Practice guide Jun 2024
Managing uncertainty in professional practice
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This practice guide provides an overview of what uncertainty and uncertainty tolerance are and their significance to professional practice.
Practice guide Jun 2024
This practice guide provides an overview of what uncertainty and uncertainty tolerance are and their significance to professional practice.
Submission Nov 2023
This is AIFS submission to the Inquiry into the provisions of the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023. AIFS has a long history in undertaking research on the leave-taking and employment of new parents, reporting on parental employment trends, and has ongoing involvement in the International Network on Leave Policies and Research.3 We recognise the importance of a paid parental leave scheme that provides families with options for taking time out of employment to nurture infants and young children, while maintaining a longer-term connection to employment.
Webinar Oct 2023
This webinar will explore how practitioners can make children’s wellbeing central to conversations with parents who are navigating separation and/or divorce.
Resource sheet Apr 2023
A list of national and state/territory helplines and telephone counselling services for children, young people and parents
Resource sheet Feb 2023
An overview of conceptual definitions of abusive and neglectful behaviours, and legislative definitions of "a child in need of protection"
Submission Jan 2023
AIFS submission to the Inquiry into the Provisions of the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022.
Resource sheet Dec 2022
This resource sheet explores how we understand social isolation and loneliness and provides common definitions to support practitioner understanding of people experiencing challenges with social relationships and connections.
Resource sheet Aug 2022
A brief overview of child protection legislation across state and territory jurisdictions in Australia
Webinar Jun 2022
This webinar explores issues that can arise when families are engaged with intersecting systems of child protection, family violence and family law.
Short article Sep 2021
This short article considers the nature of digital exclusion and implications for effective telepractice in the COVID-19 era and beyond.