Download File SNAICC has lodged a submission on the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (CRIS) for proposed changes to the National Quality Framework (NQF). The NQF was established in 2012 to raise quality and drive continuous improvement and consistency in Australian education and care services. The framework applies to most long day care, family day care, […]
We must look to our humanity to solve the crisis of Indigenous incarceration
29 January 2015 | General Interest Indigenous education expert Chris Sarra has described the high incarceration rate of Indigenous Australians as “a stain on our society”. Writing in The Guardian newspaper, Mr Sarra pointed out that Indigenous Australians are among the most incarcerated peoples in the world. “As a society,” Mr Sarra writes, “Australia does […]
New Working With Children compliance program for NSW
27 January 2015 | Community Announcements All existing employees and volunteers in the child development and family welfare services sectors in New South Wales require a Working With Children Check (WWCC) by 31 March. The Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG) has released a notification to help inform all organisations within the “child-related” sector – […]
Sexual abuse Royal Commission to look at children in state care
27 January 2015 | General Interest The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has turned its attention to the sexual exploitation of children in state care. The Royal Commission has ordered government departments and private organisations to provide data from the past 10 years relating to all alleged and proven sexual abuse […]
University of Wollongong teams with Harvard Medical School to develop trauma training program
27 January 2015 | General Interest Harvard Medical School has collaborated with the University of Wollongong to develop an innovative training program that identifies the role trauma plays in the lives of Indigenous Australians. The program is aimed at professionals in the health, social services, education, and justice sectors to help recognise and understand the […]
Victoria announces Royal Commission into Family Violence
27 January 2015 | General Interest Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the proposed Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into Family Violence — the first such government-backed inquiry in Australia’s history. Announcing the Royal Commission, the Victorian Government said family violence was the most dangerous and prevalent form of violence perpetrated against women. “We […]
Child placement principle should be strengthened, not attacked
27 January 2015 | General Interest The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) has come under attack twice in recent weeks in opinion pieces published in the Australian newspaper by Jeremy Sammut of the Centre for Independent Studies. Sammut has argued the ATSICPP is anachronistic and sometimes being applied against the best […]
Deadly dads research
22 January 2015 | Community Announcements Raelene Lesniowska, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Project Coordinator with the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, is looking to interview Aboriginal men and their partners as part of a research project about the positive role urban Aboriginal men play in raising Aboriginal children. Research garnered from the interviews will form the […]
New resources to deal with trauma
22 January 2015 | Community Announcements The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) has released a new suite of Koori parenting resources, called Breaking the Cycle of Trauma: Koori Parenting, What Works for Us. Consisting of a 12-page illustrated booklet, seven postcards and a poster, the resources convey key messages and practical strategies to help Koori […]
Vacancies in the schools team at Reconciliation Australia
22 January 2015 | Community Announcements Reconciliation Australia, the independent, national, not-for-profit organisation that promotes reconciliation between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, is looking for people to join their Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Schools team. The Narragunnawali program supports over 20,000 early childhood, primary and secondary schools across the country […]
