The Queensland Government has committed to building a new child and family support system with a greater focus on supporting families to provide a safe and secure home for their children.
Through the Supporting Families Changing Futures reform program, we aim to:
This requires a fundamental shift in the way government agencies, child safety professionals and community organisations work with vulnerable families, and with each other.
Find out more about the whole-of-government reform activities on the Supporting Families Changing Futures website.
Caring for children and keeping them safe will be a shared responsibility. Government, non-government agencies, communities, businesses and industry are working together to deliver the right services families need to raise children who are safe, well, healthy and supported.
Vulnerable families and children will have access to high-quality services at the right time to help them to maintain the family unit. Children and young people will be at the centre of the new system, with supported and supportive parents, families and communities.
Child protection practice will be focused on engaging with families earlier and, where appropriate, keeping children safely at home.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families will have access to culturally appropriate Indigenous-specific and mainstream services and care.
Queensland Government initiatives for children and young people in care and post-care.
Vulnerable children and families will receive quality services from a highly skilled, capable and professional workforce across government and non-government family and child sectors.
Services provided to vulnerable children and families will be high quality and provided in an efficient, transparent and accountable manner.
The Queensland Government has reformed child protection legislation and is considering further changes to the legislation to continue building a stronger framework for protecting children and supporting families.
Details the history of child protection legislation reform in Queensland.
Specialist Services aim to provide quality, evidence-based, well-coordinated support to children and young people in contact with the child safety system who have disability, mental health needs, and/or complex and high risk behavioural, psychological, emotional needs. This includes children and young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds and those on dual orders with Youth Justice.
The Transition and Post Care Support
In partnership with the Department of Youth Justice, we have commenced a 4-year program called Unify to replace the current Integrated Client Management System and transform the way it does business.
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