Kids Helpline: Keeping Kids Safe
Channel: yourtown
Date: 2017-12-08

Kids Helpline (KHL) plays a critical role in protecting children and young people across Australia. No matter how big or small the problem, we help young people express themselves, build confidence and live safely.

Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free, private and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for children and young people aged five to 25. Young people contact our professionally qualified counsellors every day of the week, every hour of the day. Live WebChat is also available from 8am to 12pm (AEST) seven days a week. We offer:

• One-off counselling and crisis support
• Information and referral
• Ongoing counselling and case management

Young people contact us about anything, from relationships with friends and family and school worries, through to homelessness, child abuse, body image, mental health, self-injury and suicide. 

We work closely with child protection authorities in every state and territory to help inform social policy and keep children and young people safe. In 2016, we initiated 1,907 emergency care actions that in some cases literally saved lives.