Welcome

Office of the Guardian for Children and Young People

GCYP

Topics

Want to share your story?

We are always looking for good news stories.

If you would like to share your story with us, please get in touch.

Foster and Kinship Carers Week logo
A Big “Shout Out” to Kinship and Foster Carers – You are Amazing!

Foster and Kinship Carers Week is a special time for us all to acknowledge and celebrate the incredible contribution carers make to the lives of…

Young people share cultural considerations in court project

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people continue to be overrepresented in South Australia’s youth justice system. In 2017-18, Aboriginal children and young people made…

National principles for child safe organisations

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found many organisations had failed to protect children and to respond appropriately when information about…

Aboriginal children and young people in care and juvenile detention 2017-18

Aboriginal[1] children and young people are vastly over-represented in out-of-home care and the youth justice system. The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services 2019 (ROGS…

Aboriginal children and young people in care and detention

[spacer height=”1px”][mtouchquiz 2]

The Guardian’s Newsletter – May 2019

Check out the May 2019 edition of the Guardian’s Newsletter: young artists making a final contribution to the mural celebrating young people in state care…

A new focus on family

[spacer height=”1px”] By Guardian Penny Wright and Malcolm Downes The State Government’s newly announced strategy An Intensive Support System for South Australia’s children and families…

Safety in residential care

[spacer height=”1px”]When we take children[1] into the care of the state, a prime responsibility is their safety. We have matched comments about safety given to…

Improving educational outcomes for children and young people under guardianship in South Australia

It is widely acknowledged that children and young people under guardianship are highly disadvantaged in achieving a good education. This does not mean they are…

Want to share your story?

We are always looking for good news stories.

If you would like to share your story with us, please get in touch.

Contact us

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Subscribe to receive monthly updates on current issues and news affecting children and young people in care and detention.

I have the right to be safe and well cared for.

As a child and young person in care, you have special rights. These are rules that should be followed so you can grow up happy, healthy and achieving your dreams.

If you feel that your rights are not being met, and you are not being listened to, we can help.