Its mission is to provide quality short-term or emergency respite care and education for children, usually between the ages of 3–12 years, and support for their families.
The Centre helps families during times of stress or crisis, by providing care to children.
[2] The organisation removed the word 'Home' from its name in April 2013, reflecting a strategic shift to short-term care only, with the aim of preserving the family unit and preventing the need for statutory interventions.
Between March 2011 and July 2015 the service continued to operate on split sites, with children's accommodation being moved to nearby Bellbird Heights at Living Springs, while education and administration remained on the original site at Cholmondeley Lane.
During this time a successful capital fundraising campaign raised $4 million towards the rebuild, and by July 2015 a modern, fit-for-purpose building was completed.