In our August 2019 newsletter we explore the importance of education for children and young people in care by reflecting on: • the importance of…

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…

[spacer height=”1px”]In this edition: why Parliament needs to take deep breath and start again on Youth Treatment Orders how we can make children feel safe…

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is more than an abstract aspiration.  In this article we look at the reporting process…

In this edition of the Guardian’s Newsletter: NAIDOC Week extending the age of support to young people post care the Convention on the Rights of…

[spacer height=”10px”] An interview with Isabella Daziani from the Department for Child Protection Evaluation Unit[spacer height=”15px”] ‘In evaluating programs for young people, we think it…

Community visits to the Adelaide Youth Training Centre will start this month.  Back in April we asked groups of residents about what they would like from…

In this edition of the Guardian’s Quarterly Newsletter: The Guardian on the necessity for collaboration and cooperation in child protection A community group doing fantastic…

[Oakden residents] lacked any voice themselves. They were entirely dependent upon others for their care and their safety”. – Commissioner Lander, p190 1 There are…

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is 70 in 2018 and of it’s many grandchildren, the most widely ratified is the United Nations…

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…

Penny Wright is Training Centre Visitor in addition to being Guardian for Children and Young People. Work is well underway to set up the new…