- If you have a concern about the safety or wellbeing of a child, contact the Strong Families Safe Kids Advice and Referral Line on 1800 000 123.
- The Advice and Referral Line is the first point of contact for child wellbeing and safety.
- The Strong Families Safe Kids: Next Steps Action Plan 2021-2023 has changed the way government and non-government services work together to improve wellbeing outcomes for all Tasmanian children and young people.
- Key achievements, highlights and progress made can be found in progress reports on this page.
Ensuring the safety, wellbeing and resilience of Tasmanian children, young people and families is our shared responsibility.
The Final Progress Report for the Strong Families Safe Kids: Next Steps Action Plan 2021 – 2023 (Action Plan) acknowledges the investment, effort and achievements made by the Tasmanian Government and the service sector.
The Action Plan has seen many achievements delivered, including:
- the implementation of new training modules on Care Teams and Care Planning for Child Safety and Advice and Referral Line practitioners
- the operationalisation of a specialist statewide Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) supported by a Statewide CAMHS Leadership and Management Structure
- progressed a Service Level Agreement between Homes Tasmania and the Department for Education, Children and Young People to improve capacity, respond to and address the housing support needs of vulnerable young people, particularly those with complex needs; and
- released the Child Safety Practice Approach ‘Feel Safe, Are Safe’, which guides and defines the work of the Child Safety Service and reflects that positive outcomes depend upon developing genuine relationships.
This work continues the long-term system reform agenda identified in the earlier Strong Families Safe Kids Implementation Plan 2016-2020.
Work to continue building on these reforms and to strengthen our system of child safety and out of home care is already underway, with the implementation of recommendations from The Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Governments’ Responses into Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.
Reports
- Strong Families Safe Kids Implementation Plan 2016-2020 (PDF, 2.9MB)
- Strong Families Safe Kids Progress Report 2016-2020 (PDF, 1.9MB)
- Strong Families Safe Kids: Next Steps Action Plan 2021-2023 (PDF, 2.2MB)
- University of Tasmania Summary Evaluation Report – May 2020 (PDF, 545KB)
- Strong Families Safe Kids Advice and Referral 12 Month Summary Report (2021) (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Strong Families Safe Kids Progress Report – March 2021 – March 2022 (PDF, 1MB)
- Strong Families Safe Kids: Next Steps Action Plan 2021-2023 – Final Progress Report (PDF, 1MB)
Supporting Documentation
- Redesign of Child Protection Services Tasmania – Strong Families – Safe Kids (2016) (2.4MB)
- Strong Families Safe Kids: Next Steps Action Plan 2021-2023 – Implementation Plan – June 2021 (1.2MB)
More information
To learn more, visit the Strong Families Safe Kids Advice and Referral Line website.