Understanding ‘big feelings’ and navigating family contact are the themes behind two new books written by care leavers for children and young people in care.
The power of food and the role it plays in our everyday lives often goes unnoticed. But for the children and young people within Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre, their food-related experiences are very different.
As I settle into my new roles, I am greatly aware of the huge honour it is to take on the very important work of Guardian, Training Centre Visitor and Child and Young Person’s Visitor.
As Penny Wright’s term draws to a close, she reflects on the last five years as Guardian and Training Centre Visitor and the privilege it has been to work with the children and young people along the way.
Nominations for the 2022 SA Child Protection Awards are still open, celebrating the outstanding achievements of children, young people and adults from across the child protection sector. Get your nominations in by 1 August!
Power2Kids! Free training is being offered to all residential care providers to help prevent and respond to the sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours of young people in care.
In the just released final report from our South Australian Dual Involved Project, we call for immediate action to end the systems abuse affecting young South Australians caught up in two systems
A safer, more inclusive society for children and young people in care and detention, that honours their voices and respects their rights. That is the vision that leads our new strategic plan.
Young people are invited to join the Minister for Human Services’ Youth Advisory Council and have their say on shaping future policies impacting young people in SA. Expressions of interest close this Sunday!
The importance of keeping accurate and child-focussed records is the driving force behind a new Charter that offers a vision of what recordkeeping for young people in care should look like.
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.