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Prize draw to say ‘thank you’

In appreciation of your time and contribution to this study we have a prize draw at the end of the sixth round of interviews conducted in 2023-2024.

All households that completed a caregiver or young person interview in 2023-2024 will be included in the prize draw for a $500 Coles/Myer gift card or Prezzee digital voucher to thank you for your ongoing contribution and commitment to the longitudinal study.

At the end of Wave 6, a postcard will be mailed by Ipsos to all the participants who completed a Wave 6 interview to thank them for their ongoing commitment to the Study including the details of the prize draw.

Prize draw details

  • The prize draw will take place unless participants opt-out. Please let us know if want to opt-out of the prize draw by phoning the Study researchers on 1800 997 960, or the Ipsos interviewers on 1800 105 088, or by emailing Pathways@facs.nsw.gov.au.
  • The announcement of a winner (no names), will be published on the POCLS updates webpage.
  • One prize draw entry per household.
  • There will be one winner.
  • The prize will be drawn randomly on the 28 August 2024 by Ipsos/I-view who conduct the interviews.
  • The winner will be notified by Ipsos/I-view (by phone or email) on the same day as the draw. If no contact, we will keep trying until the 24 September 2024.
  • If necessary, a redraw will be conducted on 25 September 2024. The above arrangements will be repeated until a winner is found.
  • Note, if the winner resides in locations outside of NSW that require the winner’s name to be published, the winner maybe ineligible for confidentiality reasons.
  • Note, careworkers/caseworkers participating in the interviews are excluded from the prize draw but the eligible young person will be included as a separate household and if they win the prize will be sent via their careworker/caseworker to appropriately pass onto the young person.

The study interviews

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 and adoptive parents are invited to take part in the interviews if the child(ren) is restored or adopted during the study.

The NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) researchers contact every caregiver to seek their permission to securely transfer their contact details to Ipsos/I-view (an independent data collection agency that specialises in social research data collection, www.ipsos.com.au) and this is referred to as an 'opt-in' recruitment process.

The interviews are conducted by trained interviewers from Ipsos/I-view. The interviews are crucial to the study where detailed information is collected on the characteristics, needs, experiences and outcomes of the children.

Information about the study is available to participants:

  • children and young people
  • carers
  • parents
  • caseworkers
  • childcare and school teachers

Ten grants awarded to Aboriginal led or partnered projects in 2023

FACSIAR has awarded ten research grants for Aboriginal led/partnered analysis projects to answer OOHC stakeholders’ priority policy and practice questions and build the evidence base to improve the outcomes for Aboriginal children and families. The projects will commence from July 2023 and be underway for 12-18 months.

The POCLS dataset is an open data asset and holds a wealth of data. For more information, please see the POCLS data asset and the DCJ funded projects or POCLS publications pages.

Newsletters and Snapshots

Roundtables

Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS) roundtables were held in 2022 with researchers, the Advisory Group and the Evidence to Action Group. A panel of researchers summarised the key insights from recently completed analysis of the POCLS dataset to inform policy and practice to improve children’s experiences in out-of-home care and developmental outcomes. The focus of the roundtables were:

  1. Child development, wellbeing and children with a disability
  2. Cultural connections and family time
  3. Education and Youth Justice
  4. Casework and Support
  5. Permanency and Wellbeing Outcomes

Video recordings can be accessed by the links above. The video transcripts are also available:

  1. Child development, wellbeing and children with a disability video transcript DOCX, 26.27 KB
  2. Cultural connections and family time video transcript DOCX, 29.59 KB
  3. Education and Youth Justice video transcript DOCX, 26.38 KB
  4. Casework and Support video transcript DOCX, 28.4 KB
  5. Permanency and Wellbeing Outcomes video transcript DOCX, 29.22 KB

Research seminars

FACSIAR research seminars showcase insights from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)analysis projects and studies supported through the DCJ External Research Program. The series facilitates the dissemination of new and emerging research evidence for policy makers and practitioners.

This link takes you to information about future and past research seminars www.facs.nsw.gov.au/resources/research/research-seminars.

Please subscribe to receive information about future research webinars www.facs.nsw.gov.au/resources/research/research-seminars/upcoming.

Learn more about the datasets available to researchers and evaluators.

Longitudinal Studies Network

The POCLS information is available on the ARACY website and the website of the Melbourne Children's consortium for LifeCourse Research. Please find links below:

POCLS Advisory Group Meeting

If you are part of this Study, please let the researchers at DCJ or I-view know if you change your address or phone number so we can keep in contact with you.

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Last updated: 20 May 2024