Download or read book The State of Western Australia s Children and Young People written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this report series presents information on the wellbeing of children and young people in Western Australia, and the factors influencing their development. It shows where children are doing well compared to their national peers and international trends, and highlights areas where improved data collection is needed. Statistics are presented for 40 measures of wellbeing, categorised under 8 domains: health and safety, education, material wellbeing, family and peer relationships, participation, subjective wellbeing, behaviours and risks, and environment. Information is also included on the importance of each measure, and major policy work, projects and initiatives in that area. This report is one of three documents that comprise the Wellbeing Monitoring Framework Project, which together provide information on the wellbeing of children and young people in Western Australia.
Download or read book The State of Western Australia s Children and Young People written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inaugural report presents information on the wellbeing of children and young people in Western Australia, and the factors influencing their development. Statistics are presented for 33 measures of wellbeing, categorised under 8 domains: health and safety, education, material wellbeing, family and peer relationships, participation, subjective wellbeing, behaviours and risks, and environment. Information is also included on the importance of each measure, and major policy work, projects and initiatives in that area. This report is one of three documents that comprise the Wellbeing Monitoring Framework Project, which together provide additional information on the wellbeing of children and young people in Western Australia.
Download or read book Here I Am written by Commissioner for Children and Young People WA and published by . This book was released on 2023-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly a quarter of Western Australia's population is made up of children and young people under the age of 18 and they contribute enormously to our State.Young people have important ideas about want they want to see in their lives, how they wish to be treated and what change is needed. It is my job to help their voices be recognised and heard.In marking my office's fifteenth anniversary, I wanted to showcase the incredible stories of children and young people who are making a difference in their communities.In my discussions across the State, I hear many inspiring stories of children and young people who are helping shape their schools, towns and wider communities. Many have shown great courage in the face of adversity, and it is these experiences which have often driven them to want to make the world a better place for others.This booklet celebrates just a handful of stories of everyday leaders who are making an impact in their communities.I hope these stories will inspire others to take action towards their goals, no matter how big or small. Whether it be to help others, start something new, or decide to speak up, everyone can play a part.Thank you to all fifteen children and young people for allowing us to share their personal stories.Jacqueline McGowan-JonesCommissioner for Children and Young People
Download or read book Participation Guidelines written by Commissioner for Children and Young People and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to planning consultations and engagement with children and young people in Western Australia produced by the Commissioner for Children and Young People
Download or read book Child Protection and the Care Continuum written by Elizabeth Fernandez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new book critically examines the complex policy and practice issues surrounding child protection, including the impact of theoretical orientations, contemporary debates, policy initiatives and research findings, and maintains an emphasis on the ethics and values underpinning child welfare interventions. The book introduces policies that are central to understanding the position and needs of children and young people, and how policy and practice have been influenced by developments including the children’s rights agenda. It also explores the most significant issues in child welfare. These include: the experience of maltreatment by children, the systems of child protection to safeguard them, the methods and challenges of risk assessment, and the wide range of policy and therapeutic interventions to respond to children’s needs. The book also examines family support to promote children’s wellbeing before considering provision for children and young people who are looked after in out-of-home care. There is also a final section that focuses on best practice in communicating and working with children and young people, drawing on participatory, rights-oriented and resilience-based approaches, and supporting foster and adoptive carers and biological parents. Contributing in a substantive and clear manner to a growing international conversation about the present function and future directions for child welfare in contemporary societies, this textbook will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate social work students and those from allied disciplines, and professionals who are engaged in child welfare services.
Download or read book Australia s Children s Courts Today and Tomorrow written by Rosemary Sheehan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Children’s Court is one of society’s most important social institutions. At the same time, it is steeped in controversy. This is in large measure due to the persistence and complexity of the problems with which it deals, namely, juvenile crime and child abuse and neglect. Despite the importance of the Children’s Court as a means of holding young people accountable for their anti-social behaviour and parents for the care of their children, it has not been the subject of close study. Certainly it has not been previously studied nationally. This book, an edited collection, is based on the findings of study that spanned the six States and two Territories of Australia. The study sought to examine the current challenges faced by the Children’s Court and to identify desirable and feasible directions for reform in each State and Territory. A further unique feature of this study is that it canvassed the views of judges and magistrates who preside over this court.
Download or read book Western Australia s Early Years Strategy written by and published by . This book was released on 2005* with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving the Odds for WA s Vulnerable Children and Young People written by Western Australia. Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents high level recommendations by the Commissioner for Children and Young People on how the government can help address vulnerability in children young people in Western Australia. Though many children and young people are faring well, there are many facing such issues as violence, abuse and neglect, mental illness, disability or chronic health problems, and alcohol and drug use. No single risk factor on its own causes vulnerability and poor outcomes, so strategies to address vulnerability must respond to the multiple risks and exposures to harm whilst also building protective factors and resilience. The recommendations draw on the findings of a forums with government, service providers, practitioners, researchers, and Aboriginal Elders.
