Child Family Community Australia

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    Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities

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    Helplines and telephone counselling services for children, young people and parents

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    Reporting child abuse and neglect: Information for service providers

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    Therapeutic residential care: An update on current issues in Australia

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    Expert Panel Project

Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) is AIFS’ information hub for evidence, resources and support for professionals working in the child, family and community welfare sector.

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Needs assessment

Families and Children Expert Panel practice resource— Mar 2019

This resource is for practitioners and policy makers who want to learn more about the needs assessment process or how to conduct a needs assessment.

Child protection and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

CFCA Resource Sheet— Jan 2019

A snapshot of the rates of involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and out-of-home care during 2016–2017

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Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities

CFCA Paper— Dec 2018

This paper looks at intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities, and how service providers can provide appropriate support.

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Helplines and telephone counselling services for children, young people and parents

CFCA Resource Sheet— Dec 2018

A list of national and state/territory helplines and telephone counselling services for children, young people and parents

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Recent short articles

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Support needs of siblings of children with disability

17 April 2019
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Talking about parenting: Why a radical communications shift is needed to drive better outcomes for children

2 April 2019
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Join the conversation – Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee and immigrant communities: Culturally safe strategies for practice

27 March 2019
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Latest news

Women and the Law: When child protection are involved… guiding and supporting your client

15 April 2019

Out of the shadows - Domestic and family violence: A leading cause of homelessness in Australia

15 April 2019

Keeping Kids Central eLearning course

11 April 2019
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Our next event

Needs assessment: A tool for program planning and community building

08 May 2019 13:00 to 14:00

This webinar will demonstrate how a needs assessment can inform program planning, as well as contribute to community building outcomes.

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