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We have a winner!
The Wave 6 prize draw was conducted on 28 August 2024 by Ipsos/I-view, and the winner was contacted and accepted the prize.
A huge thank you to all those participated in this important study. Your involvement and contribution help us build a strong evidence which will be used to improve the out-of-home-care system.
Prize draw details
In appreciation of your time and contribution to this study we have a prize draw at the end of the sixth round of interviews conducted in 2023-2024.
All households that completed a caregiver or young person interview in 2023-2024 will be included in the prize draw for a $500 Coles/Myer gift card or Prezzee digital voucher to thank you for your ongoing contribution and commitment to the longitudinal study.
At the end of Wave 6, a postcard will be mailed by Ipsos to all the participants who completed a Wave 6 interview to thank them for their ongoing commitment to the Study including the details of the prize draw.
In appreciation of your time and contribution to this study we have a prize draw at the end of the sixth round of interviews conducted in 2023-2024.
All households that completed a caregiver or young person interview in 2023-2024 will be included in the prize draw for a $500 Coles/Myer gift card or Prezzee digital voucher to thank you for your ongoing contribution and commitment to the longitudinal study.
At the end of Wave 6, a postcard will be mailed by Ipsos to all the participants who completed a Wave 6 interview to thank them for their ongoing commitment to the Study including the details of the prize draw.
Eligible participants will be included in the prize draw unless participants opt-out. Please let us know if you want to opt-out of the prize draw by phoning the Study researchers on 1800 997 960, or the Ipsos interviewers on 1800 105 088, or by emailing pathways@dcj.nsw.gov.au
The announcement of a winner (no names), will be published on the POCLS updates webpage.
Note, if the winner resides in South Australia, we are required by law to publish the winner’s initials.
One prize draw entry per household, regardless of the number of children interviewed from the same household.
There will be one household winning the prize draw.
The prize will be drawn randomly on 28 August 2024 by Ipsos/I-view who conduct the interviews.
The winner will be notified by Ipsos/I-view (by phone or email) on the same day as the draw. If no contact, we will keep trying until 24 September 2024.
If necessary, a redraw will be conducted on 25 September 2024. The above arrangements will be repeated until a winner is found.
Note, careworkers/caseworkers participating in the interviews are not eligible to take part in the prize draw. The young person who participated in the interview will be included in the prize draw as a separate household. If they win, the prize will be sent via the careworker/caseworker to appropriately pass onto the young person.
The data collection to date includes six rounds of interviews with caregivers, activities with children over three years of age and a short interview with children and young people over seven years of age. Birth parents and adoptive parents are invited to take part in the interviews if the child(ren) is restored or adopted during the study.
The NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) researchers contact every caregiver to seek their permission to securely transfer their contact details to Ipsos/I-view (an independent data collection agency that specialises in social research data collection, www.ipsos.com.au) and this is referred to as an 'opt-in' recruitment process (PDF, 221.1 KB).
The interviews are conducted by trained interviewers from Ipsos/I-view. The interviews are crucial to the study where detailed information is collected on the characteristics, needs, experiences and outcomes of the children.
Information about the study is available to participants:
28 Aug 2024