Download or read book Young People and Social Media Contemporary Children s Digital Culture written by Steve Gennaro and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Young People and Social Media: Contemporary Children’s Digital Culture’ explores the practices, relationships, consequences, benefits, and outcomes of children’s experiences with, on, and through social media by bringing together a vast array of different ideas about childhood, youth, and young people’s lives. These ideas are drawn from scholars working in a variety of disciplines, and rather than just describing the social construction of childhood or an understanding of children’s lives, this collection seeks to encapsulate not only how young people exist on social media but also how their physical lives are impacted by their presence on social media. One of the aims of this volume in exploring youth interaction with social media is to unpack the structuring of digital technologies in terms of how young people access the technology to use it as a means of communication, a platform for identification, and a tool for participation in their larger social world. During longstanding and continued experience in the broad field of youth and digital culture, we have come to realize that not only is the subject matter increasing in importance at an immeasurable rate, but the amount of textbooks and/or edited collections has lagged behind considerably. There is a lack of sources that fully encapsulate the canon of texts for the discipline or the rich diversity and complexity of overlapping subject areas that create the fertile ground for studying young people’s lives and culture. The editors hope that this text will occupy some of that void and act as a catalyst for future interdisciplinary collections. ‘Young People and Social Media: Contemporary Children’s Digital Culture’ will appeal to undergraduate students studying Child and Youth Studies and—given the interdisciplinary nature of the collection— scholars, researchers and students at all levels working in anthropology, psychology, sociology, communication studies, cultural studies, media studies, education, and human rights, among others. Practitioners in these fields will also find this collection of particular interest.
Download or read book Profile of Children and Young People in WA written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides the latest statistics on the characteristics and circumstances of children and young people in Western Australia. Sections include: Aboriginal children and young people, gender, geographical distribution, births, projected growth, childhood and care, school education, family composition, housing, juvenile justice system, out-of-home care, disability, and poverty. Children and young people who comprise 23% of Western Australia's population, and are projected to increase by 31% by 2025.
Download or read book State Health Plan for Children and Adolescents written by Western Australia. Health Department and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orphans of the Living written by Joanna Penglase and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 2004, Parliamentary senators wept as they presented Forgotten Australians, the report from the Senate Inquiry into the treatment of children in care. Half a million children grew up in 'care' in twentieth-century Australia, and most often these children lived with daily brutal physical and emotional abuse in the sterile environment of an institution. In Orphans of the Living, drawing from interviews, submissions to the Senate Inquiry, and her own experience, Joanna Penglase describes, for the first time, the experience from the perspective of the survivors. With tenderness, compassion and intellect, Penglase begins to unravel the seemingly inexplicable: how and why did this happen? She looks not only at the profound personal costs to these children, but the huge social and economic costs of these past policies.
Download or read book Building a Better Future written by Western Australia. Department for Child Protection and Family Support and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Building a Better Future' is Western Australia's five-year reform plan to improve the out-of-home care system. It describes the current state of child protection in Western Australia - including the over-representation of Indigenous children - and sets out the State Government's priorities and actions for the next five years. This plan is aligned with the national Framework for protecting Australia?s Children 2009-2020 and is committed to achieving the priorities outlined in the national Standards for Out-of-Home Care.
Download or read book Young People and Work written by Robin Price and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book brings together empirical studies of young people in paid employment from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and in different national settings. In the context of increasing youth labour market participation rates and debates about the value of early employment, it draws on multi-level analyses to reflect the complexity of the field. Each of the three sections of the book explores a key aspect of young people's employment: their experience of work, intersections between work and education, and the impact of other actors and institutions. The book contributes to broadening and strengthening knowledge about the opportunities and constraints that young people face during their formative experiences in the labour market. This book will be required reading for all those working in the fields of sociology, employment relations and education
Download or read book Have Your Say Get Heard written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aboriginal Children and Young People s Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia developed the Wellbeing Monitoring Framework to monitor and report on the wellbeing of Western Australiaâs children and young people. This policy brief presents key information from the Framework reports related to education and Aboriginal children and young people in Western Australia. Education is a key influence on a childâs life. Early engagement with school assists a child to develop skills to succeed academically and to maintain social relationships. Schooling has a strong influence on a childâs future pathway into employment and further education. [What is the wellbeing monitoring framework, ed]
Download or read book Community Health and Wellness E book written by Jill Clendon and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community Health & Wellness: Primary health care in practice, 5th Edition represents contemporary thinking and research in community health and wellness from Australia, New Zealand and the global community. It challenges students and health professionals to become more aware of the primary health care (PHC) environments in which they work in order to gain an understanding of what is socially determining the health of the individuals, families and communities within their care. Provides a focus on primary health care practice in Australia and New Zealand Research and evidence-based practice throughout each chapter Group exercises that can be used in practice or tutorial groups Reflective questions to challenge the understanding of key principles and practice Additional resources for lecturers via Evolve. • Two new chapters: Chapter 3 Assessing the Community Chapter 6 Working in groups • The SDH Assessment Circle - a new model for community assessment • Stronger emphasis on working with migrant and refugee families • A new continuous case study – the Mason and Smith families; both fly-in fly-out (FIFO) families.
