Using strengths-based frameworks as our foundation. Using dignity, respect and integrity as our practice.

“The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be able to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change” (Perry & Szalavitz)

“It’s easier to build a strong child, than it is to repair a broken adult”

Welcome to Social Care Solutions

Our Vision

Achieving improved outcomes for children, young people and families through quality service provision

Our Mission Statement

To provide the highest quality of assessments, training, services and support options for carers, parents, staff and clients across the human services sector throughout Australia.

Started in 2009, Social Care Solutions was born out of a desire to see higher standards in foster care assessment and training within the sector, with an emphasis on strengths-based practice and trauma-informed care provision. Over time, we have grown from one individual contractor to a team of over 30 social workers, psychologists, human service practitioners, therapists and teachers.

Social Care Solutions is able to provide efficient, effective and independent services to agencies within the child protection, child care and human services sectors. These services are offered Australia wide.

We offer the following tailored packages and individualised services:

General, kinship and intensive/specialist foster care assessment
Training in a child protection, assessment and trauma
Social work supervision for students and practitioners
Program planning, research and evaluation
Consultancy and support for program development
Intensive family and carer support packages
Child care industry training and professional development
Critical debriefing
Life story work
Team building and development activities

Latest News

2019 SCS Conference

On the 29th to 31st March 2019, SCS held its annual staff conference on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland. The theme of the weekend was Celebrating Diversity, with a focus on educating and upskilling staff to assess, train and support carers and children with...

Watch this space…online training coming in 2019

2019 will see Social Care Solutions expand its services to include online training modules, webinars, expert panels and e-learning tools. We recognise staff and carers especially have limited time and finances to attend days of expensive training, often some distance...

“This is a really great assessment – its professional but I also really get a feel for who they are as people. Great Job!”

More Testimonials

“I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your absolute professionalism during this assessment journey”