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4. National Standards for Out of Home Care
4. National Standards for Out of Home Care 4.1 Why develop National Standards for Out of Home Care? The Australian Government, state and territory governments and the non-government sector are developing National Standards to ensure children in need of Out of Home Care are given consistent, best-practice care, no …
5. Questions for consultation
5. Questions for consultation The questions below are presented as a guide, and respondents should feel free to make additional comments or observations. No. Questions 1 Are the key areas of well-being for children and young people identified the right ones to focus on? If not, what additional areas should be taken …
Appendix A: What is happening around Australia?
Appendix A: What is happening around Australia? Appendix A sets out the current standards for each State and Territory in Australia, and indicates whether they address the areas outlined as the focus of the National Standards for Out of Home Care. A.1 Australian Capital Territory While the Australian Capital Territory …
Appendix B: International perspective
Appendix B: International perspective B.1 Europe The International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO), SOS-Kinderdorf and Fédération Internationale des Communautés Educatives (FICE) have developed the Quality 4 Children Standards for Out of Home Child Care in Europe. 71 These standards provide guidance on the overarching …
Appendix C: Looking After Children: the LAC framework
Appendix C: Looking After Children: the LAC framework The Looking After Children project has been implemented in a number of jurisdictions to guide the assessment of the developmental needs of children in care and to determine whether services are meeting the needs of children. Seven developmental dimensions have been …
Foreword from the Minister for FaHCSIA
Foreword from the Minister for FaHCSIA For the Australian Government, the safety and wellbeing of all children is a national priority and a national responsibility. It is the right of every Australian child to have a safe, healthy and happy childhood. To achieve this we need strong, resilient families and supportive, …
Director's report
Director's report Interest in human capital and capability formation focuses attention on the relationships between outcomes in adulthood and experiences in infancy, childhood and adolescence. Most countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have commissioned large-scale, national …
Overview
Overview In 2004, the parents of over 10,000 children around Australia agreed to take part in Growing Up in Australia : the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). The study is designed to identify policy opportunities for improving support for children and their families and to inform intervention and …
Wave 3 data collection
Wave 3 data collection Fieldwork Wave 3 data collection started in March 2008 and was completed in February 2009. Over this period, interviewers from the ABS interviewed 8,718 families, including 4,386 B cohort families (children aged 4 to 5 years in Wave 3) and 4,332 K cohort families (children aged 8 to 9 years in …
Wave 3 snapshot
Wave 3 snapshot The following information is based on Wave 3 unweighted data, where information refers to all children in the study who participated in Wave 3 unless specified otherwise. These percentages may differ slightly from the estimated proportions in the Australian population. Working lives As might be …