Children who hope to be adopted from the care system frequently experience delays,
unproductive disruption in attachments and difficulties locating new families. This article …

It is not uncommon to hear foster carers and child protection case workers comment about a
child's behaviour both before and after parental contact. Frequently these comments are …

The adoption of children from out-of-home care is uncommon in Australia and rarely occurs
in the state of Victoria. This paper reports on how professionals involved in making decisions …

These two recently released, local books present passionate and highly polarised
arguments on the debate on adoption (Mackieson, 2015; Sammut, 2015). They have …

Over the last 25 years (1990–2015), the number of adoptions of children (and young
persons) in Australia declined from 1,142 to 292 (25.5%). Of the 292 adoptions that took …

Despite widespread consensus that permanency is an important service goal in child
welfare services, stability and continuity for individuals has proved elusive. Children and …

–Children already permanently separated by the Courts from their families with no hope of
restoration–Open adoption-Order requires contact between birth parents and children (part …

This thesis focuses on the redevelopment of two child welfare case management systems
used in Australia: Looking After Children (LAC) and Supporting Children and Responding to …