The South Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) commissioned this report from the Australian Centre for Child Protection in 2008 in response to recommendations made by the Honourable E.P. Mullighan QC in his Commission of Inquiry into child sexual abuse on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. The APY Lands is situated in...

The purpose of this Resource Sheet is to outline the different approaches used to assess whether children are at risk of maltreatment, as well as to explore some of the issues and criticisms surrounding the use of standardised risk assessment instruments in child protection.

The South Australian Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS) recognises that children and young people at risk of becoming or who are homeless, or are affected by homelessness, need timely and responsive support tailored to their unique needs to maintain their connection to education and learning. Homelessness is described using three categories: Primary homelessness...

The Snapshot 2010 statistical report, the eighth in the series, is a collation of relevant information on the key domains of health and wellbeing, and the key issues affecting children and young people, particularly the most vulnerable in our society. Snapshot continues to evolve through the inclusion of emergent issues where new data collections become...

This policy articulates the reporting obligations on the department, its employees and all other personnel who work in a school, or college or other departmental educational institution. The policy defines and provides guidelines on reporting obligtions and procedures, harm and exploitation, legal protection and support to notifiers.