doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000001636

Article type: Original Research

PUBLISHED 1 January 1987

Volume 12 Issue 4

Case Notes Accreditation: Substitute Care Programmes for Children. A Step Forward

Rick Church

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Rick Church1

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1 A.C.W.A.

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CITATION: Church R. (1987). Case Notes Accreditation: Substitute Care Programmes for Children. A Step Forward. Children Australia, 12(4), 631. doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000001636

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Abstract

A history of children's welfare services in Australia demonstrates the significant and on-going role of the non-government sector. This is particularly true within New South Wales. Many programmes, frequently under the auspice of mainstream religious institutions, were established early in response to critical social needs. These programmes routinely developed in isolation from each other, often with primary ties only to the auspice body and the local community. Some things are slow to change.

Today the non-government sector is an amorphous collective of agencies with highly variable philosophical under pinnings, welfare ideologies, resources and competency levels.

We have learned a great deal about the needs of children, the process of change, and competency in service delivery (within a specific statutory umbrella). Our new knowledge is yet to be consistently reflected in practice.

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