South Australia Child Protection services

There are three SA Health Child Protection Services with intake workers who can be contacted for clinical advice between 9am and 5 pm. After hours clinical advice via respective hospital switchboard numbers requesting Child Protection On-Call.

Women and Children's Health Network 

  • Email:  HealthCYWHSCPSIntakeWorker@sa.gov.au
  • WCHS Child Protection
  • Women’s and Children’s Hospital – 8161 7000

Northern Adelaide Health Network

Southern Adelaide Health Network

Links to Health service information

Women and Children’s Hospital Child Protection Services (WCH CPS)

Links to SA Health documents, policies or protocols 

Health Services Agreement for Children and Young People in Out of Home Care

A Foot in the Door: Steeping towards solutions to resolve incidents of severe domestic squalor in South Australia

Femal Genital Mutilation

Infants of drug dependent women

Substance use in pregnancy

Statutory child protection agency Department for Child Protection (DCP) / Interagency Information

Department of Child Protection

Interagency Code of Practice

Safe and well supporting families, protecting children

Charter of Rights for Children and Young People in Care 2009 (Office for the Guardian of Children and Young People)

SA Legislation

Child and Young People (Safety) Act 2017

Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Act 2007

Consent to Medical treatment and Palliave Care Act 1995

Information sharing guidelines

South Australian Public Health Act