Child welfare
Report
Snapshot 2013: children and young people in Queensland
Snapshot 2013, the 11th in the Commission’s Snapshot series, draws together data from a wide range of sources to provide a contemporary representation of the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people in Queensland. Where possible, data are supported by robust trend analyses to provide a longitudinal evidence base from which facts can...
Report
Indigenous Early Childhood Development National Partnership Agreement: first annual report on health performance indicators
Summary The first annual report on the health indicators in the Indigenous Early Childhood Development National Partnership Agreement finds areas of improvement in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and mothers including: a 46% decline in infant mortality for Indigenous infants from 2001 to 2010, and a 74% narrowing of the gap...
Report
The Common Approach to Assessment, Referral and Support (CAARS): Working together to prevent child abuse and neglect - final report
The findings demonstrate CAARS has been a useful tool for practitioners from a range of professions and sectors. For many practitioners and organisations it has provided opportunities for new ways of building relationships with families and has helped develop a more holistic understanding of the family’s strengths and needs. The Common Approach has encouraged practitioners...
Evaluation
Evaluation of the Holding Children Together service in Alice Springs
The Holding Children Together Service, funded by the Communities for Children initiative and the Alice Springs Transformation Plan, has been developed as an innovative service designed to fill an identified gap in therapeutic service provision for young children in Alice Springs who have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect.
Literature review
Family Support Program literature review
The objectives of this literature review are to identify existing information regarding Family Support Program (FSP) family law services and related programs and to identify material in respect of best practices in service delivery and performance measurement in these areas.