Child welfare
Report
The case for change: integrated prevention and response to violence, abuse and neglect in NSW Health
This resource presents a discussion of the evidence driving integrated prevention and response to violence, abuse and neglect in NSW, and aims to support NSW Health and partner organisations to “champion” integrated care initiatives through a shared understanding of the nature and impacts of clients’ experiences of violence, abuse and neglect.
Discussion paper
What is known about systems that enable the ‘public health approach’ to protecting children: consultation paper
A public health approach to protecting children means a focus on preventing child abuse and neglect from occurring in the first place. This project exams system design: what is known about ‘what works’ to enable the public health approach to protecting children.
Policy
Supporting families, communities and organisations to keep children safe: fourth action plan 2018–2020
This is the final action plan in a series of four about a national child protection framework.
Report
Report on government services 2019: Community services - Chapter 16 Child protection services
This chapter reports on the performance of governments in providing child protection, out-of-home care, family support services and intensive family support services.
Discussion paper
Review of Victoria’s Child Safe Standards: issues paper
This paper seeks the views of organisations providing services or facilities for children and young people, peak associations, regulators, government agencies, and families, children and young people on the implementation and operation of Victoria’s child safe standards and associated regulatory framework. The standards were fully operational on 1 January 2017.