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Promising practices in out-of-home care for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
carers and young people:
strengths and barriers
The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs on behalf of the Australian Council of Children and Parenting commissioned the National Child Protection Clearinghouse to undertake a project examining the strengths and barriers to the recruitment, assessment, training and support of carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and the strengths and barriers in the provision of services to Indigenous children in care.
A series of papers discussing the findings can be downloaded below.
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Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2007
- Why is there a shortage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Carers? PDF (392 KB) | Word (69 KB)
- Barriers, incentives and strategies to enhance recruitment of Indigenous carers PDF (513 KB) | Word (94 KB)
- Why standard assessment processes are culturally inappropriate PDF (340 KB) | Word (93)
- Training carers PDF (376 KB) | Word (76 KB)
- Supporting carers PDF (334 KB) | Word (195 KB)
- Children with complex needs PDF (551 KB) | Word (175 KB)
- Voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in care PDF (501 KB) | Word (96 KB)