Out of Home Care
We strongly believe every child deserves a safe, stable
and supportive place to grow.
a place to belong
Child safety and wellbeing
Anglicare NQ provides non-family-based residential care for children and young people who cannot safely live with their parents or in a family-based placement.
Our residential care workers provide safe, stable and homelike environments, with individualised support that respects each young person's culture, identity and developmental needs.
Working with Child Safety and each young person's care team, we develop support plans that promote wellbeing, education, social connection and access to appropriate health and developmental services.
Our residential care services operate across Cairns, the Tablelands and Townsville.
Our residential care services
Our residential homes provide a safe, structured and therapeutic environment tailored to each young person's experiences, developmental stage and needs. Residential youth workers provide consistent day-to-day care and collaborate with each young person's care team to support their individual care goals.
Our approach to care
Each child's and young person's individual situation is being assessed
based on their emotional safety, personal needs, shared decision making
and community connection guided by trauma-informed principles.
Keeping siblings connected
Where safe and appropriate, we aim to keep brothers and sisters together in care.
Maintaining these important relationships can provide familiarity, connection and a sense of belonging
during times of change. Our experience reinforces the value of supporting sibling relationships
while considering each child's individual needs, safety and wellbeing.
Child safety and wellbeing
The safety and wellbeing of children and young people are central to our work. As a Child Safe Organisation, Anglicare North Queensland is committed to
creating environments where children are safe, feel safe, are listened to and are treated with respect.
Our child safety responsibilities are embedded in our values, policies and practices, and shared by everyone working with or on behalf of our organisation