Policy and practice paper Feb 2020
Working together to keep children and families safe
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This practice paper focuses on improving cross-sectoral relationships between child protection and child and family welfare practitioners.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2020
This practice paper focuses on improving cross-sectoral relationships between child protection and child and family welfare practitioners.
Webinar Sep 2019
This webinar discussed new research on ways to communicate with parents to improve children’s development and wellbeing.
Webinar May 2020
This webinar explored how to have respectful, collaborative and curious conversations with children and families from migrant and refugee backgrounds.
Webinar Jul 2020
This webinar discussed how practitioners can engage with fathers who use domestic and family violence.
Webinar Nov 2020
This webinar explored opportunities for using collaborative, family-inclusive approaches to support families where a parent uses alcohol and/or other drugs.
Journal article Feb 2018
This article describes the cohort profile of the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) study.
Journal article Aug 2018
The article outlines the main characteristics of the study and provides an overview of the measures available and their potential uses.
Journal article Mar 2021
This article examines poverty rates across a 4‐year period, transitions into and out of poverty, and factors affecting post-separation pathways
Commissioned report Dec 2013
Examines mothers' transitions into and out of work and between jobs of different types as children grow or as new children are born.
Commissioned report Oct 2016
Around 43 per cent of children under the age of 13 grow up in complex families.