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Child protection services aim to protect children from abuse and neglect in family settings. In 2019–20, 1 in every 33 Australian children—or 174,700 children—received child protection services, a similar rate to 2018–19 (AIHW forthcoming 2021).
Child abuse and neglect can take place behind closed doors, so it is difficult to know how often it occurs. Data on child protection services does not necessarily give an accurate picture of how many children are being abused or neglected, but can provide insight into how often suspected child abuse and neglect is detected.
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Living in unstable long-term government-supported ‘out-of-home’ care (OOHC) is causing harmful and often lifelong impacts for increasing numbers of Australian children. There is a growing awareness that all children need stable homes and families to thrive. This has led to policymakers facing mounting calls from adoption advocates (myself included) to increase the number of ‘open adoptions’* from out of care in Australia.
The difficulties in giving more children safe and permanent homes through adoption led the Federal Parliament’s Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs to…
… through a series of lead and support questions that cover a number of critical dimensions within the three broad … by need – involves the development of interventions that cover the service spectrum (generalist services that are … through a series of lead and support questions that cover a number of critical dimensions within the three broad …
Abstract
Recent policy reforms have substantially changed state responses to child abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ). These reforms draw on two related discourses: vulnerability and social investment. Shaped by a neoliberal political context, these discourses influence constructions of children and parents. Children are constituted in individualistic ways; as vulnerable victims requiring intervention to optimise future functioning, dichotomised against their irresponsible and invulnerable parents. This has different consequences for children in and outside of the permanent foster…
… be obtained from the publisher, and a fee may be payable. Cover image: Hands of a refugee child, behind hand-drawn bars … The toilets did not have any doors they had put a cloth to cover, and in the shower, they only had the tub and where the … be obtained from the publisher, and a fee may be payable. Cover image: Hands of a refugee child, behind hand-drawn bars …
… Creators/Contributors: Anglicare Tasmania, issuing body. Cover illustration: Beth-Emily Gregory. Graphic design: Kelly … to Burnie because they’ll do that, then down to Hobart to cover off a bit more time, then they might be accepted back … Creators/Contributors: Anglicare Tasmania, issuing body. Cover illustration: Beth-Emily Gregory. Graphic design: Kelly …
… payments. Income support payments that are insufficient to cover food, shelter and other necessities result in avoidable … payments. Income support payments that are insufficient to cover food, shelter and other necessities result in avoidable …