Special needs groups - Understanding the needs of Care Leavers and how we can we best support them in aged care
CLAN is a national independent peak membership body which represents and advocates for people who were raised in Australian orphanages, children's Homes and foster care. CLAN offers free telephone or face to face counselling. CLAN provides information about the Royal commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and how to get involved. We also support Care leavers to go to the Royal Commission. We send out a bi-monthly newsletter, the "Clanicle".
CLAN holds Social events in all states. We help care leavers to obtain their state ward or Home files. We help Care Leavers to write their personal story. CLAN offers free advertising in the newsletter and on the website to locate lost family members or Home friends.
CLAN advocates and lobby on issues relating to Care Leaver services in all states so that we do not remain Forgotten Australians
ACS invite you to join us for an afternoon seminar presented by Leonie Sheedy, co-founder and Exective Officer of Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN). The seminar will cover
- Care Leavers; the difficulty they face in the community and in a residential setting; and the role of CLAN
- Update on the Royal Commission
- A DVD produced by the Aged Care Network that organisations can access Discussion, questions and answers.
- Exploring strategies to assist this client group
