Out-of-home care, foster care, relative and kinship care publications
List of all publications related to Out-of-Home care
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Leading the way - Preparing young people for leaving care
A guide for foster, relative and kinship carers to help young people for leaving care
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NSW Department of Family and Community Services. (2011). First 100 Interviews Data Quality Report
Describes the processes undertaken and the major results from the analysis of the quality of the data as at 31 August 2011
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Longitudinal study of wards leaving care - four or five years on
This report presents the findings of the fourth interviews with the cohort of young people involved in the longitudinal study of
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Raising them strong: Caring together - caring for kids with a disability
For kinship and foster carers who care for an Aboriginal child or young person with a disability
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Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care
This literature review is intended to discuss some of the methodological issues involved in undertaking such a study and how they have been resolved in similar studies. Author: Stephanie Taplin
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Outcomes for children and young people in kinship care
The aim of this issues paper is to outline what the literature tells us about kinship care, how these placements work and how they compare with unrelated foster care placements. Author: Marina Paxman
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Intensive Family Support (IFS) and Intensive Family Preservation (IFP)
This User Guide has been developed to provide assistance to Intensive Family Support (IFS) and Intensive Family Preservation (IFP) service providers when collecting data required by FACS
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The education of children and young people in out-of-home care
This report is based on a PhD study, undertaken between 2005 and 2010, focusing on improving educational engagement and outcomes for children and young people in care
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Multicultural foster carer recruitment project evaluation report
The Multicultural Foster Care Recruitment Project was funded by NSW Community Services of the Department of Family and Community Services as a response to the need for foster carers for children from non-English speaking cultural [...]
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Children and young people from non-English speaking backgrounds in out-of-home care in NSW - September 2008 - Research report
This small exploratory study of a sample of children and young people of Arabic-speaking and Vietnamese backgrounds in OOHC aimed to gain insight into their experiences and the way services and supports are provided. Authors: [...]