Adoption and permanent care
Adoption and permanent care provides permanent family placements, either through permanent care or adoption, for children unable to live with their birth families. This includes children placed in permanent care after a period of child protection intervention, and a decision that they cannot be returned safely to their parents care, and children relinquished by their birth parents to be adopted by approved adoptive parents.
There is one state-wide adoption and permanent care team (CatholicCare), and nine regionally based adoption and permanent care teams, consisting of six community service organisation teams and four departmental teams.
Adoptions from overseas are managed by the Intercountry Adoption Service, part of the Southern Metropolitan Region. The Intercountry Adoption Service places children from overseas with approved adoption families in Victoria.
