Growing Up Safe and Supported

This year National Child Protection Week (4-10 September) focuses on ‘Every child, in every community, needs a fair go’, in particular on children growing up safe and supported. This forum will cover the great work being undertaken across organisations from a clinical, research and government perspective on what is needed to keep our children safe and supported so that every child in every community has a fair go. By working together and creating collaborative and supportive places for every child we can strive to achieve this and more.
 

OUR SPEAKERS
April Lawrie, South Australian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People - The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle: Aboriginal children in care growing up safe and supported with family, community and culture

A/Professor Melissa O’Donnell, Deputy Director Research, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia - Pregnant mothers and infants involved in child processes

Dr Jacqui Beall, Director, Child Protection Service, Flinders Medical Centre, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - What does a fair go look like in practice?

Jisca Sterk, Clinical Psychologist and Manager, Therapeutic Carer Support Team, and Mark Turner, Clinical Psychologist and Manager, Specialist Services Team, Department for Child Protection - Developmental Differences and Developmental Support for Children in Care

OUR CHAIR
Professor Claire Roberts (HDA Co-Convenor), NHMRC Leadership Fellow / Professor and Matthew Flinders Fellow / Group Leader, Pregnancy Health and Beyond Laboratory (PHaB Lab), College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University.