Two weeks ago we asked our colleagues and friends to spend a hypothetical $100 to improve child protection in South Australia. These were their top
The introduction of the Youth Justice Administration Act 2016 sought to consolidate the administration of youth justice and bring up to date with other relevant
In South Australia in 2017, 57 per cent of all students in care were enrolled in Department for Education (DE) schools. The Guardian’s latest report Children
A few weeks ago my office conducted a poll about extending support for children in care. Our readership[1] of 1700 overwhelmingly supported the extension of
An interview with Isabella Daziani from the Department for Child Protection Evaluation Unit ‘In evaluating programs for young people, we think it is fundamental to
One of the key reforms in child protection in Australia recently has been the adoption of overarching child protection frameworks to ensure that practitioners have
In the imperative to move a young person into a more suitable care placement it is easy to forget the profound impact that the process
[Oakden residents] lacked any voice themselves. They were entirely dependent upon others for their care and their safety”. – Commissioner Lander, p190 1 There are
When the state takes over the parenting of a child, that parent has many faces, many hands and, hopefully, many hearts. Pointing the way to
South Australia’s Aboriginal1 children and young people are vastly over-represented in in state care and in detention centres, according to the Productivity Commission’s Report on
We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal People as the traditional owners
and custodians of the land we live and work on, their living culture and their unique role in the life of South Australia.