This is the third and final research report for Beyond 18: The Longitudinal study on Leaving Care and describes the key findings from the third wave.

This report contains key findings from the second wave of data collection for Beyond 18: The Longitudinal Study on Leaving Care.

This Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS) statistical report provides a summary of the data collected in the Caseworker Survey conducted as part of the POCLS. The purpose of this report is to provide a useful reference point for policy officers, frontline workers and researchers.

This research report provides a summary of the data collected in the first three waves of the study – approximately a five year period. The report examines children’s child protection backgrounds, permanency trajectories and developmental trajectories.

Tim Ireland is a Bundjalung man from northern NSW and CEO of Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (AbSec). Tim specialises in family and community services and Aboriginal community development.