Child protection services must be culturally safe and responsive to the Aboriginal children and families they serve

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May Child protection services must be culturally safe and responsive to the Aboriginal children and families they serve Child protection services must be culturally safe and responsive to the Aboriginal children and families they serve 14/05/2021 | 5 MINS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children are disproportionately being removed from their families and placed into out-of-home care, raising concerns of another Stolen Generation. One of the main reasons is reporting to child protection services before a child is born, with separation of infants from their parents shortly after birth. This is a national crisis reflecting systemic failures, discrimination, impacts of colonisation and harmful policies, including the Stolen Generations. We must take meaningful steps to enshrine the full intent of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child CareΓÇÖs Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle in legislation and implementation in practice. Another Stolen Generation In 2018-19, one in fi

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May Child protection services must be culturally safe and responsive to the Aboriginal children and families they serve Child protection services must be culturally safe and responsive to the Aboriginal children and families they serve 14/05/2021 | 5 MINS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children are disproportionately being removed from their families and placed into out-of-home care, raising concerns of another Stolen Generation.

One of the main reasons is reporting to child protection services before a child is born, with separation of infants from their parents shortly after birth.

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