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Promoting Permanency for children in Out of Home Care

Promoting Permanency for children in Out of Home Care. The experience in the ACT Satnam Singh. Enduring Parental Responsibility Order. Children and Young People in Out of Home Care. 14,000 in 1996 increased to 28,441 in 2007 An increase of 12% on previous year

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Promoting Permanency for children in Out of Home Care

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  1. Promoting Permanency for children in Out of Home Care The experience in the ACT Satnam Singh

  2. Enduring Parental Responsibility Order

  3. Children and Young People in Out of Home Care • 14,000 in 1996 increased to 28,441 in 2007 • An increase of 12% on previous year • Over a 10 year period, 1997-2007 an increase of 102% • Indigenous children 6 times higher than other children Child protection 2006 -2007 AIHW

  4. Over 75% had been in care for more than 2 years. • Almost 50% of children had experienced at least 3 or more moves in placement, • 28% had experienced more than 5 moves and over 18% • had experienced more than 10 placements. (CREATE 2006)

  5. The rates of placement change are relatively high, with some children experiencing as many as 20 or more placements (Delfabbro et al 2000).

  6. Multiple placements, changes in schools, neighbourhoods and communities, irregular contact with their families, the loss of friends and numerous changes of workers undermine continuity of care, stability, and young people's sense of security and identity’ Cashmore and Paxman 2007

  7. There is compelling evidence that multiple placements and so called ‘foster care drift’ result in serious relational, emotional and cognitive consequences for children Thompson, McArther and Winkworth (2005)

  8. Children in OOHC - ACT At end of May 2008 503 children/YP in care of the CE 416 In OOHC 203 in Foster Care 159 in Kinship Care Unofficial data

  9. Stability refers to the robustness of the placement arrangements to minimise unnecessary and unplanned moves • Permanency refers to the psychological security that a young person develops.

  10. Enduring Parental Responsibility Orders • The child or young person is in the care of the chief executive • Has been living with the same carer for at least 2 years, or a total of two years out of the previous three.

  11. The EPR transfers all of the CE’s responsibilities on to the carer, and provides a residence order in favour of the carers.

  12. Issues • Cultural shift in thinking • Financial issues • Ongoing support

  13. End of June 2008 • 70 Children/Yp reviewed for permanency • 10 EPR orders granted • 1 EPR assessment now an adoption application • 7 assessments in progress • 30+ waiting allocation

  14. Thank You Satnam Singh Senior Manager

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