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This video case study was developed as a part of the Transitioning Models of Care Assessment Tool training package. It is 1 of 8 video case studies exploring different aspects of learning on transitioning residential care services. To access the full set of case studies or the training package, visit the BCN Transition Hub.
This youth-led study sought to capture the perspectives of Indigenous youth who had been involved in the criminal justice system (or who were at high risk of such involvement), and who had accessed substance use treatment and/or had experienced barriers to accessing substance use services.
The study was conducted by members of McCreary Centre Society’s Youth Research Academy (YRA) with support from trained researchers.
The study built on a YRA project conducted in two British Columbia (BC) communities in 2016.
The Australian Parliament has released a Report of its inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia. This Inquiry Report recognizes orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery to be included in the Act. Part 8 of the Report is dedicated to recommendations on orphanage trafficking, including a piece on international orphanage tourism…
This document includes the full transcript of the public hearings of the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry in preparation for a Modern Slavery Act. The transripts include testimony from witnesses such as Sinet Chan, a young woman who experienced orphanage trafficking in Cambodia, as well as representatives from ReThink Orphanages, Lumos, and several other organizations and partners working to end the institutional care of children around the world.
This newsletter issue from Senator Linda Reynolds of Western Australia, written in conjunction with Kate van Doore of Griffith Law School, was written in preparation for the Australian Parliamentary inquiry on modern slavery and describes the ways in which orphanage trafficking constitutes modern-day slavery. The senator calls on her constituents to help by committing not to volunteer in orphanages overseas and encouraging others to do the same.
Australians have long known the harm institutionalised care can do to children, yet Australians are rushing in record numbers to…
This tool was designed to help those seeking to assist Christian faith-based actors involved in long-term residential care programs make the transition from institutional to non-institutional (family and community-based) child welfare programs. It was written to give some insight into what this journey called ‘deinstitutionalisation’ might look like and what steps and processes might be involved. Whilst it contains a brief overview of the technical stages, its main purpose is to provide guidance through the process of achieving buy-in and is not intended to be a technical…
Australian Christian Churches International (ACCI) is an organization whose mission is to “transform communities and nations, one life at a time, by developing holistic sustainable solutions to combat injustice, poverty and reinstate the value of life” by promoting “equal access to the rights and services that protect life and human dignity.”
To this end, ACCI established the Kinnected program, which is working toward the reduction in the use of residential care of children and aims to assist children within the context of their families. Kinnected works across 8 countries in order to:…
This article is part of a special edition of the journal Psychosocial Intervention (Volume 22 No.03 December 2013) focused on the state of child protection in a wide variety of countries with special attention to out-of-home care placements, principally family foster care and residential care, tough several aspects related to adoption were included as well.
This article provides an outline of the early development of care and protection in Australia and New Zealand as a…
This manual offers a training session targeted at policy makers, professionals and paraprofessionals who are already working on programs to support children without appropriate care, or who may begin work in this area. It is designed as the first stage in a series of capacity building events which will support the development and implementation of improved care and protection systems for vulnerable children.
This workshop focuses on children in developing contexts, who require support within their families and those who need an alternative care placement. It does not address children on…