Learning from Lived Experience in Government Care: Sharing Gains in Knowledge and Practice in Youth Participation with Key Care Stakeholders

Jade Purtell, Luke Westwick, Brittany Witnish, Jarrad Butcher, Annie [Withheld], Ralph Salera, Jenna Bollinger

This paper presents three care experienced perspectives on the benefits and challenges of capturing the voices of young people to inform policy and organisational decision-making in youth services.

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Examining the Role of Lived Experience Consultants in an Australian Research Study on the Educational Experiences of Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care

Philip Mendes, Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris, Emily Berger, Susan Baidawi, Levita D’Souza, Jenna Bollinger, Natasha Anderson, Geordie Armstrong

This paper presents the findings of a study in the Australian state of Victoria where a group of lived experience consultants (LECs) were employed to consult on the results of a broader survey of the attitudes of professionals, carers and care leavers regarding the educational experiences of children in out-of-home care.

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Qualitative Social Work

Transforming Children's Care Webinar #13: Learning from Participatory Research with Careleavers: Experiences from Latin America and Australia

Transforming Children's Care Collaborative

Drawing from the learning from participatory research in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Australia, this webinar introduced different approaches used to engage individuals with lived experience of alternative care in research efforts.

United States Catholic Support for Overseas Residential Care: A Survey and Research Investigation of Catholic Organizations in the United States

Changing the Way We Care

Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) conducted a study on the support by U.S. Catholic organizations for overseas residential care of children in 2018. This report provides insights from the study on U.S. Catholic Church support for children’s residential care facilities outside of the U.S. Its data provides a foundation for building effective engagement and messaging strategies, as well as helps inform advocacy and influence work concerning support for family strengthening and care for vulnerable children by the U.S. Catholic community.

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Building Climate Change Into Care Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa

UNICEF ESARO, Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC)

This UNICEF/CTWWC paper argues that climate change is the greatest current and future threat to children’s care in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. Responding to this threat requires urgent coordinated action related to care reform policies and interventions and climate change responses.

Reconocidos, Contabilizados, Incluidos: Utilizar los Datos para Arrojar Luz Sobre el Bienestar de los Niños y Las Niñas Con Discapacidad - Resumen

UNICEF

El informe tiene como objetivo promover el uso de estos datos con el propósito de dar más protagonismo a los niños y niñas con discapacidad y de ese modo lograr una conciencia más plena de sus vivencias.

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االهتامم، والرعاية، واإلدماج : استخدام البيانات لتسليط الضوء عىل عافية األطفال ذوي اإلعاقة - ملخص

UNICEF

تخل  جهود نمضالإعاقة  يللأطفال ذو جالإدما دصرعملية  تلَّطعتلطالما  شاملة. غير أنّ السنوات الأخيرةو ٍةقالتنمية بسبب الافتقار إلى بياناتٍ موثو  الأدواتوشهدت جهوداً مُجدَّدة كانت ترمي إلى سدّ الثغرات في البيانات.  أدَّت إلى زيادةٍ كبيرة في توافر دقلجمع البيانات  تَث ِدحُالجديدة التي است  رُوْلبت زّالإعاقة، الأمر الذي عز يجودة البيانات المتعلقة بالأطفال ذوو ج المعرفة.اتنالتحليلات الجديدة وساهم في زيادة إ

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