department provides both support services and violence prevention programs for people who have experienced family violence.

    • Sexual assault

      We provide services for children, young people and adults who have experienced sexual assault, these include crisis care response and a phone crisis service.

    • Youth programs

      Youth programs support young people, aged 12 to 18, and their families to live at home or independently.

    • Refugee minor program

      This program provides support for unaccompanied refugee children, assisting them and their relatives, or carers to develop settlement skills.

    • Child and family services new funding model

      These changes are part of broader reforms to redesign child and family services.

    • Mandatory reporting

      After 1 March 2019, new reporter groups will be mandated to report a reasonable belief of child physical or sexual abuse.

    • Working with the NDIS

      The department has developed resources to assist Child FIRST, Integrated Family Services, Child Protection and Out-of-Home Care providers.

  • For funded agencies
    • Funded agency channel

      An inter-departmental website that objectively balances the needs of all parties.

    • Managing complaints

      How to manage feedback, including compliments and complaints, including a range of helpful tools.

    • Reporting incidents

      How to report client incidents, privacy incidents and reportable conduct.

    • eBusiness Portal

      Computer-based applications that are available for use over the Internet by management, staff and volunteers of funded agencies.

    • Activity search

      The tool for searching specific activity descriptions within the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Department of Health for funded activities in the service agreement.

    • Information sharing

      Sharing information to better support Victorian children and families.

    • Creating child safe organisations

      Strengthening organisations’ approaches to preventing and responding to child abuse.

    • Client relationship management

      How to achieve effective client relationship management, including a range of helpful resources.

    • Safety screening policy

      Safety screening is a requirement for funded and/or registered organisations who provide services in the Victorian health and community services sector.

    • How we work with funded organisations

      Working with funded organisations to sustain, strengthen and build working relationships, enables them to provide quality services.

    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety

  • Business & community
    • 2021 June Storm and Flood Targeted Recovery Funding Initiative

    • Service partnerships and coordination

      Partnership and collaboration principles guide the working relationship between the department and the community services sector.

    • Community involvement

      We encourage people to become involved in their communities through supporting initiatives such as the Men's Sheds program and Neighbourhood Houses.

    • Fire risk management

      Our Fire Risk Management Unit focuses on providing safe and secure buildings for all department-owned and operated facilities in Victoria.

    • Not-for-profit organisations

      Publications and resources which support the Victorian not-for-profit community sector to strengthen capacity, governance and sustainability.

    • Community Food Relief

      Information for community organisations providing food relief services in Victoria.

    • Tenders and procurement policies

      What the general principles around submitting tenders and proposals to the department are and how we manage these.

    • Hoarding and environmental neglect

      Information and code of practice for services and organisations who respond to hoarding and environmental neglect.

  • Workforce
    • Fraud and corruption

      The department is committed to the integrity of the organisation and to a comprehensive and systematic approach to managing fraud and corruption risks.

    • Practice resources

      Resources and advice on practice matters in relation to child protection and disability services.

    • Workforce training

      As part of the workforce strategy, we aim to improve the qualifications, skills and career paths of workers in the community-managed industry.

    • Emergency management

      Responsibilities and considerations in preparing for, responding to and recovering from all types of emergencies.

Housing
Information for housing service providers involved in providing homelessness and crisis support, affordable rental and training opportunities.
  • Homelessness
    Information for organisations that are funded by the department to provide homelessness support services.
  • Rooming houses
    In Victoria, rooming house regulations have been made that include a suite of 11 standards for rooming houses.
  • Social housing
    Social housing is owned and run by the government, housing agencies or not-for-profit organisations.
  • Useful contacts
    A list of organisations that may be useful for supported residential service providers.

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