Ask Shona – call for children and young people to send us their questions!
Do you have a child or young person in your care who would like to ask a question to Shona, the new Guardian?
September 21, 2022
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Have your say into the Inquiry about Aboriginal child removals and placements
The Inquiry into Aboriginal child removals and placements in South Australia is well underway, and you’re invited to share your story.
September 14, 2022
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The role of food for rehabilitation within youth detention
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.
August 17, 2022
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To challenge the unchangeable
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.
August 11, 2022
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Farewell and thank you from the Guardian/TCV
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.
July 29, 2022
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Get your nominations in for the 2022 South Australian Child Protection Awards
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!
July 22, 2022
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Shaping the future of our office – OGCYP Strategic Plan 2022-2025
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.
June 20, 2022
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Final days to register for Youth Advisory Council – Get to it!!
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!
June 15, 2022
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Filling in the gaps – a new vision for creating and accessing childhood care records
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.
June 8, 2022
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Young people invited to enter writing competition to celebrate SA Youth Week
Today is the start of SA Youth Week, an annual week-long celebration of all young people in South Australia aged 12-25 years, recognising their ideas,
May 12, 2022
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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.