If you work in the Out of Home Care sector or are a foster carer, it’s important to know about #FASD - a lifelong disability caused by exposure to alcohol before birth.
NOFASD's free resources will assist people working in the Out of Home Care sector and foster carers: buff.ly/NDFnT1q
#FASD #OOHC

Free to read: Exploration phase: Improving transition planning in residential out-of-home care
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3054
#ResidentialCare #OOHC #ChildrenAustralia
@monashuniversity.bsky.social @mackillopfs.bsky.social

#ChildProtection #ChildWelfare #ChildSafety #FosterCare #OoHC Out of Home Care

This study makes key recommendations for reforms to transition planning for young people leaving residential #OOHC.

Learn more at https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3054

@monashuniversity.bsky.social @mackillopfs.bsky.social

Free to read: Exploration phase: Improving transition planning in residential out-of-home care
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3054
#ResidentialCare #OOHC #ChildrenAustralia
@monashuniversity.bsky.social @mackillopfs.bsky.social

#ChildAbuse #AbuseInCare #ChildSafety #ChildProtection #OoHC

"The latest annual report from the Office of the Children's Guardian (OCG) showed 40 per cent of reports came from non-government out-of-home care, compared to 17 per cent from early childhood education."

NSW
Australia

#ChildSafety #Safeguarding #ChildAbuse #AbuseInCare #OOHC

12 August | 4–6:30pm AEST | Online via Teams

Speakers: Claire Baker (Coram Voice), Sue Caines (FamilyCare), Bailey (Lived Experience Consultant) and Anne Welfare (Anglicare).

Register for free: loom.ly/aHz3I3o

#CareLeavers #DisabilityAdvocacy #LivedExperience #OOHC #NDIS

Queensland announces inquiry into 'broken' child safety system The state government says the independent inquiry will examine failures of the past to create "generational change" for children in care.

Queensland announces inquiry into 'broken' #ChildSafety system that spends $1 billion on #ResidentialCare

#ChildProtection #ChildWelfare #OoHC

Qld
Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Housing kids in 'traumatic' emergency accommodation ends in NSW The NSW government has announced that for the first time in 20 years, no children in the state will be forced to live in high-cost emergency accommodation after the end of Alternative Care Arrangement...

The NSW government has announced that for the first time in 20 years, no children in the state will be forced to live in high-cost emergency accommodation after the end of Alternative Care Arrangements.

#ChildProtection #ChildSafety #ChildWelfare #OoHC

Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

“All I Know Is I Want Them Home” The 86-page report, “‘All I Know Is I Want Them Home’: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children from Families in Western Australia,” describes how authorities in the state of Western Australia ...

March 26, 2025

“All I Know Is I Want Them Home”

Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children from Families in Western Australia

Human Rights Watch

#DV Domestic Violence #MaleViolence #ChildProtection #ChildWelfare #ChildSafety #OoHC #Racism

Western Australia
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

Teens struggle to adjust to adult life after leaving out-of-home care The Northern Territory has the highest rate of kids in care in Australia. For those leaving care at 18 years old, it can be a confusing and scary time.

Teenagers in residential care say turning 18 can be a confusing and scary time

#OoHC #ChildProtection #ChildWelfare #CareLeaver

Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

People absolutely lose kids into #OOHC because workers are #racist, #homophobic, #transphobic, and #classist. There is a strong intolerance within #DCJ of diverse parenting styles. Neurodivergent Parents fall prey to suspicion of deception, because we avoid eye contact, or we mumble. Etc.

Factors enabling smooth transitions from out-of-home care: A scoping review Published article 3026 Children Australia

New in Children Australia: Factors enabling smooth transitions from out-of-home care: A scoping review
doi.org/10.61605/cha...
#OOHC #CareLeavers #ChildWelfare

Excellent. A systematic review in 14 small bites. Learn about what works to support young people leaving out-of-home-care from @davetaylor.au #OOHC #careleavers #knowledgesynthesis #SystematicReview

2/2. @SNAICC @ ACOSS #OOHC

While a record number of First Nations children have been removed from parents, only 6% of child protection funding goes to First Nations organisations.
For funding to be most effective, it must be distributed to where it will make the greatest impact.

When First-Nations-led organisations are well resourced and empowered to do the work they set out to do for their communities, we know unequivocally that it leads to much better outcomes for those communities. #auspol @SNAICC @ACOSS #OOHC

SNAICC Media Release 📰

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander #children’s national peak SNAICC says a new report demonstrates how child protection systems are conveyor belts into the youth justice system for far too many vulnerable young people: t.co/eg9SL1mJ2h. #OOHC

#SNAICC & #NSWAbSec need to shift away from accepting funding for #OoHC and need to demand funding availability for #EarlyIntervention programs like #First2000Days and prevent #Indigenous children being placed in care altogether.

I'm with #TargetZER0!

We must STOP criminalising #AfricanAustralian #Maori #Pasifika #Aboriginal YP & kids in #OOHC.

We must CHANGE how we respond to #children & #YoungPeople, to ensure we #DoNoHarm.

We must DO no harm.

https://vimeo.com/649817615

Isaiah Dawe: ‘When I was growing up in care, I was vulnerable, and I felt completely worthless. I was stripped of culture and I didn’t have a sense of belonging’ #Aboriginal #kids in #OOHC #ChildProtection...