Child Abuse & Neglect, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 148, P. 106580 - 106580
Published: Dec. 7, 2023
Language: Английский
Australian Journal of Social Issues, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: March 17, 2025
ABSTRACT Ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children removed from their families by child protection services remain connected to kin, Country culture is a priority begin redress the intergenerational trauma harm caused colonisation. This article describes views of staff working in three mainstream out‐of‐home care organisations, where are cared for non‐Indigenous foster carers. Through lenses recovery justice capital, we explore cultural assets resources made available carers providing children, as well institutional elements either inhibit or facilitate connection activities. We argue inclusion voices when ascertaining information about children's critical ensuring best practice. Forums support relationships largely absent, identify important capital could ensure prevent further trauma.
Language: Английский
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Youth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(1), P. 244 - 259
Published: Feb. 12, 2024
Quality is a central topic in contemporary discussions about residential care, and specifically group or congregate care. Such care settings have been contested recent years resulting from anecdotal evidence that quality lacking. To this end, the response has focused on development of indicators standards. In essay, author argues that, although such approaches are necessary helped to embed evidence-based practices settings, they not easily translated into everyday practice. must mean more than frameworks for governed by professional system designs. also include experiences young people living life these settings. help with translation standards essay presents four core principles one hand, familiar translatable youth workers social other honour congruent elements almost all practice approaches.
Language: Английский
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International journal of law, crime and justice, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 100650 - 100650
Published: Feb. 12, 2024
Indigenous communities in Australia have grave concerns about the high rates of incarceration their young people, and advocate for need holistic community-led solutions. This article details use administrative data evaluation a model youth diversion led by an Elders group remote community, developed partnership with university. The views effective as addressing all underlying factors driving contact justice system people. methodology includes linking from relevant government agencies understanding people's institutional engagement over time, including unmet health, housing, education disability needs opportunities positive pathways. Administrative has not conventionally been subject to ethical scrutiny nor seen compatible community priorities. However, we demonstrate how it can enable investigate questions build change meaningful them, improve evidence policy.
Language: Английский
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PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(7), P. e0301237 - e0301237
Published: July 3, 2024
Globally, Indigenous children have historical and contemporary connections with government child protection services that caused significant harm to their long-term health wellbeing. Innovative, culturally secure recovery focussed service provision is required. This paper describes a research protocol has been designed by researchers led Elders, explore care planning delivery in out-of-home agencies Australia. Using participatory action methods, we will collect data using variety of forums, including focus groups semi-structured interviews. These the challenges for providing care-planning, cultural activity resources, solutions address factors influence can assist redress social inequities children. We aim recruit approximately 100 participants qualitative study 40 quantitative survey. Study initially be recruited purposive sampling, as progresses mixture convenience sampling techniques. The rich this expected yield, inform ways information about provide activities benefit families, broad range services.
Language: Английский
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Australian Social Work, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 77(4), P. 527 - 542
Published: Aug. 21, 2024
Aboriginal children are overrepresented in Australia's child protection system, and limited tools available to assist with connecting these their culture. The Stitching Our Future Together (SOFT) Program, developed consultation non-Aboriginal peoples, services, other specialists, is used within the Department of Communities' Child Protection Family Support (CPFS) Division Western Australia address big emotions safe behaviours care. This study phenomenology social constructivism explore CPFS staff's perspectives experiences SOFT Program. Seven semistructured in-depth interviews took place staff. Five themes were identified: Program its use, culturally responsive practice, facilitating relationships, communication, recommendations implementation challenges. Participants expressed that fostered an understanding of, communication about, pertinent issues such as family domestic violence, drug alcohol addiction, mental health, neglect abuse. findings show how staff described program's capacity help them navigate complex situations, highlighting need incorporate more centred creative-based work into practice.
Language: Английский
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AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(3), P. 388 - 396
Published: May 8, 2024
This article shares findings from evaluating a mentoring programme for Aboriginal youth on Yorta (an Tribal nation, north-eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales, Australia) Country. work is positioned in First Nations worldviews that are relational require deep listening to youth, mentors, Elders, Country, Ancestors. Applying qualitative participatory action research design, methods involved attending camps Country Yarning Circles. The demonstrate programmes need be led their delivery evaluation by peoples. ensures the culturally embedded important interpretations of meanings not overlooked. On experiences place healing learning. stakeholder programmes. A trusting relationship creates space where become part an community, they feel strong identity.
Language: Английский
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(9), P. 1208 - 1208
Published: Sept. 13, 2024
Despite the increasing overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully referred to as First Nations) children living in out-of-home care (OOHC) Australia, little is known about their wellbeing needs. This comprehensive literature review aimed identify these needs features required meet them.
Language: Английский
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Applied Developmental Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 13
Published: Dec. 13, 2024
How do you capture youth voices when evaluating programs? Currently, there is no gold standard youth-report survey. This study assesses the validity of revised Program Quality Instrument for Youth (PQI-Youth) to experiences. Participants included 511 demographically diverse from eight Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk programs nationwide. completed PQI-Youth, Child Resilience Measure Every Day Living Life Skills Instrument. Exploratory factor analysis using parallel identified six factors, explaining 56% variance. Hierarchical linear modeling indicated youth's program quality rating was associated with life skill resilience increases. The final 21-item survey measures Eccles & Gootman components quality, including Supportive Relationships, Opportunities Belong, Skill-building Efficacy, Community Family Integration, Positive Norms, Structure Safety. full scale or subscales can record use their perspectives guide design improvement.
Language: Английский
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AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Dec. 31, 2024
Transgenerational trauma continues to have detrimental impacts on Indigenous Australians. However, Australians always recognised that the healing from colonisation’s traumatic policies lies within culture. As such, there is an urgent need for community-driven culturally safe, well-being support, particularly young people. The development of adventure-based therapy programme aims support and improve emotional social people in North Queensland. We aim evaluate this novel using validated modified mental health tools yarning. Analysis data will measure direct impact programme; how past traumas influence process assess use appropriate tools. An evaluation with recommendations be produced analysis. Importantly, a strengths-based approach followed identify levels resilience positive cultural experiences existent communities.
Language: Английский
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Young, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32(3), P. 277 - 295
Published: Jan. 20, 2024
Colonization is understood as a determinant of health for Indigenous people globally. Understanding colonization through lens historical trauma offers new insights into the field Aboriginal young peoples’ and wellbeing. Grounded in research paradigm, this study conducted interviews with 15 living on Gamilaroi Country, New South Wales, Australia. Three stories are presented to explain how understand their resilience, strength resistance an integral component trauma. identified need connect continue draw from ancestors be cognizant hope strengths they have describe can ensure culture sustained generations come.
Language: Английский
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