Barnardos Australia is one of the leading child protection charities in Australia. For more than 130 years Barnardos Australia has been at the forefront of child protection, finding real, permanent solutions for Australian children in desperate need. We believe all children deserve to be loved and nurtured. The work of Barnardos Australia deals particularly with the prevention of abuse and entry into care. When that is not possible, and children cannot remain at home, we find safe alternatives through foster care and adoption. Barnardos operates children’s family centres, permanency programs for out-of-home care, adolescent services, advocacy work and aims to improve the outcomes for children through best practice case work. Find out more at www.barnardos.org.au child welfare, child foster care, child adoption, family services, best practice case work