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.
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.
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!
Power2Kids! Free training is being offered to all residential care providers to help prevent and respond to the sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours of young people in care.
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.
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.
A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission shares the voices of hundreds of children and young people (including those in care and youth detention), and their families across Australia, about what they need to be safe and well, and what makes it hard to get help when they need it.
A new service is looking to curb the poor outcomes many young people experience when they leave the care system. By providing access to affordable accommodation and a range of other wrap-around supports, the Department for Child Protection’s Next Steps Pilot Service seeks to better support young people moving from residential care into adult life and independence.
Submissions are now wanted for an independent inquiry looking into the foster and kinship care system in South Australia.
Children and young people living in residential care are some of the most vulnerable kids in South Australia’s out-of-home-care system. How can it be that there is still no dedicated funding for regular visits to the 600+ children living there?
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.