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Safety concerns about a child or young person
If you have immediate safety concerns about a child or young person, please call 000.
For non-urgent police matters, call 131 444, or go to your local police station.
If you have general safety concerns about a child or young person, please contact the Child Protection intake office where the child lives: https://services.dhhs.vic.gov.au/child-protection-contacts
After 5pm and on weekends, contact the Child Protection After Hours service on 13 12 78.
If you need information about making a formal report or notification to the Commission, please see our Report a concern page.
General enquiries
We can help you with the Child Safe Standards and the Reportable Conduct Scheme, including how to formally report a concern.
Tel: 1300 78 29 78 (9.30–11.30am and 2.00–4.00pm Monday to Friday, except on public holidays)
email: contact@ccyp.vic.gov.au
Contact us in your language
Interpreter services are available in community languages by calling the Australian Government's Translating and Interpreter Service on 131 450.
Ask your interpreter to call the Commission for Children and Young People on 1300 78 29 78 and ask to be directed to a specific business area.
We also have a range of information available in community languages. For translated resources relating to the Child Safe Standards, please click here. For translated resources relating to the Reportable Conduct Scheme, please click here.
Media contact
Darren Lewin-Hill
Senior Communications & Media Adviser
0437 046 360
darren.lewin-hill@ccyp.vic.gov.au
Mailing address
Level 18
570 Bourke Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
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Complaints about the Commission
If you wish to make a complaint about the Commission – not a complaint about another agency or organisation – please contact us and we will provide further advice about your formal options in directing your complaint for appropriate consideration.
For further information, please also refer to our external complaints policy (PDF, 85kb).