New Campaign Reminds Community How it Can Help Keep Children Safe
NSW non-profit agencies Fams, Adopt Change and BackTrack Youth Works have launched a public awareness campaign, It takes a village, to highlight the important role the broader community has to play to help keep children safe, during the current pandemic period and beyond. ACWA is pleased to support this joint campaign, which aims to educate […]
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ACWA Sector Development Update: June 22
Welcome to our latest sector update, which highlights several systems reform initiatives that ACWA has been working on with other stakeholders: Establishing a NSW Child and Family Research Advisory Council Late last year, ACWA, the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), NCOSS and academics came together to explore the potential benefits of establishing a Research […]
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Research Stocktake Report Makes Case For Establishing NSW Child and Family Research Advisory Council
Late last year, ACWA, the Department of Communities and Justice, NCOSS and academics came together to explore the potential benefits of establishing a Research Council (with the current working title of the NSW Child and Family Research Advisory Council) to provide a platform for the Government, NGO sector and academic institutions to regularly come together […]
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Queen’s Birthday Honours for ACWA CEO
Congratulations to our CEO, Steve Kinmond, who has been awarded the Order of the Medal of Australia (OAM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his service to the community through complaint investigation and resolution roles.
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New Resource Helps Children and Young People in Care Capture Their Story of COVID-19
ACWA is excited to share a new resource with you which is aimed at helping children and young people in care capture their experience of the pandemic – an extraordinary period in their life story. Life story work is an essential practice across the sector; it is an ongoing process, not a one off event, […]
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