Article type: Original Research
20 October 2015
Volume 40 Issue 4
Article type: Original Research
20 October 2015
Volume 40 Issue 4
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Children Australia–A 40 Year Retrospective of Australian Out-of-Home Care: Reflections of the Past and Future Directions
Dave Vicary1,2 *
Affiliations
1 Curtin University of Technology, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Perth, Western Australia
2 Children's Protection Society, Melbourne, Victoria
Correspondence
*Adj Prof Dave Vicary
Contributions
Dave Vicary -
Dave Vicary1,2 *
Affiliations
1 Curtin University of Technology, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Perth, Western Australia
2 Children's Protection Society, Melbourne, Victoria
Correspondence
*Adj Prof Dave Vicary
Part of Special Series: Out of Home Care-Reflecting on the Past and Envisioning Future Developments
CITATION: Vicary D. (2015). Children Australia–A 40 Year Retrospective of Australian Out-of-Home Care: Reflections of the Past and Future Directions. Children Australia, 40(4), 1994. doi.org/10.1017/cha.2015.46
Abstract
For 40 years, Children Australia (and previous incarnations) has provided an enormously valuable space for research, practice and policy to delineate challenges, successes and innovation on issues pertaining to the wellbeing and welfare of children and their families. Articles published in the Journal during this period have been incredibly influential and have added to our collective knowledge of children, young people and their families. Nowhere has this been more evident than the area of out-of-home care (OOHC). This paper will explore and reflect on some of the issues that have been articulated in papers published in the journal over the last 40 years – with a specific focus on Australian Kinship, Foster, Residential and Therapeutic Residential Care. Past issues that are still presenting current challenges will be described and opportunities for change and future improvement identified.