Children’s Contact Services (CCSs) are designed to provide a safe, supervised environment for children to spend time with the parent they do not live with, or to facilitate the transfer of children from one parent to another, in circumstances where parents are not able to manage their own parenting time arrangements. The primary aim is to help children remain connected or connect with all members of their family, and to help everyone to feel safe and comfortable in potentially difficult circumstances.
There are a number of government funded CCSs in South Australia, and these are:
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Hindmarsh/Campbelltown CCS 49a Orsmond Street HINDMARSH SA 5007 Current wait times for changeovers: Hindmarsh – 4 weeks Campbelltown – 4 weeks Current wait times for supervised visits: Hindmarsh – approx 16-20 weeks Campbelltown – approx 12 weeks Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
Northern CCS PO Box 444 ELIZABETH SA 5112 Current wait times for changeovers: no wait time Current wait times for supervised visits: 8 weeks Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
Riverland CCS PO Box 317 BERRI SA 5343 Current wait times for changeovers: no wait time Current wait times for supervised visits: no wait time Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
| E: ccs@rasa.org.au | E: ccsnorthern@rasa.org.au | E: ccsberri@rasa.org.au |
| T: 8245 8100 / 8223 4566 | T: 8255 3323 | T: 8582 4122 |
| F: 8346 7333 | F: 8255 7753 | F: 8582 4152 |
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Noarlunga CCS Current wait times for supervised visits: 6-8 weeks Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
Mount Barker CCS |
Elizabeth CCS 91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth SA 5112 Current wait times for supervised visits: 6-8 weeks Gawler CCS Current wait times for changeovers: 4-6 weeks Current wait times for supervised visits: 4-8 weeks Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
| E: ccs@anglicaresa.com.au | E: ccs@anglicaresa.com.au | E: ccsnorth@anglicaresa.com.au |
| T: 8392 3180 | T: 8392 3180 | T: 8209 6679 |
| Online Application – click here | Online Application – click here | Online Application – click here |
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Whyalla CCS 22 McRitchie Crescent, Whyalla Stuart, SA 5608
Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
Port Augusta CCS 34 Stirling Rd, Port Augusta SA, 5700
Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
| E: ccs@ucsa.org.au | E: ccs@ucsa.org.au |
| T: 8649 0800 | T: 8649 0800 |
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Port Lincoln CCS Shop 13, 3-5 Eyre St, Port Lincoln SA, 5606
Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
Port Pirie CCS 28 Symonds St, Risdon Park SA, 5540
Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
| E: ccs@ucsa.org.au | E: ccs@ucsa.org.au |
| T: 8649 0800 | T: 8649 0800 |
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Mount Gambier CCS Current wait times for changeovers: 6 weeks Current wait times for supervised visits: 6 weeks Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
| T: 8721 3500 |
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Barossa, Mid North and Yorke Peninsular Children’s Contact Service Ngadjuri Country Gersch House, 24 Second Street, Nuriootpa SA 5355 Mid North and Yorke Peninsula Children’s Contact Services also available upon registration. Please click the ‘Register here’ link below. Current wait times: For changeovers: no wait time For supervised visits: no wait time Date last updated: 20 March 2024 |
| E: ccs@lutherancare.org.au |
| T: 08 8562 2688 |
Applications can be made by completing this FORM and forwarding it the relevant service, or if using AnglicareSA / Lutheran Care, by using the online form above.
There are some privately run Children’s Contact Services, however there is presently no accreditation scheme or government authority monitoring these, so caution should be exercised. The Australian Government has released a consultation paper: Establishment of an Accreditation Scheme for Children’s Contact Services to consider proper accreditation of Children’s Contact Services.
