Children's commissioners and guardians
CFCA Resource Sheet— June 2018
Outlines the role and duties of children's commissioners, and how they differ between Australian states and territories
Publications
CFCA produces a range of publications. These include CFCA Papers, which offer an objective exploration of how research applies to policy and practice, and are written by or in collaboration with expert researchers and service providers. CFCA Resource Sheets and Practitioner Resources are shorter papers that focus on a specific issue in depth.
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Protection through participation: Involving children in child-safe organisations
Tim Moore
CFCA Practitioner Resource— April 2017
Practical guidance for involving children in child-safe organisations, based on what children and young people have said themselves
Risk assessment instruments in child protection
CFCA Resource Sheet— June 2016
Outlines the different approaches and instruments used to assess whether children are at risk of maltreatment
Enhancing the implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: Policy and practice considerations
Fiona Arney, Marie Iannos, Alwin Chong, Stewart McDougall and Samantha Parkinson
CFCA Paper No. 34 — August 2015
Outlines the contemporary understanding of the Principle, and reviews the barriers at the policy and practice levels that impede its implementation
The good practice guide to Child Aware Approaches: Keeping children safe and well
Cathryn Hunter and Rhys Price-Robertson
CFCA Paper No. 21 — May 2014
Child Aware Approaches is a grassroots initiative to develop local approaches, actions and initiatives to keep children safe and well.
Planning for safety with at-risk families: Resource guide for workers in intensive home-based family support programs
Marie Iannos and Greg Antcliff
CFCA Practitioner Resource— May 2013
A guide for practitioners on assisting their clients to develop and implement a safety plan
The role of supervisory neglect in childhood injury
Debbie Scott, Daryl Higgins and Richard Franklin
CFCA Paper No. 8 — September 2012
This paper explores the theoretical understandings of supervisory neglect and how these understandings might assist in delivering practical responses
