2nd Annual Child Protection Forum 2014

Key Topics

• The child protection workforce – challenges and opportunities for development and change
• Notifications and substantiations – focusing on outcomes for the child
• The national child protection system
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
• Children and the law
• What have been the greatest challenges and issues for prevention and care arising in the last year
• Policy and practice – state comparisons
• Characteristics of children coming under the system and a focus on early intervention
• Access, capacity and capability of support systems
• Mental and physical abuse, sexual abuse, out of home care, social media impact and implications, bullying
• Effective family support to prevent families from entering or re-entering the child protection system
• Emerging challenges and risk factors and prevention strategies