Communicating with kids is more than just the words you say. Your facial expressions, tone of your voice and your body language all convey messages to your child. Communicating with children can be tricky and difficult to navigate so we did some research and pulled together our top tips for communicating with children. Active listening...
Category: Out of Home Care (Foster Care)
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What makes a good carer?
Since the 1980s, Inala Community House Out of Home Care has been supporting foster and kinship carers across the western suburbs of Brisbane. Throughout this time, we have seen carers come from all walks of life. Often, there is a misunderstanding about what is needed to be a carer. Of course, there are criteria to...
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Making an impact in 2023!
As we kick off 2023, the Inala Community House team is re-energised and excited to make a big impact this year. In amongst all the planning and preparation for 2023, we asked members of the Inala Community House leadership team what they were hoping to achieve in their services this year… their ‘New year’s resolutions’...
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Out of Home Care: Children’s Christmas Party
Our Inala Community House Out of Home Care team celebrated another wonderful year with all our incredible foster and kinship families, along with all the children in care at our 2018 Children’s Christmas Party on 19th December. 2018 has been a very busy year for our foster and kinship carers. All our carers have worked...
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Inala Community House: Child Protection Week Family Fun Day
Child Protection Week in Queensland (https://childprotectionweek.org.au) is coordinated by the Child Protection Week Committee under the auspicing body of ACT for Kids. In other states, NAPCAN runs National Child Protection Week. By promoting the value of children and focusing attention on the issues of child abuse and neglect, the objectives of Child Protection Week are...
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Out of Home Care: Sports Day in the Park with Foster Carers and Children
On Wednesday 4th July 2018, Inala Community House Out of Home Care team organised a ‘Sports Day in the Park’ event during the school holidays for our valued foster carers and children. From 9am to 2pm, our dedicated team had planned a full day of fun sports activities for all ages to get active and...
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Western Districts Out of Home Care’s Christmas Party 2017
Our Western Districts of Home Care team celebrated another wonderful year with our incredible foster and kinship carer families, and all the amazing children and young people they work with, at their Christmas party on the 13th of December. 2017 has been a very busy year for our carer community, with many of our carers...
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Western Districts Out of Home Care: 2017 Halloween Costume Party with Foster Families
On Tuesday 31 October 2017, Inala Community House Western Districts Out of Home Care team celebrated 2017 Halloween Costume Party with our Children and Families in foster care service. Our aim was to provide a safe, fun and inclusive community event for these foster families to grow closer and create great memories together. We were...
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Western Districts Out of Home Care: Happy National Carers Week 2017
Happy National Carers Week 2017 (15-21 October) everyone! Join us in raising awareness among all Australians about the diversity of carers and caring roles involved. Inala Community House proudly recognises and celebrates all of our Foster and Kinship Carers, who make our Western Districts Out of Home Care community so amazing. We are proud to...
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Review for Queensland’s Blue Card System and Foster Care Services (News)
At Inala Community House, our Western Districts Out of Home Care team (http://www.ich.org.au/service-areas/family-services/out-of-home-care) offers foster and kinship service under Queensland’s Child Protection system. The team provides out-of-home care placements for children and young people aged 0-17 with moderate-to-high support needs. On Sunday 25th September 2016, the Premier of Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a comprehensive review...
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