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.
South Australia’s highly stressed child protection system is contributing to the ‘criminalisation’ of children and young people in care, a new interim report from the Office of the Guardian has found.
Guardian for Children and Young People, Penny Wright, formally announces her resignation from the role of Child and Young Person’s Visitor, as of 23rd August 2021.
You’re invited to hear the latest evidence about the profound impacts of child abuse and neglect at a public forum on Monday.
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.
South Australia continues to be the second highest spender on overall child protection services per child although it spends considerably less on preventative and family
A new project is underway, looking into the growing number of children and young people in care who are also caught up in the youth justice system.
We were lucky enough to have our first law student complete an internship with our office last year. We set Brooke the task to research the concept of doli incapax…
In a recent opinion piece by Ross Womersley, Chief Executive Officer of SACOSS, Ross looks at some of the underlying reasons why vulnerable children fall
Last month our office provided feedback on SA’s Safeguarding Taskforce Report – a report that examined and outlined gaps in the oversight and safeguarding for
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.