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Adoption Counsellor Approval - Victoria

Description

You will need this approval to work with clients involved in adoption services. Adoption counsellors typically work with non-profit adoption agencies to offer advice, procedural guidance, and assessment throughout the adoption process, for families both offering and wanting children. They may also offer post-adoptive services and assistance.

The natural parents of a child must receive counselling from an approved counsellor before consenting to the adoption of the child.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this approval, you must either be:

  • an officer or employee of the Agency
  • employed by an approved agency
  • a person who, in the opinion of the Agency, has appropriate qualifications and experience to fulfil this role.

Prerequisites

Must Have

Working with Children Check

Duration

Ongoing, subject to assessment

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Please contact the Agency for further information on fees to be submitted with your application.

Forms

Act(s) name

Adoption Act 1984 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Adoption Regulations 2019 Victoria

Administering agency

Department of Justice and Community Safety

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.