Policy and practice paper Mar 2008
Father-inclusive practice and associated professional competencies
Reporting on factors that may influence fathers' involvement with services and the competence of practitioners to engage with fathers.
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Policy and practice paper Mar 2008
Reporting on factors that may influence fathers' involvement with services and the competence of practitioners to engage with fathers.
Family Matters article Aug 2011
There has been growing recognition of the importance of fathers to families in recent years. Societal trends, such as rising levels of employment among mothers of young children and recognition of the importance of the father-child relationship, have given more prominence to the contribution that fathers make to family life.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2012
Outlines the research into a history of child sexual abuse can influence men's perceptions and experience of fatherhood.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2013
This paper uses existing literature to describe Australia's family leave policy history leading up to the government-funded Dad and Partner Pay
Webinar Mar 2015
This webinar presented the evidence on "what works" to engage fathers, and described recent initiatives using digital technology with dads.
Webinar Oct 2016
This webinar presented observations from a recent scoping study and discussed effective practice responses in relation to elder abuse.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to fathers.
Webinar Jul 2017
This webinar explored options for working with families where fathers who use violence continue to have extensive contact with children.
Webinar Aug 2017
This webinar aimed to help service providers frame effective messages to fathers during their baby’s crucial first years.
Short article May 2019
This discussion article explores Relationship Australia's service response to the ageing of Australia's population.