About Us

Alternate Care is a community based organisation providing direct support to children and young people in care.

Our organisation has the support of the broader community who value the lives of children and young people at risk, and are prepared to engage cooperatively with government and smaller communities so as to ensure better opportunities for those who are most vulnerable.

Alternate Care is an active member of Peak Care Queensland Inc and works in partnership with a number of private and government agencies and departments including Queensland’s Department’s of Communities; Health; Education and Disability Services. Our service works closely with prominent tertiary education and training organisations and providers such as, ENABLE Mental Health Occupational Therapy Services, EVOLVE, Artemis Therapeutic Solutions and many private practitioners operating to improve services and support for children and young people in Queensland’s Community Service Sector.

Alternate Care’s Vision is to: ‘Measurably improve the lives of children and young people who are at most risk.’

Our Mission is: ‘To ensure that children and young people who have complex and extreme needs will have greater opportunity to access services that are flexible and responsive towards establishing their safety, enhancing their potential development and ensuring a positive identification with ‘self’ and subsequent ‘well being’.

Services provided include, specialist foster care, emergency accommodation response services, therapeutic placement service, and indigenous youth support services.

Alternate Care recognises the importance of carefully screened, trained and experienced frontline Workers and Carers and actively encourages further education and a commitment to life long learning.