scholarly journals Exploring outcomes of children and young people in kinship care in South Wales

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Pratchett
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
South Wales

With us, not to us Towards policy and program development in partnership with children

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vicary ◽  
Mike Clare ◽  
Judy Tennant ◽  
Tine Hoult
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
New South ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Advisory Groups ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
South Wales ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Western Australian

Internationally, there is a growing trend for children and young people to participate in decisions affecting their lives (Bellamy 2002; Hart 1997). The active participation of children and young people is clearly articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). However, despite the international movement towards children's participation, there are precious few opportunities for Australian children and young people to contribute to policy and research debate in a sustainable manner. A review of the literature demonstrates that there are few ongoing research or policy advisory groups made up of children and young people, and those that are operational are generally auspiced by Children's Commissioners (e.g. New South Wales) and policy offices addressing the issues of children and young people.In Western Australia, when children and young people are consulted, the dialogues tend to be short-term and issue-specific in nature. This paper will briefly discuss a number of techniques employed to engage Western Australian children and young people in dialogues about important issues affecting their lives. Using these examples, the barriers that challenge efficacious children's and young people's participation are discussed; finally, some suggested ways forward are delineated.

A Voice for Children and Young People in the City

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Wilks ◽  
Julie Rudner
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning

AbstractA major challenge for researchers and urban planning practitioners is how to obtain meaningful and influential contributions on urban and environmental planning activities from children and young people within the constraints of adult policy and practice. The key elements of this challenge concern traditional methods of communication between ‘experts’ and children and young people in rationalist planning settings, versus emerging research in relation to children's and young people's views and agency around civic participation. This article will address the work of a number of researchers and practitioners who have grappled with the inherent tenions of making planning practice and urban design more inclusionary, while facilitating and respecting children and young people's civic participation. This article also advocates the advantages and strengths of their participation in planning and urban design processes.With a focus on two exploratory programs developed by the authors in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, this article will demonstrate how the sharing of knowledge and skills between planning and design professionals and children and young people can lead to more meaningful and influential contributions from them. The programs examined were informed by leading practice both in Australia and internationally, and have assisted to develop children and young people's sense of spatial competence, and their confidence and efficacy in their local environment, contributing ultimately to their wellbeing. They have also supported the establishment of youth leadership groups with the confidence and skills to contribute to ongoing local government urban and environmental planning activities.

Corporal punishment in New South Wales: A call for repeal of section 61AA

2021 ◽  
pp. 1037969X2110555
Author(s):  
Laetitia-Ann Greeff
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
South Wales

Corporal punishment is lawful in the home in all Australian states and territories. In early 2021, the Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People called for a repeal of s 50 of the Criminal Code Act 1924 (Tas) which permits the use of corporal punishment in the home, noting that society had moved on from the regular canings of the early 20th century when the law was passed. This article supports the call to abolish the defence of reasonable chastisement (lawful correction in NSW) by repealing s 61AA of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) so that children can have the same protections from physical violence as adults.

scholarly journals Family Foster Care: Can it Survive the Evidence?

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ainsworth ◽  
Patricia Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Family Foster Care ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Children In Care

The media coverage of foster care in Australia is replete with adoration for foster carers who look after disadvantaged and difficult children and youth. As this article is being written, New South Wales is holding a ‘foster care week’ with enhanced media coverage and praise for foster carers, the recruitment of new foster carers and acclaim for the ‘foster carer of the year’. Yet, there is another side to foster care that offers less than ideal circumstances for children in care. There is the worrying issue of multiple placements, the problem with children and young people running away from foster care before they reach the legal age for discharge, and evidence of increased incidence of poor educational attainment and involvement in juvenile offending for young people in foster care. In addition, there are cases of foster children being abused by foster carers. As adults, former foster-care children and youth are over-represented among the homeless, in adult correction centres, the unemployed and the users of mental health services. This article documents these negative outcomes of entering the foster-care system, and asks whether family (or non-relative) foster care can survive this evidence. For too many children and young people, family foster care may not provide better outcomes than less-than-optimal parental care from which the children were removed. An alternative is to reduce the use of family foster care and increase intensive support and parenting education services for birth parents who have limited parenting capacity. The aim should be to limit the number of children being taken into care.

A scaffold for participation in agency work

2003 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Reimer
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Human Services ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Practice Models

The following summary of a literature review on children and young people's participation in the welfare sector was written in response to a need to understand this concept within the context of human services work in New South Wales. This need became apparent through work being done at UnitingCare Burnside around children and young people's participation. Examination of the literature on participation revealed an increase in discussion around the issues. While this has included exploration of definitions, history, practice, models and factors enhancing effective participative practice, there has been a dearth of writing linking these. The literature review attempted to provide a scaffold that could be used to support agency workers as they attempt to build meaningful, effective, strong and reciprocal partnerships with children and young people. This concise summary of the literature review has sought to highlight the major supports found to provide a scaffold for participative agency practice with children and young people.

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