The consultation with children and young people has ramped up in these three months. We have hosted consultations on child protection systems and the Charter of Rights, and interviewed five young Aboriginal people for a new video about being in care and culture. The book of children’s views on the topic of respect, from the 2014 consultation, is at the printers.
Available now are updated reports on expenditure in child protection and trends in educational attainment for children in government schools.
If you missed the releases in February, there are new reports on the use of interim emergency care and reports on the conditions for children in smaller residential care and larger residential care. The Guardian’s submission to the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission is also now available, as is the response to the proposals for adoption law reform.
To support our face-to-face meetings with Aboriginal communities in the Murraylands we have a second Facebook account.
In the first quarter of 2015 there were 35 requests for intervention about children under guardianship, involving 49 children. The Senior Advocate audited 56 annual reviews and the Advocates made five official visits to residential or youth justice units.
The Guardian has met with over 120 people so far to introduce the new Charter of Rights for children and young people detained in youth justice facilities.
