New research suggests that 20% of existing foster carer households may be affected in some way by the virus, and that we have a unique opportunity to support vulnerable children in the months ahead.
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Family violence issues are likely to be exacerbated by the COVID-10 pandemic. Lockdown can especially affect women and children who may wish to escape an abusive relationship or receive support.
What's most concerning is children are being charged in out of home care for unnecessary and avoidable offences. We need to do a better job of placing children safe environments.
An evaluation of a therapeutic foster care program has shown significant improvements in children previously thought too complex and challenging for foster care.
Older Australians needing extra help at home with bathing or gardening can now choose who provides that service. So what do you need to know before choosing a new service for yourself or a family member?
Few people are talking about how children in residential care and those in juvenile jail are essentially the same people.
Homeless children charged in NSW with a criminal offence who are unable to meet bail conditions are being kept in custody. It's due, in part, to a well-meant but flawed section of the Bail Act.
The NSW government's latest promised solution to well-documented abuse in the out-of-home care system is, in fact, a re-run of promises made by the Carr government more than a decade ago.
We have decades of evidence showing the widespread abuse and neglect suffered by children in the out-of-home care system. The agencies responsible for allowing the abuse have little to fear.
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Director, Kath McFarlane Consulting & Adjunct Associate Professor, The Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Co-Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Murdoch University
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Professor and Co-Director, Australian Centre Child Protection, University of South Australia
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Professor, Social Work, Monash University
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Senior lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Senior lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral research fellow, BetterStart Child Health and Development Research Group, University of Adelaide
