Practice guide Nov 2013
Evaluation and innovation in family support services
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A brief overview of the role of evaluation and innovation in the context of family support services
Practice guide Nov 2013
A brief overview of the role of evaluation and innovation in the context of family support services
Submission Nov 2013
A focus on access to justice for separated families when parents dispute arrangements for children.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
Family Matters article
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2013
Experiences of child maltreatment are rarely isolated incidents; different forms of abuse often co-occur, and trauma often develops over time
Webinar May 2013
This webinar described how The Benevolent Society applies the Resilience Practice Framework to their intensive family support programs.
Policy and practice paper May 2013
This paper provides a theoretical basis to working with vulnerable and high-risk families where parenting is not "good enough" or even unsafe
Practice guide Apr 2013
This paper explores how insights from the field of community capacity-building can improve child welfare practice and policy in Australia.
Practice guide Feb 2013
An overview of the ethical review process and how it applies to service providers evaluating their own programs
Family Matters article Dec 2012