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040			_aAFVC
100			_aPfitzner, Naomi _99238
245			_aStronger together : _bstrengthening families to improve outcomes for children _cNaomi Pfitzner, Silke Meyer, Nicola Helps and Jasmine McGowan in partnership with Women's Legal Services Victoria
260			_aMelbourne, Vic : _bMonash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Monash University, _c2022
300			_aelectronic document (72 pages) ; PDF file
520			_aWhile Child Protection policies and legal frameworks vary across Australian jurisdictions, all Child Protection services have statutory responsibilities to protect children and young people from harm resulting from abuse and neglect within families or where parents are unable to provide adequate protection from such harm (AIHW, 2016; Child Family Community Australia, 2018). If the Children’s Court finds a child is in need of protection, the Court may make a protection order. A child that is unable to safely live at home maybe placed with their wider family, community or in out-of-home care (OOHC). In Australia, 72,000 children (13 per 1,000) were subject to a care and protection order in 2019-20. The majority of these children are subject to temporary care orders, which may range from one month to multiple years. Most children who are removed from their homes under temporary care orders are placed in the care of family or kin. This is seen to be in children’s best interest to maintain a level of familiarity and connectedness to family (AIHW, 2021). However, it can be problematic if children are placed in the (temporary) care of an abusive parent who has been responsible for mothers and children’s experiences of domestic and family violence (DFV) (cf. Humphreys et al., 2019). In Australia, most jurisdictions incorporate permanency-related actions and timeframes into case planning for children placed in alternative care arrangements. Guided by the principles of continuity and stability, permanency planning aims to develop and maintain meaningful connections between children subject to Child Protection intervention and their carers. It preferences the timely reunification of children with their families where this is deemed to be in the children’s best interests (AIHW, 2020). Family preservation or reunification is a practice priority in permanency planning for children involved with Child Protection. However, the national reunification rate of children who have temporarily been removed from family is only 21% in Australia overall and lower at 15% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children In 2019-20, 19% of children subject to a Family Reunification Order were reunited with family (AIHW, 2021). (From the website). Record #7612
650			_aCHILD ABUSE _9103
650			_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650			_aCHILD WELFARE _9124
650			_aFAMILIES _9238
650			_aINTERVENTION _9326
650		4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
700			_aMeyer, Silke _94138
700			_aHelps, Nicola _910852
700			_aMcGowan, Jasmine _97219
856			_uhttps://bridges.monash.edu/articles/report/Stronger_Together_Strengthening_families_to_improve_outcomes_for_children_/19353284/1
942			_2ddc _cREPORT _hpānui-april-2022