Out-of-home care services, developed to change lives
Children and Young People in out-of-home care need stability. They need the best possible carers to be part of their future.
Caring with Carers is here to support you.
Leading the way in the out-of-home care sector
Led by CEO Shannon Kendrick, Caring with Carers is a highly respected organisation in the out-of-home care sector, providing critical services across Trauma Therapy, assessments and training. Operating throughout Australia, we are proudly and purposely leading the way in child welfare, community development, training, assessment services, recruitment, retention and most of all making sure children and young people in out-of-home Care are heard and understood.
Because we believe, that together we can all make a bigger difference to our future generation.
A social impact organisation with a powerful vision
At Caring With Carers, we advocate for those we engage with; children & young people, carers and birth families. If we allow everyone to be heard and supported we can hold conversations that can change lives”
How we can work together
for children and families.
Therapeutic
Life Story Work
At Caring With Carers, we support caseworkers by undertaking Therapeutic Life Story Work. Our trauma informed care practitioners help children, their carers and families make sense of fragmented stories to piece together accurate and healing life narratives.
Agency & Government Consulting
Consulting and specialist project services for OOHC agencies and Government departments. CEO Shannon Kendrick, brings bold, creative and strategic ideas for how to achieve meaningful change within the human services sector.
Foster Care Training
For anyone new to the foster care world, it can feel like a huge leap into the unknown. We offer Shared Lives training in either a group or one-on-one setting to prospective and existing carers. This helps carers make informed choices, and prepare for a successful placement.
Carer Assessments
All foster carer, guardianship and kinship care assessments are completed by experienced and accredited assessors, focused on giving agencies the information needed for complete confidence in their decision making.
Therapeutic Life Story Work
At Caring With Carers, we support caseworkers by undertaking Therapeutic Life Story Work. Our trauma informed care practitioners help children, their carers and families make sense of fragmented stories to piece together accurate and healing life narratives.
Agency & Government Consulting
Consulting and specialist project services for OOHC agencies and Government departments. CEO Shannon Kendrick, brings bold, creative and strategic ideas for how to achieve meaningful change within the human services sector.
Foster Care Training
For anyone new to the foster care world, it can feel like a huge leap into the unknown. We offer Shared Lives training in either a group or one-on-one setting to prospective and existing carers. This helps carers make informed choices, and prepare for a successful placement.
Carer Assessments
All foster carer, guardianship and kinship care assessments are completed by experienced and accredited assessors, focused on giving agencies the information needed for complete confidence in their decision making.
Caring with Carers exists for the benefit of children, families and carers of all descriptions.
Having witnessed first hand the reactive and often crisis driven nature of the sector, we aim to support our partner agencies through out-of-home care services including therapeutic life story work, assessments and training.
Delivering high quality results to our partner agencies and carers is possible because of our people. Our team of Therapeutic Life Story Practitioners, assessors, trainers and support staff are all dedicated to ensuring the best outcomes for children, young people and their carers.
Team members are carefully selected; they are selected because they embrace the same values and vision where families are concerned. We treat children, applicants and carers with respect and consider confidentiality to be paramount. Each team member embodies the core values of compassion, professionalism, confidentiality and efficiency.
As individuals, we are driven by a desire to ensure children are as safe as possible; physically, emotionally and mentally.
The work can be challenging, however, seeing the positive impact of our work is priceless. We love hearing positive news about placements that are thriving, successful restoration stories and children’s progress.
Unashamedly, we celebrate these wins alongside the agencies we support.
Why we got started?
Caring with Carers exists for the benefit of children, families and carers of all descriptions.
Having witnessed first hand the reactive and often crisis driven nature of the sector, we aim to support our partner agencies through out-of-home care services including therapeutic life story work, assessments and training.
What sets us apart?
Delivering high quality results to our partner agencies and carers is possible because of our people. Our team of Therapeutic Life Story Practitioners, assessors, trainers and support staff are all dedicated to ensuring the best outcomes for children, young people and their carers.
Team members are carefully selected; they are selected because they embrace the same values and vision where families are concerned. We treat children, applicants and carers with respect and consider confidentiality to be paramount. Each team member embodies the core values of compassion, professionalism, confidentiality and efficiency.
What's in it for us?
As individuals, we are driven by a desire to ensure children are as safe as possible; physically, emotionally and mentally.
The work can be challenging, however, seeing the positive impact of our work is priceless. We love hearing positive news about placements that are thriving, successful restoration stories and children’s progress.
Unashamedly, we celebrate these wins alongside the agencies we support.
I highly recommend Shannon for her great work, mainly in Therapeutic Life Story Work TLSW. Shannon is very professional and child focused. She has the ability to engage the child easily as she is flexible with her approach. Shannon is always confident and comfortable to work with the extended family as well, while ensuring that her deadlines are always delivered on time, and with great outcomes.