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Child Safety and Wellbeing

A young girl dancer in South AustraliaSupporting strong, healthy, self-determining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children connected to family and culture requires the transformation of Australia’s child protection systems.

SNAICC supports an early intervention approach that addresses the economic, social and community-level factors that impact the safety and wellbeing of our children. We have a holistic view of child well-being that includes safety, health, culture and connections, mental health and well-being, home and environment, learning and skills, empowerment and economic well-being.

Through its policy and research work, SNAICC actively advocates for the full implementation of all five elements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP). The Principle recognises the importance of connection to family, community, culture and country in child and family welfare policy, legislation and practice. In addition to embedding the Principle within all of our work, SNAICC engages with our members, and states and territories to improve understanding and application of the Principle in child welfare legislation, policy and practice.

SNAICC regularly contributes to legislative reform processes, produces high-quality policy and research papers on key aspects of child safety and well-being, and works in collaboration with governments and our members to develop, implement, and monitor and evaluate evidence-based approaches to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Our priorities

  • Governments across Australia, in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, implement a National Children’s Strategy to eliminate the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection systems.
  • There are dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioners at the national level and in every jurisdiction to ensure whole of system oversight and reform.
  • Through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Working Group, we are leading child safety and well-being policy reforms under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009 – 2020, which, through its Fourth Action Plan, includes a priority focus on full compliance with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle.

COVID-19

SNAICC brief on COVID-19 – child protection

Policy resources


Reviewing implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle

January 2020

SNAICC submission – Expenditure on children and families in the Northern Territory

January 2020

 

Understanding and Applying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle

Understanding and Applying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle

July 2017

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: A guide to support implementation

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: A guide to support implementation

Dec 2018


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Progress of the Child Placement Principle across Australia through baseline analyses

March 2019

Achieving stability for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out of home care

Achieving stability for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care

April 2018

SNAICC Voice for our Children

Analysis of the alignment of draft Closing the Gap Targets with SNAICC positions and priorities

Jan 2019

Submission: Close the Gap Refresh (April 2018)

Submission: Closing the Gap ‘Refresh’ Process

April 2018


Whose Voice Counts? (Dec 2015)

Whose Voice Counts?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in child protection decision-making
March 2016

Family Matters Report 2018

Family Matters campaign

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Submission: NT Legislative Assembly’s Economic Policy Scrutiny Committee on the Care and Protection of Children Amendment Bill 2019 (NT)

April 2019

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