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A huge thank you to everyone who has participated in this important study. Your voices are helping us build a strong evidence base to improve children’s experiences in care and how to best support parents and caregivers.
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If you are part of this Study, please let the researchers know if you change your address or phone number so we can keep in contact with you:
Organisation: DCJ researchers who are managing the Study
Telephone: 1800 997 960
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: The POCLS research team
Organisation: Ipsos/I-view who are conducting the interviews
Telephone: 1800 105 088
Webpage: Ipsos Australia
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, guardians and adoptive parents are invited to take part in the interviews if the child(ren) is restored, with guardians or adopted during the study. Young people aged 18-25 years are also being invited to participate in an interview.
The NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) researchers contact every caregiver of children under 17 years to seek their permission to securely transfer their contact details to Ipsos. Researchers will also contact 18-25 year olds to seek their permission to securely transfer their contact details to Ipsos. This is referred to as an 'opt-in' recruitment process (PDF, 221.1 KB).
Ipsos/I-view is an independent research agency that specialises in social research data collection and have conducted all the interviews with children, young people and caregivers for this study. The interviews, conducted by their trained interviewers, collect information on the characteristics, needs, experiences and outcomes of children which is crucial to improve programs, services and supports.
Information about the study is available to participants:
08 May 2025