Services

Alternate Care is a community based organisation that operates in Far North Queensland that supports children/young people who have been assessed as having complex needs.

Assistance for the provision of specialised services is received from Child Safety Services, Department of Communities; Department of Education Queensland; Disability Services Queensland; Queensland Department of Health. Alternate Care also provides direct support by arrangement, to other community organisations for the provision of a variety of professional services.

Alternate Care offers a range of out-of-home care options for children/young people, flexibly arranged under four service delivery units:

• Single and dual child/young person centred Wrap Around Support Services – for children/young people with extreme and complex needs;
• Specialist Foster Care Program;
• Therapeutic Placement Services; and
• Residential Services (including Cultural Specific, Disability Support Focussed and Emergency Response Services [ERS])

Contractors who are approved under the Child Protection Act 1999, deliver Alternate Care services. Every Youth Worker and Foster Carer is carefully screened, Children’s Commission Blue Card checked, Police checked and assessed for suitability for each of our services.