A new service is looking to curb the poor outcomes many young people experience when they leave the care system. By providing access to affordable accommodation and a range of other wrap-around supports, the Department for Child Protection’s Next Steps Pilot Service seeks to better support young people moving from residential care into adult life and independence.
Nadia Baldassi-Winderlich has just joined our team to help provide advocacy and support to the children and young people detained in the Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre.
The Australian Human Rights Commission is inviting all children and young people aged 9-17 to share their stories of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected them.
For the fourth year in a row, safety and stability remain the top presenting issues from children and young people living in South Australia’s child protection system, according to the Guardian for Children and Young People Annual Report 2020-2021.
Mental health, access to education and lack of cultural support are just some of the key issues raised in the latest Training Centre Visitor Annual Report about children and young people detained in SA’s youth justice centre.
You’re invited to hear the latest evidence about the profound impacts of child abuse and neglect at a public forum on Monday.
There are champions everywhere! Do you know someone, or an organisation, making a difference to the lives of children and young people in care? Nominate them for the inaugural SA Child Protection Awards.
Interim findings from our new South Australian Dual Involved project indicate that significant resourcing pressures are hindering the ability of child protection staff to do their best for individual children and young people who are caught up in the state’s care and youth justice systems.
We have a new Charter of Rights for Children and Young People in Care! The revised Charter has just been approved…
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.
