Who we are
Our team is comprised of likeminded practitioners, with professional qualifications in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work and Social Science. CASS practitioners have membership with professional bodies (AASW, ACWA, MI, ACA, and PACFA) and hold a current Working with Children Check, National Criminal Record Check, and have professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance.
Our practitioners have extensive experience in Out of Home Care, Child Protection, Training and Counselling with individuals and families. We are passionate about providing culturally sensitive services that support positive outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
Our practitioners have extensive experience in Out of Home Care, Child Protection, Training and Counselling with individuals and families. We are passionate about providing culturally sensitive services that support positive outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
What we do
CASS invests in the future of Australia's most vulnerable children by providing culturally sensitive, evidence based, trauma informed assessments, training, investigations and consultancy services nationally to the Human Service Sector. We are a team of culturally diverse professionals with experience in Out of Home Care, child protection, permanency planning, work place capacity development, mediation, and trauma informed practice development. We recognise that time is of the essence when planning for the future of vulnerable children and are responsive and expedient , while maintaining empathy for the families we work with.
Our Mission
⦿ Supporting children, young people, families and communities with culturally sensitive and inclusive services.
⦿ Focusing on providing services to children and families from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds. ⦿ Empowering and supporting individual, couple and family connections via strength based and trauma informed methodologies. ⦿ Developing the capacity of Human Service Sector to deliver culturally appropriate and trauma informed services to their most vulnerable clients. |
Diversity - Accountability
Responsiveness - Innovation - Inclusiveness
CASS acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land. We pay respect to Elders past, present and future and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Ancestors have walked this country, and we acknowledge their unique place in our nation’s historical, cultural and linguistic identity.
"I am the Master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul"
by William Earnst Henly