Short article Mar 2021
Using research to answer practice questions
This short article describes how to incorporate research into decision making based on practice-relevant questions.
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Short article Mar 2021
This short article describes how to incorporate research into decision making based on practice-relevant questions.
Short article Mar 2021
This short article describes ways in which organisations can support their practitioners to use an evidence-informed approach to practice.
Short article Apr 2021
This short article explores the difference between collaboration, community engagement and co-design to help you plan the best approach.
Webinar Nov 2021
This webinar explored ways in which data from research and practice can inform services’ therapeutic responses to child sexual abuse.
Webinar Mar 2022
This webinar explore how research evidence can be used to support decision making in programs and practice in the child, family and community welfare sector.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
"Why are families important?" This article reflects on some of AIFS recent learnings about families to inform investment in future policy directions.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Articles in this issue address the interaction of policies, services and institutions, and the vulnerable with the employment prospects of those in out-of-home care; the economic consequences for single-parent families of the changes to the child support and the Welfare-to-Work reforms; and how the Victorian legal system has responded to family violence.
Research report Aug 2019
This early monitoring report is the first formal evaluation of the Commonwealth’s Child Care Package.
Research report Dec 2023
The findings of the Families in Australia Survey conducted in late 2021 provide useful insights on aspects of Australian families.
Short article Aug 2022
Done well, co-design in child protection and out-of-home care research can bring new insights, improving professional knowledge, resources and service design.