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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 5h

🚨 Have you secured your Together with Families ticket yet?

The Centre's annual Family Services Symposium is back on November 14, with tickets now available: https://loom.ly/0F35PT4

#TogetherWithFamilies2025 #FamilyServicesSymposium

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Tickets on sale now!

Together with Families, the Centre's annual Family Services Symposium is back on November 14, with tickets now available. Secure your spot today: https://loom.ly/0F35PT4

#TogetherWithFamilies2025 #FamilyServices

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 6d

Deb Tsorbaris CEO of the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, has been appointed Australia’s new National Children’s Commissioner. She will succeed Anne Hollonds, whose five-year term concludes in November.

Read the announcement at https://lnkd.in/g_EPb-kK

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 6d

Free to read: Exploration phase: Improving transition planning in residential out-of-home care
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3054
#ResidentialCare #OOHC #ChildrenAustralia
@monashuniversity.bsky.social @mackillopfs.bsky.social

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Have you secured your Together with Families ticket yet?

The Centre's annual Family Services Symposium is back on November 14, with tickets now available: https://loom.ly/0F35PT4

#TogetherWithFamilies2025 #FamilyServicesSymposium

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 7d

“Sixteen-year-old Australians are working, paying taxes, and participating in many other aspects of public life. Yet, they remain excluded from voting – the most fundamental act of civic participation.”
Is it time to rethink the voting age?
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/YxJ85PE

#Perspectives

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 8d

New and free to read in Children Australia: Enhancing child safety within the Australian Jewish community: Exploring the role of a culturally specific safeguarding service
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3042
#ChildSafety #SafeguardingService #ChildWelfare #ChildrenAustralia

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 10d

Scotland’s transition from the homicide capital of Western Europe to having no under-18s in jail provides a potential model for reform, says Karyn McCluskey, the founder of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit.

Read more at https://loom.ly/AHYo5Mg
#YouthCrime

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Tickets on sale now!

Together with Families, the Centre's annual Family Services Symposium is back on November 14, with tickets now available. Secure your spot today: https://loom.ly/0F35PT4

#TogetherWithFamilies2025 #FamilyServices

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 Have you secured your Together with Families ticket yet?

The Centre's annual Family Services Symposium is back on November 14, with tickets now available: https://loom.ly/0F35PT4

#TogetherWithFamilies2025 #FamilyServicesSymposium

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 15d

New and free to read in Children Australia: A scoping review of the transition experiences and outcomes of young women leaving residential out-of-home care
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3057
#FosterCare #KinshipCare #OutOfHomeCare @monashuniversity.bsky.social

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 15d

As the UK moves to lower its voting age to 16 for the next general election, is it time for Australia to consider doing likewise?

Read more https://loom.ly/YxJ85PE

Get more perspectives from leaders and thinkers from the child and family services sector at https://loom.ly/713UbKw

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Tickets on sale now!

Together with Families, the Centre's annual Family Services Symposium is back on November 14, with tickets now available. Secure your spot today: https://loom.ly/0F35PT4

#TogetherWithFamilies2025 #FamilyServices

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 17d

Free to read in Children Australia: Exploring trust from the voices of Australian children, young people and care networks in the Mockingbird Family
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3045
#FosterCare #KinshipCare #OutOfHomeCare @flindersuninews.bsky.social

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 20d

Thinking of becoming a foster carer?

Get the support you need, the answers to your questions, and find the right foster care agency for you.

Visit fosteringconnections.com.au
#FosterCareWeek

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 22d

Have you considered becoming a foster carer?

Victoria’s #FosterCareWeek runs from Sunday 14 to Saturday 20 September and is an annual celebration recognising the vital role of foster carers in supporting children and young people.

Visit fosteringconnections.com.au

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 22d

📅 Save the Date!

Together with Families, the Centre’s annual Family Services Symposium, returns on 14 November. See what happened last year at https://loom.ly/oD58-98

Ticket sales open 22 September – stay tuned!

#TogetherWithFamilies2025 #FamilyServices

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 22d

There are quite a lot of children here in Victoria tonight who are needing a foster care family,' says Deb Tsorbaris on WIN News.

Watch the full story, and hear from foster carers at https://loom.ly/2NZgBvg

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 23d

Thinking of becoming a foster carer?

Get the support you need, the answers to your questions, and find the right foster care agency for you.

Visit fosteringconnections.com.au

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 24d

New and free to read in Children Australia: Filicide: Implications of new research for practice
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3053

#ChildSafety #FamilyServices #ChildWelfare #EvidencePractice monashuniversity.bsky.social deakinuniversity.bsky.social

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 25d

Have you considered becoming a foster carer?

Victoria’s Foster Care Week runs from Sunday 14 to Saturday 20 September and is an annual celebration recognising the vital role of foster carers in supporting children and young people.

Visit fosteringconnections.com.au

cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · 28d

Free to read in Children Australia: After the election: What now for children in Australia?
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3074
#EarlyChildhoodEducationAndCare #HealthCare #Housing #Poverty #HumanRights #CabinetMinisterForChildren @anucrawfordschool.bsky.social

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · Sep 7

New and free to read in Children Australia: Trauma-informed youth justice case management: A policy audit and survey of staff perspectives
Carolyn Boyd, Gene Mercer, Andrew Day, Rhiannon Pilkington, Catia Malvaso.

https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3062

#TraumaInformedCare #YouthJustice #CaseManagement

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · Sep 3

New and free to read in Children Australia: Responses of Jewish leadership to manifestations of institutional child sexual abuse: An analysis of two Australian public inquiries
https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3058
#ChildSafety #InstitutionalChildSexualAbuse #ChildWelfare

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cfecfw.bsky.social @cfecfw.bsky.social · Sep 1

New and free to read in Children Australia: The promise of justice reinvestment for First Nations children and young people in Australia

https://doi.org/10.61605/cha_3034

#JusticeReinvestment #YouthJustice #Community #EvidencePractice #ChildrenAustralia

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