Welcome to CareSouth
CareSouth provides a range of accommodation, care and support services for children, young people, adults with disabilities and their families. A not-for-profit community organisation and registered charity, services extend from the Illawarra to the far South Coast as well as the Southern Tablelands.
CareSouth’s mission is “supporting individuals, families and communities.”
Our services include:
Residential Accommodation for Young People; Disability Programs; Supervised Contact & Transport; Brighter Futures, Illawarra; Psychology South; Intensive Family Support; Foster Care; Family Choices and Aunties & Uncles Program.
News and Events
CareSouth Prepares for Transition of OOHC to NGOs in NSW
Publication Date:
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services, the Hon. Prudence (Pru) Goward, recently endorsed the long-term plan to transfer Out of Home Care (OOHC) to Non Government Organisations (NGOs) in NSW. CareSouth CEO Deb Tozer affirms that this reform has been positively received at CareSouth, a South Coast based child welfare agency that coordinates OOHC for [...]
CareSouth Celebrates Carer during International Day for People Living with a Disability
Publication Date:
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Foster (fôstr, fstr) verb: to promote the growth and development of; to nurture; to cherish. How very fitting that by definition Karon Foster’s surname illustrates her role as a carer for 10 year-old Lauren*: nurturing, and above all, cherishing. Ms Foster, a local Wollongong resident and full-time Water Service Operator at Sydney Water, has been [...]
CareSouth Joins The Pyjama Foundation in Celebrating Literacy Day
Publication Date:
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Staff at CareSouth were forgiven for showing up to work in their PJs on September 8 in support of The Pyjama Foundation’s national Pyjama Day. Pyjama Day coincides with International Literacy Day, and is a fun activity to break the no-pyjamas-after-1O am rule, as well as highlight the importance of literacy and reading books aloud [...]
