Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are disproportionately represented in all parts
of the child protection system in Australia. The recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait …

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are disproportionately represented in the
statutory child protection system in Queensland and across Australia. A strategy gaining …

The rate of Indigenous child removal in Australia has been referred to as an epidemic. With
numbers predicted to increase in the near to medium future exploring alternative ways to …

Concern exists that the growing over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) across Australia is perpetuating …

In recent times, child welfare bureaucracies have been required to re‐define their
relationship with indigenous communities, particularly in view of the impacts associated with …

This book is a significant contribution to the child welfare policy field and a potential teaching
resource. It documents the history of child welfare legislative frameworks in Canada and …

Causes of child abuse and neglect stem from the interplay of social and individual factors at
community, parental and child levels. Yet as child protection practice has become routinized …

Recent reforms to the Australian child-protection sector have widened its scope from solely a
statutory child-protection system to a public-health model to increase the number of …

Using Canada as an example, social work must not only address its historical and current
role in the colonisation and assimilation efforts aimed at Indigenous people, but also …

Australian and International data indicate that Indigenous children and young people are
overrepresented at all stages of child protection systems. Many factors contributing to this …