Policy and practice paper Aug 2019
Therapeutic residential care services in Australia
This paper describes the configuration and characteristics of current therapeutic residential care services in Australia.
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Policy and practice paper Aug 2019
This paper describes the configuration and characteristics of current therapeutic residential care services in Australia.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2020
This practice paper focuses on improving cross-sectoral relationships between child protection and child and family welfare practitioners.
Policy and practice paper Mar 2020
This paper reviews evidence about client violence, and the threat of it, towards workers in the child, family and community welfare sector.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2020
This practice paper reviews the evidence on food security and describes the prevalence, impact and experience of food insecurity in Australia.
Policy and practice paper May 2021
This paper reviews the evidence for telepractice as a service delivery method in the family and relationship services sector.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2021
This paper describes a rapid evidence review of research on the utilisation of therapy for child sexual abuse.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2022
This paper outlines developments for the prevention of FASD and the diagnosis and support of children and young people living with FASD in Australia.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2020
This paper examines how men's behaviour change programs and fathering programs address fathering issues for men who use violence.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2024
This paper synthesises the findings of a rapid literature review to describe what we know about how common coercive control victimisation is, as well as risk factors and impacts of coercive control victimisation.
Policy and practice paper Mar 2024
This paper used evidence and literature gathered from a range of sources. A literature review was conducted on research examining spiritual and religious abuse in the context of intimate partner violence. Several databases were searched for peer-reviewed literature using AIFS Catalogue Plus. Grey literature and online resources from peak bodies (e.g. ANROWS) and other organisations (e.g. InTouch) were obtained from sources including the Australian Policy Observatory and Google.