Article type: Original Research
1 December 2015
Volume 40 Issue 4
Article type: Original Research
1 December 2015
Volume 40 Issue 4
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Out-of-Home Care – Where to Next?
Jennifer Lehmann1 *
David Vicary2
Affiliations
1 Social Work & Social Policy, Rural Health School, Bendigo Campus, La Trobe University
2 Children's Protection Society (CPS), Melbourne
Correspondence
*Dr Jennifer Lehmann
Contributions
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Jennifer Lehmann1 *
David Vicary2
Affiliations
1 Social Work & Social Policy, Rural Health School, Bendigo Campus, La Trobe University
2 Children's Protection Society (CPS), Melbourne
Correspondence
*Dr Jennifer Lehmann
Part of Special Series: Out of Home Care-Reflecting on the Past and Envisioning Future Developments
CITATION: Lehmann J., & Vicary D. (2015). Out-of-Home Care – Where to Next? Children Australia, 40(4), 1999. doi.org/10.1017/cha.2015.53
Abstract
In the light of Dave Vicary's review of 40 years of publications addressing out-of-home care (OOHC) issues and current concerns about both the systemic context of child protection and the comparatively narrow range of options for the delivery of care in the sector, a range of people from Australia and beyond were asked for their responses to the question: Where do you see OOHC going in the next 40 years and what do you think our priorities need to be?