Cultural considerations supporting children and young people with a disability in out of home care

Division: Transforming Aboriginal Outcomes

Project summary

Focus Area:

• Improving access to mainstream services through better systems and processes.

Project objective

This project will analyse the perspectives of contributors to identify and further investigate a number of key themes. This project will  analyse the perspectives of contributors to identify and further investigate a number of key themes, which can be grouped into these areas:

1. Intake Assessment and Information
2. Workforce and Carer capacity building
3. NDIS systems & processes
4. Intersections between systems – child protection, disability and other systems
5. Cultural considerations in supporting the needs of children and young people with disability in OOHC
6. Transitions points – with a focus on leaving care
7. Voice of the Child. 

The challenge

This project will analyse the perspectives of contributors to identify and further investigate a number of key themes, which can be grouped into these areas:

1. Intake Assessment and Information
2. Workforce and Carer capacity building
3. NDIS systems & processes
4. Intersections between systems – child protection, disability and other systems
5. Cultural considerations in supporting the needs of children and young people with disability in OOHC
6. Transitions points – with a focus on leaving care
7. Voice of the Child.

What will success look like?

Key themes identified and investigated.

Status report

Current Status: Progressing

Date: July 2022