a practice resource for Child, Youth and Family
Success stories from our people in the field.
Getting in early: How sound interagency planning and collaboration right from the start resulted in good outcomes for a family ...
Successful transfer of care: Two sites worked closely together to ensure a smooth handover of a family ...
Keeping you up to date with everything new & exciting.
We have updated an existing resource on the Practice Centre to better reflect the practice we want to see when a child or young person we are working with dies.
The caregiver assessment and approval process for prospective family/whānau caregivers is now live. This new approach is about working differently with families to try to achieve better and safer outcomes for our most vulnerable children and young people.
Paula Bennett recently announced 80 new frontline social worker positions for Child, Youth and Family so we're actively recruiting right now.
This edition of our journal offers a range of perspectives on the issue of neglect within families, and provides key messages to inform how Child, Youth and Family can move forward to effectively address neglect.
We've added new practice guidance about how to assess parenting capacity, completing 'potential mass allegations' investigations, and working with children and young people when they are placed in our residences, supervised group homes or with a service provider.
