national framework for protecting australia’s children: key learnings
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National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children: key learnings. Brian Babington Chief Executive Officer, Families Australia Coordinator, Coalition of Organisations Committed to the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia’s Children SSPA Conference, 21 September 2012. Aims. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children:
key learningsBrian Babington
Chief Executive Officer, Families AustraliaCoordinator, Coalition of Organisations Committed to
the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia’s ChildrenSSPA Conference, 21 September 2012
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Four focus areas:The work of Families AustraliaThe National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children
Role of NGO sector & NGO Coalition on National Framework
Reflections of possible relevance
Aims
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a national, member-based, non-partisan, not-for-profit organisation which strives to improve the wellbeing of all Australian families by initiating, inspiring, informing and influencing national public policy debates.
works to promote a national policy environment in which the needs and interests of families, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised, are heard and addressed.
Families Australia
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Forgotten Australians
National Families Week10 years: 1 million participants
Grandparenting
Work and family
Mental health and families
Foster care
Substance abuse
Workplace relations
National children’s commissioner
Disability
Policy and community engageme
nt
Protecting children
Medicare & Centrelink
Families of offenders
Siblings
National Compact
Child payments
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Australian Community Children’s Services Grandparents Australia Playgroup Australia Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander
Child Care Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia Mind Australia Australian Foster Care Association CREATE Foundation UnitingCare Australia
Families Australia Board
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First ever national roadmapResponse to stubbornly high rates of abuse
National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020
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Trends in brief
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Substantiations of notificationsChildren on care/protection ordersChildren in OOHC
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
In 2010-11: Indigenous children are 7.5 times as likely to
be the subject of substantiations of abuse/neglect as non-Indigenous children
June 2011: Rate of Indigenous children on care and
protection orders is 9.5 times the rate for non-Indigenous children
Rate of Indigenous children in out-of-home care is almost 10 times the rate for non-Indigenous children
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Some causal pathways 13% children live in households where an adult regularly drunk (Dawe et al, 2008)
In over one-third of child protection case files, 2 or more DV incidents recorded in prior year
In over 50% of child protection case files, parental alcohol abuse is recorded (Dept Child Safety Qld 2008)
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20+ years of advocacy 2007 Federal election: ALP seeking ideas
Coalition of Organisations Committed to the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia’s Children: 100+ national level NGOs as united front
Genesis
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Some Coalition members
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In absence of overarching national legislation, get Commonwealth deeply into field of protecting children
Build NGO voice and, with Commonwealth, support States to improve their performance
Demonstrate how NGOs co-design social policy
Aims
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Framework negotiated by Governments and NGO Coalition
A paradigm shift on how society values/regards children
Vision: Australia’s children grow up safe and well
National Framework established 2009
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Uses public health model: prevention and integrated service delivery
National Framework
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Underpinning concepts
More attention on early intervention and targeted family support services
Greater coordination between universal, secondary and tertiary/statutory services
75 actions under 12 national priorities
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National standards out-of-home care National research agenda National Children’s Commissioner Development of model for Common
Approach to Assessment, Referral and Support
Integrated service delivery trials Improving data and performance
measures
Key achievements to date
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Promoting greater collaboration between adult and child related services
Helping to overcome siloed responses and have multiple service entry points
Trial in 11 sites Encouraging results on information sharing and trust building
Building capacity, building bridges
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Second three year action plan adopted last month; negotiated between NGO Coalition, States and Commonwealth.
Builds on first plan including BCBB, CAARS, & trialling place-based pooled funding for working with households with complex needs
Second action plan
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Explore new priorities including in early childhood (identify communities where children at risk and review supports through place-based approaches), disability, family violence, engagement with business, media, community
Second action plan (cont’d)
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Deliver national priorities including Closing the Gap (eg enhance application of Aboriginal Child Placement Principle), identify carer barriers, share practice on trauma care
Second action plan (cont’d)
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Clear aimsPolitical opportunity environment
Issues associationConcept saliency
Enablers
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Keeping issue top of mindGetting substantive reductions in rates of abuse/neglect
Applying sufficient resourcesMaking it everyone’s business
What remain our key challenges?
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Robust NGO/government partnership important
One size doesn’t fit all; context is everything
NGO unity essential; sense of common purpose helps to park narrow agendas
Passion for change balanced with recognition of playing a long game – changing attitudes and behaviours
Some reflections
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A number of ‘firsts’ Tripartite model in policy co-design Intra-NGO collaboration has been high
Required all to shift perspectives Yet, outcomes for children to be seen If first action plan was essential scene-setting, expect to see substantive improvements from the second plan.
To conclude
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www.familiesaustralia.org.aubrian.babington@familiesaustralia.org.au
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