Enhancing out-of-home care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people

Enhancing Out-of-Home Care for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Young People

Daryl Higgins, Leah Bromfield
and Nick Richardson

Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2005. ISBN 0 642 395357.
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Contributors PDF (59 KB)
Acknowledgements PDF (68 KB)

1. Scope PDF (83 KB)
2. Introduction PDF (115 KB)
3. Method PDF (149 KB)
- 3.1 Participants
- 3.2 Sampling techniques
  - Consultations with organisational representatives involved with placement of Indigenous children in out-of-home care
  - Focus groups with carers of Indigenous children
  - Focus groups with Indigenous young people currently in care
  - Procedure
  - Data analytic methods
4. Findings PDF (891 KB)
- 4.1 Perspectives of young people
  - Cultural activities
  - Connection to family and community
- 4.2 Perspectives of carers, agencies, departments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations
  - Recruitment
  - Assessment
  - Training
  - Support for carers
  - Services for children
  - Retention
- 4.3 Overarching themes
  - Holistic approach to service provision with Indigenous families
  - Getting help for the biological parents
  - Children with complex needs
  - Interlinked nature of recruitment, retention, assessment, training and support
  - Pre-placement
  - Kinship/relative carers
  - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle
  - Roles of government, Indigenous and non-government agencies
  - Types of care
- 4.4 Comparing the differing perspectives of participants
- 4.5 Methodological issues
5. Conclusion PDF (124 KB)
6. Options for Dissemination PDF (223 KB)
References PDF (115 KB)

Appendices
- Appendix A: Stakeholders consulted (to protect the confidentiality of participants, this Appendix is not for publication)
- Appendix B: National comparison of Indigenous related out-of-home care policies, Tables 2-5 Word (141 KB) | PDF (247 KB)
- Appendix C: Oral consent pro forma Word (24 KB) | PDF (83 KB)
- Appendix D: Plain language statement Word (28 KB) | PDF (66 KB)
- Appendix E: Detailed question pro forma Word (78 KB) | PDF (150 KB)