Please Note
General Enquiries for the Department of Children and Families should be directed to:
(08) 8999 2737
The Office of Children and Families (OCF) is committed to service excellence.
Compliments, suggestions for improvement and complaints are all a vital source of feedback that allows us to gain an understanding of our clients experience with OCF. Feedback allows us to understand what works well and what we need to improve.
OCF takes all compliments, suggestions and complaints seriously and is committed to managing complaints in an accountable, transparent, timely and meaningful way.
All OCF clients and key stakeholders have the right to provide compliments and suggestions or lodge complaints about their experiences and have their complaints handled fairly and as quickly as possible.
If you wish to pay a compliment, make a suggestion or lodge a complaint in relation to a service provided by OCF, you can contact us through any of the following ways:
- In person at any DCF office, or to any DCF staff member
- By ringing 1800 750 167
- By emailing [click here to send email][click here to send email]
- By writing a letter to:
Department of Children and Families
Attention: Practice Integrity & Complaints Management Branch
PO Box 40596
Casuarina NT 0810
All feedback including compliments, suggestions and complaints will be managed in line with the Department's Compliments, Suggestions and Complaints Policy:



