Information and training sessions
Infant adoption program of Victoria – information and training sessions 2
The Infant Adoption Program holds information sessions and training programs regularly throughout the year.
The Infant Adoption Information sessions are the best place to get answers to your questions about adoption, and aim to help you decide if it could be right for you. They provide an overall view about adoption in Victoria, including the legal situation.
Once you have attended an Information session, the next step is to attend a Training program. The Training program will provide more detailed information about what adoption in Victoria is like today. It will help prepare you for the challenges of bringing an adopted child into your family. All this information, at each stage, will help you decide whether you are ready, interested or able to adopt an infant in Victoria.
Requirements for attending
Registration
You must be registered with the Adoption and Permanent Care Program, Central Resource Exchange (CRE), to be able to attend Information and Training sessions for the Infant Adoption Program of Victoria. Telephone your local Adoption and Permanent Care Program to find out how to register. See below for telephone numbers of adoption agencies across the State to locate your program.
To register in your suburb contact a local Adoption and Permanent Care program:
· Eastern suburbs – 98436413
· Southern suburbs – 95215666
· Northern suburbs – 9479 0558
· Western suburbs – 93967400
· Hume area – 58 321 500
· Loddon Mallee area – 54 401 100
· Grampians area – 53 373 333
· Barwon area – Geelong – 52 264 540 and Warrnambool 55 619 444
· Gippsland area – 51 339 998
· Catholicare (statewide) – 9689 3888
Invitations
Attendance is by invitation only from the CRE and is subject to availability: invitations will be sent out when vacancies become available.
Venues
Sessions/programs are run by the Adoption and Permanent Care Teams on a rotational basis at different locations across the State, including rural areas of Victoria. Details of venues are confirmed when invitations are sent out.
Duration of sessions
Information sessions are for 2 hours; Training programs are run for two full days, usually over a two week period.
Dates of sessions and training programs
Please note that Sessions/ training programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Dates for 2017
Dates of information sessions/ training program / Venue /8 February (Wednesday) Information Session (3.00-5.00pm) / Box Hill /
7 and 14 February (Tuesday) Training program (9.30am-5.00pm) / Box Hill /
15 March (Wednesday) Information Session (3.00-5.00pm) / City /
24 April (Monday) Information Session (3.00-5.00pm) / Yarraville /
26 April and 3 May (Wednesdays) Training program (9.30am-4.30pm) / Narre Warren /
11 May (Thursday) Information Session (3.00-5.00pm) / Bendigo /
28 June (Wednesday) Information Session (3.00-5.00pm) / Morwell /
28 and 29 June (Wednesday, Thursday) Training program (9.30am to 4.30pm) / Ballarat /
26 July (Wednesday) Information Session (2.00-4.00pm) / Ballarat /
28 July and 4 August (Friday) Training program (9.30am-5.00pm) / East Melbourne /
6 September (Wednesday) Information Session (4.00-6.00pm) / East Melbourne /
11 and 20 September (Monday, Wednesday) Training program (9.30am-5.00pm) / Preston /
9 October (Monday) Information Session (2.00-4.00pm) / City /
13 and 20 November (Monday) Training program (9.30am-4.30pm) / Yarraville /
To receive this publication in an accessible format phone 9096 0000, using the National Relay Service 13 36 77 if required.
Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne.
© State of Victoria, Department of Health and Human Services February, 2017.
Available at the Department of Health and Human Services website <www.dhhs.vic.gov.au>
Infant adoption program of Victoria – information and training sessions 2