Released 02/12/2018
A publication which tells real stories of families who have had contact with the ACT’s child protection system under A Step Up for Our Kids has been launched today.
Stepping Up for Our Kids: Real Stories of Keeping Children and Young People Strong, Safe and Connected tells the inspiring stories of children, young people, birth families, carers and workers who make a real difference in implementing A Step Up for Our Kids strategy.
The publication showcases how agencies under A Step Up for Our Kids are working collaboratively to support children, young people and their families using a trauma informed approach, and illustrates how child protection practitioners work creatively to help families.
In the words of kinship carers Barbara* and John* “It was a wondrous thing for our beautiful niece Tilda* to come into our home.”
Birth parent Dave* made big steps to address the difficulties he was experiencing being a Dad and said “If you really put your heart and mind into it, you can achieve.”
Stepping Up for Our Kids: Real Stories of Keeping Children and Young People Strong, Safe and Connected is a collaboration between the ACT Government, ACT Together, Uniting Children and Families ACT, CREATE Foundation, Carers ACT and the Australian Red Cross Birth Family Advocacy Service.
To read Real Stories visit https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/ocyfs/children/child-and-youth-protection-services/out-of-home-care-strategy-2015-2020
*Names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals
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Rachel Stephen-Smith, MLA | Media Releases
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