Residential care
Alternative labels
Institutional care
People with disabilities institutional care
Description
Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults or children who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home. [wikipedia]
Report
Children’s family relationships in out-of-home care
The aim of this report is to examine children’s relationships with the people they are living with and with the members of their birth family, from the perspective of the children themselves and their carers in the first wave of data collection in the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS).
Report
Investigation into the management and protection of disability group home residents by the Department of Health and Human Services and Autism Plus
This report details the findings from a complex investigation into allegations of sexual assault against a resident of a group home for persons with a disability run by Autism Plus.
Fact sheet
Prevention of child abuse and neglect
Produced in partnership with NAPCAN, this resource provides an overview of prevention of child abuse and neglect, with a focus on primary prevention.
Briefing paper
Children and young people in out-of-home care in NSW: a summary of their views and experiences
This snapshot presents a summary of the results of two state-wide surveys conducted by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) in 2015 – the [NSW] National Out-of-Home Care Survey and the NSW Residential Care Survey.
Report
The views of NSW children and young people in out-of-home care: NSW results from the National Out-of-Home Care and NSW Residential Care Surveys
This report presents a summary of the NSW survey results providing a comparison between the NSW and national results, and between the OOHC and residential care surveys in NSW.